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Re: [Bug-gnubg] Tutor Mode/Hint question


From: Nardy Pillards
Subject: Re: [Bug-gnubg] Tutor Mode/Hint question
Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2003 16:40:12 +0100

From: "Joern Thyssen" <address@hidden>
Sent: Friday, January 10, 2003 2:31 PM


> On Thu, Jan 09, 2003 at 07:04:00PM -0500, Hanley Hayes wrote
> > Since there has been a lot discussion about 'Hint' lately, I wanted to
see
> > if I could get my 'issue' resolved.
> >
> > 1)Tutor mode on
> > 2)I roll and move my checkers and click the dice to end my move.
> > 3) gnubd pops up dialog "You may be about to play a bad move".
> > 4) I select "Hint" from the dialog to see just how bad my move is.
> > 5) Hint dialog pops up.  I see I'm the xth best move, but I don't really
> > care for the moves that preceed this in Hint dialog.  I really just
wanted
> > to see how God-awful my choice was (remember, I'm trying to learn here,
not
> > necessarily use the hint to cheat!)
> > 6) I select "Ok" and both the Hint dialog AND the "You may be about to
play
> > a bad move dialog" are removed.
> > 7) I still want to make my same move.  To do so, I must once again,
click
> > on my dice, wait for the "You may be about to play a bad move" dialog
and,
> > this time select "Play Anyway".
> >
> > What I would like to see is in step 6) above, after selecting "OK" I
return
> > to the "You may be about to play a bad move" dialog, whereby I could
then
> > select "Play Anyway".  This would save me from a) having to click on my
> > dice a second time, and
>
> The decision whether to show or destroy the tutor dialog depends on
> whether you want to "cheat" or not after pressing "hint"!
>
> Any comments on this from the mailing list readers?
> Jørn

My 2 cents:
Change 'Hint' button in the tutor window to 'Why?'
Clicking 'Why?' opens Hint window (but titled 'Why?') with only 'Show'
button active.
(yes, it limits the possibility of further analysis. yet i think 'tutor
mode' is just what it says: tutor mode. and 'Hint' will still be there with
all its features, but seperated from Tutor)

This way, the user can look at the evalutated moves, but can't change the
move he/she made. So GNU Bg knows that (once the Why window is closed) no
need to re-engage Tutor.

The user on the other hand (after clicking OK in Why window) can either undo
his/her move or pass the dice (and does not have to wait this time).


[snipped]

Nardy





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