or try 64 squares http://64squar.es/
wish i had the time :) 2008/5/10 Svip <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Not only Mac users are locked out (of course, so are Linux users, > etc.), but also users of older Windows. And you didn't even mention > Vista! > > MSN in my opinion has too many users for the service it provides. And > that service is horrible. Just recently they blocked youtube links on > MSN. What's up with that? > > As for a good chess game, I suggest http://gameknot.com It is simple > to use, works in every browser, and while I cannot exactly remember > what it used, I think it was some sort of HTML form. Because gameknot > allows up to several days of chess play. Of course, after it being an > hour of your move, you get an email alerting you. > > Regards, > Svip > > 2008/5/10 James Jeffery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Today i wanted to play a friend in a game of chess. I have a Yahoo > account > > so i decided to play him on Yahoo. > > > > Yahoo have recently upgraded their system and its causing errors for alot > of > > users. It seems you need to a certain version of Flash to play ( I have > > Flash 9). After trying for about an hour to find a solution to the answer > i > > decided to use the Java client to play chess (the old method). That also > > would not work and would not report any errors as to why. I have Java > > enabled, but it seemed to just hang as it loaded. > > > > After a while i thought forget it and went to MSN to play him in chess. I > > spent a while setting him up an account on MSN (he is a poor internet > user). > > All worked fine ... for him. Im using a Mac, so when i went to the MSN > site > > it said you need XP or 2000 to play and you need IE. Great! > > > > After 2 hours i gave up. I wanted to use Yahoo or MSN. My friend (who is > old > > in his age) was getting annoyed and i was annoyed. We opted to leave it > and > > meet up in the week for a game of chess. > > > > Personally i feel todays problems are a great example of poor > accessibility. > > > > To conclude. Yahoo's new system has bugs that are affecting alot of > people > > and are stopping people accessing their services. MSN are trying to > create > > yet another centralized service where Mac users are locked out of their > > services. Yahoo's problems can be seen as teething problems but MSN's are > > ignorance. > > > > Ps. Sorry if there are spelling/grammer mistakes. I'm a little ill today > and > > concerntration is not at its best. > > > > > > ******************************************************************* > > List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > > Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > > Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ******************************************************************* > > > ******************************************************************* > List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ******************************************************************* > > ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************
