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| - | [[Image:2011-08-22_15-51-28.png|310px|thumb|An opening in Miniature]]
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| - | You love chess. You love mobile devices. You believe they fit so well... yet you haven't found a convincing implementation of a free chess game. '''Miniature''' to the rescue!
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| - | Miniature is a chess board that is always with you, ready to let you play and learn wherever you go
| + | '''We are moving to http://miniature-chess.org/''' |
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| - | At the moment we target MeeGo Harmattan running on the Nokia N9 and N950.
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| - | Feedback, features and ports to other platforms & devices are welcome!
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| - | [https://twitter.com/#!/miniaturechess Follow us also on Twitter]
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| - | == Download ==
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| - | Miniature is not ready for end users BUT we have releases for early adopters willing to contribute feedback, fixes or new features.
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| - | === MeeGo Harmattan ===
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| - | [[Miniature/0.3 Berlin Defence|'''Miniature 0.3 ''Berlin Defence''''']] for MeeGo Harmattan - runs on Nokia N950, N9 and SDK emulators | + | |
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| - | === Maemo ===
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| - | The first version of Miniature to play games offline & P2P on the '''Nokia N900''' can be found in the [[Extras-devel]] repository. Not maintained anymore.
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| - | == Features ==
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| - | Look also the [[/Wishlist]] to see what is coming (if someone does the homework). ;)
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| - | === Play online - FICS (under development) ===
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| - | * Login to [http://freechess.org FICS] as registered user or guest.
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| - | * See offers to play a game.
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| - | * Filter offers by type of game, time, increment and type of rating (under development).
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| - | * Create a new offer to play a game.
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| - | * Play a game against another FICS user (under development).
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| - | * Chat with the opponent while playing.
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| - | * [http://www.freechess.org/Help/HelpFiles/timeseal.html Timeseal] support (under development).
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| - | == Screenshots ==
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| - | These are real screenshots taken from Miniature running on a Nokia N9. Click the images for more details.
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| - | <gallery widths=200px>
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| - | Image:Miniature-FICS.png |<div style="padding:0em .5em;">Login to FICS</div>
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| - | Image:2011-08-22_13-53-16.png |<div style="padding:0em .5em;">List of games available</div>
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| - | Image:2011-08-22_13-53-40.png |<div style="padding:0em .5em;">A game is selected</div>
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| - | Image:2011-08-22_13-54-11.png |<div style="padding:0em .5em;">Filtering search by type of chess</div>
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| - | Image:2011-08-22_13-54-33.png |<div style="padding:0em .5em;">Filtering search by time</div>
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| - | Image:2011-08-22 13-55-19.png |<div style="padding:0em .5em;">Filtering search by type of rating</div>
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| - | Image:2011-08-22 13-57-04.png |<div style="padding:0em .5em;">Initial position</div>
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| - | Image:2011-08-22 13-57-29.png |<div style="padding:0em .5em;">Selecting a piece</div>
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| - | Image:2011-08-22 13-58-07.png |<div style="padding:0em .5em;">Aiming to a destination square</div>
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| - | Image:2011-08-22_13-58-31.png |<div style="padding:0em .5em;">Move completed</div>
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| - | Image:2011-08-22 15-51-28.png |<div style="padding:0em .5em;">Playing... (still not for real)</div>
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| - | Image:2011-08-22 13-59-01.png |<div style="padding:0em .5em;">Chat area expanded</div>
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| - | Image:2011-08-22 14-00-29.png |<div style="padding:0em .5em;">Typing in chat area</div>
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| - | Image:2011-08-22 14-01-20.png |<div style="padding:0em .5em;">Leaving a game</div>
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| - | Image:2011-08-22 14-01-55.png |<div style="padding:0em .5em;">Example of confirmation dialog</div>
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| - | Image:Miniature_Berlin_Defence.png |<div style="padding:0em .5em;">The Berlin Defence, as seen in Miniature</div>
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| - | </div>
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| - | </gallery>
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| - | == Contact us ==
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| - | We love feedback!
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| - | * Via IRC at #miniature in irc.freenode.net
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| - | * Via [http://forum.meego.com/showthread.php?t=4301 web forum]
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| - | * Via email at the [https://garage.maemo.org/pipermail/chess-developer/ project's mailing list]
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| - | * Bug reports and enhancement requests can be filed [http://bit.ly/n44i1G here] ([https://bugs.maemo.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=Miniature file new bug])
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| - | == Get involved ==
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| - | See the [[/Development]] section to know more about the project status and areas welcoming help.
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| - | We welcome testers and contributors!
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| - | Miniature is a Qt application with a C/C++ backend and a QML UI. The architecture is modular, thinking on the addition of different servers and types of interaction. If you are thinking on bringing new features let us convince you. :)
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| - | We are targeting our development on MeeGo Harmattan and the Nokia N9 but we welcome maintainers for other ports e.g. MeeGo upstream, Symbian, Android-Necessitas, Qt powered desktops...
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| - | == History ==
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| - | Yes, we do have some history at this point. It all started here:
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| - | * 2009-10-31: First idea proposed in a Talk thread: [http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=33764 Contributors needed: the killer free chess game for Maemo]
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| - | Check the [[/archive|archive]] if you want to know more.
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