[mghatiya]

Hi,


I observed an issue with BBO (4.8.3) and I reported it to some user which I don't remember who it was but the id suggested that it was someone where I could report such things. He/she suggested me to contact support@bridgebase.com, from where Rain suggested me to post here. So that explains the reason behind this post here.

Issue:
I have seen that if while playing, if I switch to some other window (e.g. some browser or outlook etc), then when my turn to play comes, the window starts blinking in the task-bar.

But this feature doesn't work sometimes.

Sometimes other players keep waiting for my turn while I keep thinking that the window will blink when my turn comes.


I feel this is quite important feature as it helps me continue playing even when others are slow due to connection or other issues.

Rain observed it as well.

Do you think there is some issue here? Can anything be done about it?

Thanks,
Mukesh

PS: This is my first post in these forums. I am not sure what to fill in 'description' box

[mghatiya]

And I should add that there are sound alerts, which probably work fine, but I can't use them at times. e.g. when I m listening music, or when there are others in room and I don't have headphone.

[csdenmark]

mghatiya, on Oct 25 2006, 07:48 AM, said:

And I should add that there are sound alerts, which probably work fine, but I can't use them at times. e.g. when I m listening music, or when there are others in room and I don't have headphone.

Connect your computer to your amplifier - then the problem with sounds is over.

[hotShot]

This "taskbar blink" is a function that is generated by the operating system.
It appears e.g. if a dialog box opens and the application windows is in the background.

[fred]

hotShot, on Oct 25 2006, 11:43 AM, said:

This "taskbar blink" is a function that is generated by the operating system.
It appears e.g. if a dialog box opens and the application windows is in the background.

Correct, but it is also an effect that the programmer can intentionally invoke under whatever circumstances he defines. In theory BBO's entry on the taskbar is supposed to blink whenever the BBO main window is not in the foreground and whenever it becomes the user's turn to bid/play.

But it sounds like this mechanism is not working exactly as intended. I will investigate. Thanks for noticing this.

Fred Gitelman
Bridge Base Inc.
www.bridgebase.com

[jillybean]

The obvious answer is that you should either play bridge or do other things, its well-known that men cant multi task.

Welcome to the forum.

jb