Hi all, Happy Holidays!
In light of some of the recent questions about Quackle's features, I thought it would be a good idea to cross-post Jason's original announcement about Quackle to this list. See below. As for the question about whether Quackle will show all 7's and 8's in a given rack, whether or not they are playable, I would imagine it will, as that is available in even the oldest version of Maven and seems pretty easy to program. John and Jason, I know you guys are busily toiling away, but I was wondering if you guys might be able to post a detailed list of Quackle features when you get a chance, so that people can check your list before asking about specific features. Such a list might cut down on questions about basic functionality. It would be especially useful if you list it with respect to Maven features, as that's what many people are used to. I'd be happy to help in any way I can. (Only 65 days until March 1st, woo hoo!!) Mike Eldeiry --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Jason E Katz-Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi CGP and UK-Scrabble, John O'Laughlin and I have been working very hard on Quackle, a Maven replacement and topnotcher of an improvement. Core feature summary: * Play against Quackle or efficiently analyse games. * Highest skill level will compare to or be better than that of New Maven. * Use any size board, any bonus square configuration, any tileset, and any lexicon Indeed you will have the option of using OWL1, OWL2, OSWI, or Collins when it is released; or any other word list from any language. Here are two screenshots of what my Quackle looks like tonight: http://web.mit.edu/jasonkb/Public/scrabble/quackle/sim.png (it looks a bit prettier than it did at the WSC :-) This is a simulation of three of the ten plays the kibitzer generated for me. I removed the other eight which were not attractive options. A 1-ply simulation is in progress. Sims can be paused and candidates can be added, removed, and viewed on the fly without restarting sim. In this screenshot, (G)OOIER is being previewed, and shown with a different color. (This is an OWL2 game -- note TERYLENE, a nice new-in-OWL2 bingo.) http://web.mit.edu/jasonkb/Public/scrabble/quackle/scorepad.png The completed game showing the scorepad tab. We aim to release some version of Quackle by March 1, in time for North America's adoption of the next-generation OWL. If release slippage is necessary, we will try very hard to not slip past the date of ABSP adoption of the new Collins word list :-) Doing so would be quite... opgefok (new in Collins). The Quackle graphical user interface, which is written with the Qt library, will be open source software. The back-end library will have a public API but will be sold for a soupcon of money. We aim for a Mac OSX, Windows, and X11/Unix releases. I hope you are as excited as we are. thanks and cheers Jason and John --- End forwarded message --- ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/0liolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/quackle/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
