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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