Main Display Orientation

@Jeff
Dear Jeff,
Thanks for the 3.2.0 firmware update, your OTB time formats with the evaluation bar is great, including all the list of bug fixes :+1:
Instead of writing a long piece of text, I’m attaching three board photos with suggestions.
Let me know what you think and if flipping the main menu back to it’s original position whithout having to power off the board is feasable, and part of your wishlist.
With Kind Regards,
Sam



So the only issue with this - is often people want it to stay flipped after playing black. i.e. launch another chess.com game as random or another bot game as black,etc.

No matter what orientation we choose post-black play, it will be wrong 50% of the time.

So this is actually an intentional choice by us.

And don’t worry about the rocker switch - those are like 1 or 10 million cycle switches.

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Would it be possible to include a button on the display to manually switch the orientation?

Or have that an option after a game have ended; you are asked how you want the orientation of the screen before getting back to ’main menu’? Could just be two arrows and you have to click one of them. This could also be a setting in case people are happy with how it is today (I am).

Just an idea :blush:

Kind regards,
Gustav

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That is perhaps possible and a good solution. I will send it to the team.

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@Jeff
Hello Jeff, thanks to Gustav for the button suggestion ! It would be a great feature to have, especially when going through chess lessons, and having to switch sides often.
Thanks again for all the great work , it’s much appreciated.
Please note that if it’s too complicated to do, it’s OK to leave it as it is.
With kind Regards,
Sam

@Jeff
Hello Jeff,
Hope you are doing fine, and many thanks for all the great work, you and your colleagues are putting into the ChessUp 2 features, at this point, I’m sure it’s the greatest chessboard on the market !
Is the main menu rotation still in your plannings ? It would be a great feature to have, especially when studying moves, and having to turn the board around quite often.
If possible to achieve, it could be by adding some type of ‘’circle arrow’’ just near the WiFi and battery indicators.
Let me know what you think :thinking: and if it’s in your planning.
Many thanks :folded_hands:
Sam

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@Jeff
Hello Jeff,

Hope you and your colleagues are all doing fine.

Is the main menu rotation still in your plannings ?

Many thanks :folded_hands: And keep on your great work and support, for the the best computerized chessboard ever :chess_pawn::+1:

With kind regards,

Sam

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Manual display flip is not currently on the feature roadmap. So no date currently and I am not sure if we will add it or not.

@JustinF - something to double check we have in the feature consideration list ^

Hello Jeff,

Thanks for your feedback.

It would have been a very useful feature, i mostly play against Bots, and studying positions from chess books and from the internet, and 90 % of the time, even if it’s the black pieces that start first, i always have the white pieces in front of me.
When the black pieces have the first move, the display is turned around, and i need to restart the bord, to get the menu facing to the white pieces.

I’m quite sure many users, would like to be able to control the display orientation.

I understand that you and your team are working very hard, and have many other features to take care of, and you’re all doing your best to have the #1 intelligent chess board on the market.

If sometime in the future, you have some time to look into it, it would be extremely appreciated.

Take care and keep on your great work !

With kind regards,

Sam

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