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Originally Posted by qgil View Post
Originally Posted by jukey
Last but not least there is a "stop" button which will bring up the menu options. I think the current square icon is not the best because most of the people would assume thaat the game is stopping after they pressed the button. My proposal would be a "menu" button.
But it is common sense that there are different ways to stop a chess game, isn't it? Thy show up when you press Stop. Also detailed in the workflow:
Indeed, there are several possibilities to end a game but most of them need a confirmation while the clock is running until the confirmation was given.

Pressing the stop button a player requests some kind of resolution for the game. The options appear in his dashboard without overlapping the board:

1. "Pause" button requests to stop the clock.
2. "Draw" button requests a draw.
3. "Resign" button leads to a confirmation dialog to resign the game.
4. "Adjourn" button requests to save the game.
5. "Exit" button simply closes the application.
6. Moving a piece cancels the dialog and the game continues.
That's right but in case 2. and 4. the clock is running until the opponent reacts. In case 3. and 5. the clock is running until the player itself confirms (or declines) the action. A stop button which not stops the clock but requests an action is not a stop button IMHO.

Case 1. is a special case which should be not available in this style in FICS online games because in most cases you play with foreign peoples and pause a game is not common sense.
Sitting in a chess board free pub and playing against a friend is an other thing.

In the other points of your comment, Quim, I agree.

just my 2 cents,
Uwe
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