X-Git-Url: http://winboard.nl/cgi-bin?a=blobdiff_plain;f=index.html;h=11878d251adaf3020c3e4317b47e21166344dcbf;hb=42b55f573a3f9f736bc2a1345f9a43450d49fd26;hp=1960d125cd97d0d8b544a76cc78baf03acab8d00;hpb=11789999a6ac1d9e9ae2965915c313be4af5f344;p=xboard.git diff --git a/index.html b/index.html index 1960d12..11878d2 100644 --- a/index.html +++ b/index.html @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ -
XBoard is a graphical user interface for chess. It displays a chessboard on the screen, accepts moves made with the mouse, and loads and saves games in Portable Game Notation (PGN). It serves as a front-end for many different chess services, including:
+XBoard is a graphical user interface for chess in all its major forms, including international chess, xiangqi (Chinese chess) and shogi Japanese chess), in addition to many minor variants such as Losers Chess, Crazyhouse, Chess960 and Capabanca Chess. It displays a chessboard on the screen, accepts moves made with the mouse, and loads and saves games in Portable Game Notation (PGN). It serves as a front-end for many different chess services, including:
XBoard can be found on the main GNU ftp server: +
The current stable version is 4.2.7
+It can be found on the main GNU ftp server: http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/xboard/ (via http) and ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/xboard/ @@ -52,12 +53,15 @@ possible.
Current unstable version: 4.4.0.beta1 (2009-07-15)
+For development sources and other information, please see the XBoard project page at savannah.gnu.org.
-A snapshot of the latest source code will be made available soon.
- +At the moment we are working hard on version 4.4.0, which should be out soon (that is summer 2009)
+A snapshot of the latest source code is available at the git repository on Savannah.
+We also have test-packages available for debian (link will be available in the next few days, that is mid of 2009-07) and opensuse (rpm). Furthermore you can get a .tar.gz and a Windows executable from alpha.gnu.org/gnu/xboard. Keep in mind that these are still beta.
These are screenshots taken from the development version 4.4.0
+We will add links soon for special topics, such as: computer chess, bughouse and other topics.
-If you have any questions, please check out our FAQ. -
+ +If you have any questions, please check out our FAQ.
A very active forum is the WinBoard Forum (where our current main developer HGM can be found).
-If you think you found a bug, please check the bugtracker for open and already closed bugs. If you found a new bug, please, file a bug-report either via our bug-related email list or in the bugtracker.