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Date: 06 Aug 2006 16:27:50
From: raggio
Subject: Mac Client for FICS
What's the best Mac OS X client for FICS? I am trying out Jin and like
it so far, but would like a client that makes it easier to find and
watch games. As I see it now I need to use the terminal commands
"games" and "observe" to do it and it is hard this way. I'd prefer an
interface similar to cgoban used to play Go games on KGS.

Thanks,
John





 
Date: 07 Aug 2006 09:10:37
From: John A Swartz
Subject: Re: Mac Client for FICS
I'm a fan of the Fixation client myself - although I can't recall if it
makes it easier than terminal commands to find other games to watch (it
does provide a seek graph to easily find people seeking to play games).

John

raggio wrote:

> What's the best Mac OS X client for FICS? I am trying out Jin and like
> it so far, but would like a client that makes it easier to find and
> watch games. As I see it now I need to use the terminal commands
> "games" and "observe" to do it and it is hard this way. I'd prefer an
> interface similar to cgoban used to play Go games on KGS.
>
> Thanks,
> John
>


  
Date: 07 Aug 2006 20:52:06
From: raggio
Subject: Re: Mac Client for FICS
On 2006-08-07 09:10:37 -0400, John A Swartz <[email protected] > said:

> I'm a fan of the Fixation client myself - although I can't recall if it
> makes it easier than terminal commands to find other games to watch (it
> does provide a seek graph to easily find people seeking to play games).
>
> John
>
> raggio wrote:
>
>> What's the best Mac OS X client for FICS? I am trying out Jin and like
>> it so far, but would like a client that makes it easier to find and
>> watch games. As I see it now I need to use the terminal commands
>> "games" and "observe" to do it and it is hard this way. I'd prefer an
>> interface similar to cgoban used to play Go games on KGS.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> John

Thanks for the reply. Jin has a nice seek graph as well. I wish it
included a graph or table for games in progress as well. I tried
Fixation for a few minutes and liked Jin better. I'd be willing to use
Fixation if it made it easier to wacth games. I'd like to be able to
easily kibitz as well while watching a game. I figure it might be a
good way to learn. That was my experience with the cgoban client for
KGS (Kiseido Go server). Really cool program and server BTW. Nice
community of people that play and talk about games etc.

John