Hi,
Nice to see new GUI out there. I tried it, looks promising. Some improvements must be done asap. User cannot go through a game with keyboard arrows, must use mouse. This is handicap as keyboard is most comfortable to view a game. Anyways, all the best for further development.
I really enjoy this software. I admire your work on it. For my taste the GUI is beautiful and beautifully done. I had stumbled upon it on Windows over the years. I bought a new Mac and was thrilled to discover it seems to be compiled for Apple Silicon and it works really well. It has so many features and it is so configurable, it does take some effort to absorb it all. I have used it a bit for engine tournament types of things just out of curiosity (spoiler alert, the best engines draw an awful lot against each other). But mostly I just enjoy it as a very configurable software for playing against the Dragon / Komodo Chess engines, which are very configurable within the software in terms of skill level, personalities, etc. Also I am using the chess960 capability a lot. (Hint for those looking for Chess960 in release candidate version .58--it's the first choice under the "file" menu, at least on the Mac.)
BanksiaGUI is a freeware chess GUI for multi OSs (Windows, macOS, Linux). It is already the richest features chess GUI. Users can do almost all chess tasks, from playing (human vs human, human vs engines, engines vs engines, tournaments), editing games, creating/viewing databases, opening books, connecting some chess servers to play or run some bots, to analyze/extremely analyze games… All tasks can be done in very easy, quick, and convenient ways with a modern interface and very high customizable. It suits well for almost all, from amateurs, chess lovers, professional chess players, chess testers to engine developers.
BanksiaGUI (BSG) is a “LIVE” chess GUI since it has been being developed very fast, intensively and it “listens” carefully to users’ feedback. New versions are released almost within two weeks, usually come with bug fixes and some new features/changes.
Any user can involve, contribute and help to the development of the program. The simplest way is to download and use the program. More use always encourages us from working. The user may also send bug reports, feedback, suggestions (post here or send us via emails). Note that for us there are no such small/minor ideas/suggestions. All are important and contribute to the strength of BSG, from typos, color corrections, ugly-beautiful feelings, to totally new features. We always appreciate and note down them. The user may also translate BSG to support his language - that can help many people from his home country too.
Have fun!
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https://banksiagui.com/
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