Miniature/0.4 De Lucena

THIS IS A WIP DRAFT of the Miniature 0.4 release announcement

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.

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 while playing is supported. We are aiming to publish this version in the Ovi Store for the Nokia N9 and N950. This is also a statement about the quality we are expecting for this release. Still, if you find bugs or room for improvement let us know!

DE LUCENA RELEASE FEATURES


 * Select and confirm game challenges.
 * Filter game challenges by time, increment and rating type.
 * Create a new game seek.
 * Play with online opponent with a chess board with all rules in place.
 * Follow the comments of your opponent while playing and respond through a expandable chat area.

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

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INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS

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FEEDBACK

NEW: now you can follow us at https://twitter.com/#!/MiniatureChess

Casual feedback is welcome at the MeeGo forum thread or the developer mailing list. You can find us as well in #miniature on irc.freenode.net


 * http://forum.meego.com/showthread.php?t=4301
 * https://garage.maemo.org/pipermail/chess-developer/

Bug reports can be filed at http://bit.ly/o7m9Hp

GET INVOLVED

If you love chess, freedom and mobile devices then the Miniature project is for you! Check our Wishlist and Development pages:


 * http://wiki.maemo.org/Miniature/Wishlist
 * http://wiki.maemo.org/Miniature/Development

Enjoy!