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(HTML version of this announcement - jump to Miniature 0.4 posts in this thread)

2011-09-13 - Miniature finally plays real chess online! You might find rough corners and room for improvement but the basics are in place. This is why we have decided to call this release after Luis Ramírez de Lucena who, without being apparently a great master, had the patience to document the modern rules of chess at their birth five centuries ago.

Now users can login to http://freechess.org (aka FICS) as guests or registered users and send / take challenges to & from other players. This already fulfills the needs of many, but those expecting even more fun will be happy to know that chatting with your opponent is also supported.

We are aiming to publish this version in the Ovi Store for the Nokia N9 and N950. Packages ready for other Qt enabled OSs are welcome!


INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS

1. Open the browser of your Nokia N9 / N950.
2. Tap on http://taschenorakel.de/files/michae....0-1_armel.deb
3. Accept the download and installation of the package.

That's it! The Miniature icon will appear in the application grid of your device.


DE LUCENA RELEASE FEATURES

• Select and confirm game challenges.
• Create a new game seek.
• Play with online opponents with all chess rules in place.
• Have a chat with your opponent while playing.

See Miniature/0.3_Berlin_Defence to check previously implemented features. The full changelog is available at http://gitorious.org/miniature/miniature/commits/master

BUGS FIXED

ID Severity Status Resolution Summary (27 tasks) ⇒
12342 blocker VERIFIED FIXED Miniature can't play chess
12368 critical VERIFIED FIXED Grave issues handling times in OnlineBoard
12374 critical VERIFIED FIXED Sometimes User Interface does not respond anymore after joining SeekGames window
12382 critical VERIFIED FIXED Miniature doesn't handle end games
12347 enhancement RESOLVED FIXED When chat overlay extends, text entry should gain focus
12355 enhancement VERIFIED FIXED List of games: Change possible time control filter options
12361 enhancement VERIFIED FIXED Create a new game: "+" Button instead "new" button
12375 enhancement VERIFIED FIXED FICS login textfields should jump to next when pressing Enter
12395 enhancement VERIFIED FIXED MainPage: Avoid upper case for the first letter in username input field
12336 major VERIFIED FIXED Multiple instances of Miniature can be opened
12337 major VERIFIED FIXED Miniature UI can't handle incorrect FICS login
12339 major VERIFIED FIXED Miniature logs to FICS already in MainPage
12344 major VERIFIED FIXED Miniature chat in FICS doesn't work
12357 major VERIFIED FIXED Castling does not work
12358 major VERIFIED FIXED Miniature UI doesn't handle user's new seeks
12364 major VERIFIED FIXED Frontend allows illegal moves in general
12365 major VERIFIED FIXED Promotion does not work
12369 major VERIFIED FIXED Disconnection not handled correctly
12372 major VERIFIED FIXED Miniature local timers don't sync with the real remote FICS time
7829 normal RESOLVED FIXED Checkmate not announced
12335 normal VERIFIED FIXED A reboot is needed in order to see the Miniature icon in app grid
12340 normal VERIFIED FIXED Selecting a FICS game in Miniature needs usability love
12343 normal VERIFIED FIXED Local timers should stop at 0
12363 normal VERIFIED FIXED Signals for seeks cancelled and games started
12389 normal VERIFIED FIXED About dialog button moves up when virtual keyboard is invoked
12397 normal RESOLVED FIXED SeekGame: Show ratings of non-guest players
12409 normal VERIFIED FIXED Miniature doesn't handle rating values properly after the first move

There are some known issues. Your feedback is welcome if you want to report problems or enhancement requests. We will work on them for Miniature 0.5.


NEWS & FEEDBACK

• https://twitter.com/#!/miniaturechess
• User forum: http://forum.meego.com/showthread.php?t=4301
• Developer list: https://garage.maemo.org/pipermail/chess-developer/
• http://miniature-chess.org/ (coming soon)

Let us know your impressions on Miniature. And if you want more, there is more for anybody willing to test and contribute new releases. This is just the beginning!

The Miniature Team