Game review controls awkward on mobile

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thesimy

I use game review to recheck my moves and try them again all the time. Just today I noticed that the controls for that underneath the chess board are no longer there, such as the round arrow for retrying, the key, the hint, and the forward arrows. It's a giant pain to scroll all the way down to the move number, and then scroll all the way up to the board to witness the movement on the board, or to make any changes to the pieces. Please go back to the old way!

Nicholas185Smith

I understand that you prefer the old way of having the controls underneath the chess board, as it was more convenient and user-friendly. However, based on the web search results, it seems that this change was made by Chess.com as part of their recent update to improve the game review feature. BallSportsGear

According to Chess.com, the new game review feature allows you to:

Analyze your games with Stockfish 14, the strongest chess engine in the world.
See your mistakes and blunders with the new move indicator and the key icon.
Get hints and suggestions from the engine with the light bulb icon.
Retry your moves and see how the game would have changed with the circular arrow icon.
Navigate through the moves with the forward and backward arrows, or by tapping on the move list.
Share your analysis with your friends or coach with the share icon. 
To access these controls, you need to scroll down to the bottom of the screen, where you will see the move list and the icons. You can also swipe left or right on the board to go to the previous or next move.

KingMoored

I also noticed the controls for stepping through the moves in Game Review recently disappeared when using the mobile Web interface on my Android tablet. (The controls are just fine when using the Chesscom Android app.)

To get the Game Review controls back when using the Web interface, I had to select the check box for Desktop site in the Chrome Browser Option Menu on my mobile device.

Martin_Stahl
KingMoored wrote:

I also noticed the controls for stepping through the moves in Game Review recently disappeared when using the mobile Web interface on my Android tablet. (The controls are just fine when using the Chesscom Android app.)

To get the Game Review controls back when using the Web interface, I had to select the check box for Desktop site in the Chrome Browser Option Menu on my mobile device.

I wonder if that's screen size related? On mobile optimized web on my phone, the navigation floats at the bottom of the screen.

thesimy

Oh! I'd love it to float. I've never had that.

KingMoored

Here's what I'm seeing when I use the Web interface on my Android tablet:

Desktop site ON

Desktop site OFF

These are the move step controls that are missing for me for Desktop Site OFF in mobile Chrome browser.

thesimy

Thank you for your time to post. I didn't know about this.

I'm on Chrome mobile, and I have just discovered that I have that floating commands bar too, but only if I click one of the other tabs first and then click back on Game Review.

(Not showing when I first enter Game Review)

Then over to Analysis and it shows and then Game Review and it shows.

Thanks for engaging me in this.

KingMoored

Oh nice! That works for me too, switching to Analysis and back to Game Review. No need to switch to the Desktop site setting in Chrome!

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