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Kevin Pacey wrote on Wed, Sep 16, 2020 01:49 AM UTC:

MS Edge seems to be the browser that came with my Windows 10 laptop.

Using that particular laptop (which is strangely a bit sluggish when using its built-in mouse, even when I'm not on the internet), I was able to finally reply to Aurelian, in the game log in question. Thanks Greg & Fergus.


🕸Fergus Duniho wrote on Tue, Sep 15, 2020 03:57 PM UTC in reply to Greg Strong from 01:39 PM:

Edge is now Chromium-based and can run all the same extensions as Chrome, as well as its own Microsoft extensions. I got uBlock Origin from the Microsoft store, and I got NoScript from the Chrome store.


Greg Strong wrote on Tue, Sep 15, 2020 01:39 PM UTC:

Edge should work fine but I don't know if it has plug-ins for ad blockers, nor do I know if it runs in a security sandbox. (It's Microsoft and they are not exactly known for putting security first. Or even second.) These are the important things if you are going to continue to run Win7. Firefox should work for you just fine, although Chrome should as well.


Kevin Pacey wrote on Tue, Sep 15, 2020 04:38 AM UTC:

I have a Windows 10 laptop (besides the Windows 7 one). I could try to use Windows Edge with it, if that's also an okay browser for with CVP website/Game Courier these days.

In the past I used FireFox after Fergus suggested it, but eventually that browser gave me some sort of troubles on one or more of my computers (not sure if it was on the Windows 7 laptop, which was actually converted from being an original Windows Vista laptop by a family member). A relative told me Chrome could cause me difficulties as well, but I don't know if she was really sure.


Greg Strong wrote on Mon, Sep 14, 2020 05:39 PM UTC:

If you are still running Windows 7, you should discontinue use of Internet Explorer. I would recommend you install Firefox, and then add the uBlock Origin extension (an ad blocker). Firefox runs in a security sandbox, and the ad blocker will reduce the chances of even viewing malware in the first place. Running Windows 7 still won't be 100% safe, but this will be much, much better than running IE. Under no circumstances should you run IE on Win7 at this point.


🕸Fergus Duniho wrote on Mon, Sep 14, 2020 04:11 PM UTC in reply to Kevin Pacey from Sun Sep 13 08:45 PM:

When I click on 'Kevin Pacey to move', I only get to see the diagram, and the note saying to make and preview my move. Maybe a bug with the preset, or with CVP website/Game Courier? I have a handicap in that with my Windows 7 Windows Explorer browser, I cannot move by mouse-clicking on a piece, if that would have helped in this case (I need to type in my moves, which I'm unable to do in the case of this log's apparent bug).

It worked fine in Firefox, but when I tested Internet Explorer, it did not work. Since I have updated my computer to Windows 10, and Internet Explorer isn't giving me the debugging information I need, I am abandoning support for Internet Explorer. If you're going to stick to Windows 7, you should use a browser that is still kept up-to-date, such as Firefox or Chrome. However, I do recommend updating your computer to Windows 10, because Windows 7 is no longer supported, and it may become increasingly vulnerable to threats on the internet. So, here is a link on how to do that:

https://www.howtogeek.com/509087/how-to-upgrade-from-windows-7-to-windows-10-for-free/


Kevin Pacey wrote on Sun, Sep 13, 2020 08:45 PM UTC:

For the log

https://www.chessvariants.com/play/pbm/play.php?game=Apothecary+Chess-Classic&log=catugo-panther-2020-252-429

When I click on 'Kevin Pacey to move', I only get to see the diagram, and the note saying to make and preview my move. Maybe a bug with the preset, or with CVP website/Game Courier? I have a handicap in that with my Windows 7 Windows Explorer browser, I cannot move by mouse-clicking on a piece, if that would have helped in this case (I need to type in my moves, which I'm unable to do in the case of this log's apparent bug).


Aurelian Florea wrote on Fri, Sep 11, 2020 05:38 PM UTC:

Thanks!


🕸Fergus Duniho wrote on Fri, Sep 11, 2020 04:53 PM UTC in reply to Aurelian Florea from 07:54 AM:

Any idea why?

The boardflags string was period delimited. Since this value was included in the value of posvar, whose value was being used as a variable name, and array elements are now period delimited, it was treating it as an array element. I stopped this by making the value of boardflags comma delimited.


Aurelian Florea wrote on Fri, Sep 11, 2020 07:54 AM UTC:

Hello Fergus, In the game below:

https://www.chessvariants.com/play/pbm/play.php?game=Apothecary+Chess-Classic&log=catugo-panther-2020-252-429

when black tries to move the king, a threefold repetition is claimed. Any idea why?


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