Re: new version of shape applet

[Sam Sloan <sloan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I cannot start it.

It says: Applet Shape.ShapeApplet can't start: class shape.ShapeApplet not
found.

I have Netscape 4.04

Sam Sloan

At 05:42 PM 4/26/98 -0700, Dave Dyer wrote:
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>a new, vastly improved version of the shape applet is up, at
>http://www.andromeda.com/people/ddyer/go/shape/ShapeApplet.html
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>This new version handles symmetry, has a real UI , and includes
>a much larger subset of the shape database.  
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>At this point, I'm mainly interested in hearing if you notice any
>outcome or move suggestions which are clearly wrong.
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>Things I know about:
>(1) you can get clearly wrong continuations after you play white
>stones in ways that create multiple eye shapes without connecting
>all white's stones together.  The underlying database handles these
>cases, but the program doesn't yet.
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>(2) sometimes the move suggestions are not properly reduced, so
>for example you can get "white is alive, no matter who plays first"
>and at the same time "white should play at "a"".
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>(3) sometimes the move suggestions are puzzling, for example, 
>"white is alive no matter who moves first, black should play at "A".
>What this really means is that black has a Ko threat at "A"
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>(4) various features I plan are not implememted, so for example the
>"play the next move" "forward" and "backup" buttons' don't do anything 
>yet.
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