Comments for SmartGo Blog http://blog.smartgo.com Go, computers, and more. When 140 characters are not enough. Sat, 19 Sep 2009 10:30:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on The SmartGo Blog by hanekomu http://blog.smartgo.com/2009/08/29/hello-world/#comment-5 hanekomu Sat, 19 Sep 2009 10:30:41 +0000 http://smartgo.wordpress.com/2009/08/29/hello-world/#comment-5 Speaking about Go problems, I'm interested in the iPod touch version but have a few questions. There are some GoGrinder features I wouldn't want to miss: - I have entered many many problems already for GoGrinder; is it possible to transfer them to SmartGo Pro on the iPod touch? - Is there an option to shuffle the problem order, to randomly rotate and to randomly swap colors? - Does it automatically advance to the next problem? - Can you manually select the previous/next problem and go to the beginning and end of the current set? - Can you manually explore variations? GoGrinder has a nice "Navigate solution" feature that shows "right" next moves as green dots and "wrong" next moves as red dots. - Does it support both triangled moves as well as WV[] to indicate "wrong" variations? - If there are several moves for the opponent, does it choose an answer randomly? If so, does after finishing one line, does it go through other possibly opponent answers as well? - Can you group problems hierarchically and select a subdirectory of problems that you want to solve? - Does it keep a timer and a counter for the number of problems you got right and wrong? Sorry about so many questions... Reading over those questions again, I think I really want all the features of GoGrinder on the iPhone touch... :) Maybe there is enough material for a blog post on SmartGo Pro's problems feature. Thank you. Speaking about Go problems, I’m interested in the iPod touch version but have a few questions. There are some GoGrinder features I wouldn’t want to miss:

- I have entered many many problems already for GoGrinder; is it possible to transfer them to SmartGo Pro on the iPod touch?

- Is there an option to shuffle the problem order, to randomly rotate and to randomly swap colors?

- Does it automatically advance to the next problem?

- Can you manually select the previous/next problem and go to the beginning and end of the current set?

- Can you manually explore variations? GoGrinder has a nice “Navigate solution” feature that shows “right” next moves as green dots and “wrong” next moves as red dots.

- Does it support both triangled moves as well as WV[] to indicate “wrong” variations?

- If there are several moves for the opponent, does it choose an answer randomly? If so, does after finishing one line, does it go through other possibly opponent answers as well?

- Can you group problems hierarchically and select a subdirectory of problems that you want to solve?

- Does it keep a timer and a counter for the number of problems you got right and wrong?

Sorry about so many questions… Reading over those questions again, I think I really want all the features of GoGrinder on the iPhone touch… :)

Maybe there is enough material for a blog post on SmartGo Pro’s problems feature.

Thank you.

]]> Comment on The SmartGo Blog by smartgo http://blog.smartgo.com/2009/08/29/hello-world/#comment-3 smartgo Mon, 07 Sep 2009 16:08:22 +0000 http://smartgo.wordpress.com/2009/08/29/hello-world/#comment-3 The problems in SmartGo Pro range from 30 kyu (beginner) to 6 dan (strong amateur). In the range of 30k - 15k, which is probably the range most appropriate for a beginner, there are 259 problems. Once you've gone through those, and played some more Go, you might be ready to tackle some of the harder ones. The problems in SmartGo Pro range from 30 kyu (beginner) to 6 dan (strong amateur). In the range of 30k – 15k, which is probably the range most appropriate for a beginner, there are 259 problems. Once you’ve gone through those, and played some more Go, you might be ready to tackle some of the harder ones.

]]> Comment on The SmartGo Blog by Frank Lee http://blog.smartgo.com/2009/08/29/hello-world/#comment-2 Frank Lee Mon, 07 Sep 2009 03:54:11 +0000 http://smartgo.wordpress.com/2009/08/29/hello-world/#comment-2 I haven't played Go in years and was a beginner when I did play. I just downloaded SmartGo for the iPhone. Thank you for a great program that includes problems and a game. My question, is SmartGo Pro for the iPhone have problems too advanced for a beginner? I haven’t played Go in years and was a beginner when I did play. I just downloaded SmartGo for the iPhone. Thank you for a great program that includes problems and a game. My question, is SmartGo Pro for the iPhone have problems too advanced for a beginner?

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