[1eyedjack]

Ethel, on 2012-July-20, 14:45, said:

The sound used to work - so something has changed on the program.

I don't think that the conclusion logically follows from the premise. It is a possible explanation - one of many possibilities and frankly one of the least likely. Deliving the sound to your machine is a complex process involving many suppliers of services any one of which could perform well or badly from time to time. I use skype a lot, and it varies enormously in its performance and sound quality, but I don't assume that Skype have "done something" to reduce the quality when it deteriorates.

Ethel, on 2012-July-20, 14:45, said:

I enjoyed listening to LC, but now can no longer hear it. The sounds the cards make etc, etc is not a big concern. I like the Windows program computer relating what someone is typing on the screen. It is helpful as I can work at something else and still be part of the program.

Surely you get the same typed commentary on the screen if you use the flash version, even if there is a voice commentary available (which you can disable if the quality is unusable)?

[diana_eva]

1eyedjack, on 2012-July-20, 21:48, said:

Ethel, on 2012-July-20, 14:45, said:

I like the Windows program computer relating what someone is typing on the screen. It is helpful as I can work at something else and still be part of the program.

Surely you get the same typed commentary on the screen if you use the flash version, even if there is a voice commentary available (which you can disable if the quality is unusable)?

I think Ethel is talking about the text-to-speech option in the downloadable version.

This post has been edited by diana_eva: 2012-July-21, 02:29

[Heron]

fred, on 2012-July-20, 06:14, said:

For whatever it's worth, I feel quite strongly that we have already succeeded in this regard and the web client will certainly continue to improve. Yes, there are some areas in which the Windows client is still superior, but IMO there are many more areas where the web client has the advantage. I realize I am not exactly an objective observer, but neither is anyone else - people like what they are used to.

As someone who has never liked the windows client (and was away from BBO for years because of it), I actually dislike what I was used to.

I keep it around anyway, though, because there are a few things that are just plain impossible with the web client. FWIW, if you can get to 100% feature parity I think many more people would be quite happy to be web-only.

[barmar]

It will never get to 100% feature parity, since there are some things in the old client that we think are simply wrong. Lobby chat will probably never be resurrected, even though people keep asking for it.

But everything important should eventually find its way into the web client, it's just a matter of time. It may be a while, because now the person who would do that work is mostly busy on the mobile client, which is much further behind in feature parity.