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This Windows application allows users to play Texas Holdem over the Web.
Current version 0.06.00 [download]
v0.06.00 (2004/12/16):
- a more discreet "Discreet Mode"
- dealer button only shows up when it's needed
- Action window only shows up when it's needed
- text-to-speech pronounces certain acronyms in full words
- bug fix: shitload of them
v0.05.00 (2004/12/09):
- a new "Discreet Mode"
- when minimized, taskbar shows "YOUR TURN" when it's the player's turn
- bug fix: server polling is stopped when a user cancels a chip transfer
v0.04.* (2004/12/07):
- chat messages no longer go to the little player windows
- staging area now changed to a list
- added tooltips
- reorganized the config file to be more intuitive for beginners
- bug fix: fixed "Extra" menu not visible bug
- players have zero chips and are by default in "listen mode" when they connect
- players who loose all their chips get put in "listen mode" in the next game
- players in "listen mode" can watch the game and chat but do not play
- added instructions in readme.txt
- added application-driven dealing capabilites
- new table layout
- automatically figuring out whose turn it is
- big buttons for BET, CHECK and FOLD will appear when it is the player's turn
- warning message when bet amount is insufficient
- one-click dealing using only a single button or Ctrl-Enter
- changed Checking key from spacebar to F6
- changed Show Cards key from F6 to F9
- players' cards are no longer inverted
Special thanks:
- to Jonathan Evraire (SK), for implementing the HTTP message redirection server.
- to everyone who wouldn't stop bitching about the user interface
*** note: this application requires an HTTP message redirection Web application to work (specs supplied)
posted by .e @ 10:08 PM
3 Comments:
The HTTP message redirect application is not supplied in the zip file because the test implementation is insecure (and too dangerous to put on a public Web server). the current HTTP server URL will only be supplied to a selected few. a more secure version will be included with in future distributions.
first test-run of version 0.1.1 and 0.1.5 was a disaster at best. every player, except me, complained about the interface and the delay, and they were confused about how to use the controls. as a result, we'll find more automation in future versions. we found a couple of bugs, which is good, and they will also taken care of in the next release.
thanx, and thanx to everyone who helped with the testing. version 0.6 is out, and it promises to be more "biz-proof" than ever. the next step will be to work on the server side to make it more secure, so I could finally publish the URL in the blog for the public to use.
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