Cubelogic News

ChessNote 1.3.4 is available!

Cubelogic — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 06:36:26 +0000

Another ChessNote release, mostly for polishing things up and fixing a few bugs.

This upgrade fixes a problem with repeating of errors after making a move. These errors are often caused by intermittent connectivity of your phone, where the app tries to reach the server but fails because all of a sudden the phone can’t connect to the internet. So we added a way to force a sync-up between your device and the server when that happens before proceeding any further. The app is still fast and responsive, but it’s a little more cautious in these cases.

Partially related, we added a direct non-intrusive way to refresh your user profile if you so desire.

Finally, auto-completion was removed from the email and password fields on the sign-in screen, so if you had problems signing in because your phone was trying to be smart and auto-complete your password… now you’ll be fine!

Download ChessNote 1.3.3 from the App Store!

ChessNote System Upgrade

Cubelogic — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 02:44:18 +0000

We are planning a system upgrade for ChessNote today around 8:00 PM PST. ChessNote will be unavailable or have intermittent service for about 1 hour. We will notify you when the upgrade is fully completed. Apologies for the inconvenience.

ChessNote 1.3.3 available!

Cubelogic — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 05:32:50 +0000

Download ChessNote 1.3.3 from the App Store!

This new installment of ChessNote is mostly for improved stability. We addressed many error situations, and added a more effective way to recover from them in case they were to happen again. More in detail, if an error happens, now the next time you open that game the app will ensure to fetch the latest version from the server, to ensure consistency.

Moreover, as you can see from the screenshot above, push notifications are now handled also while you are using the app. The moment an opponent moves, the Updates tab will receive a red badge, alerting you of what happened. One more reason to turn on push notifications! (If you had them turned off, you may go to the iPhone Home screen, load the Settings app, go to Notifications and look for ChessNote there.)

However, if you don’t like notifications, we have got you covered as well! We added buttons to manually reload your updates and games.

Finally, accepting or declining a draw is now done on the board screen, not the Game Info screen. This is more intuitive since it is after all an action you must take while studying the board.

As always, happy checkmating! You can download ChessNote here.

Instant Rematch with ChessNote 1.3.2!

Cubelogic — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 06:57:32 +0000

Download ChessNote 1.3.2 from the App Store!

Version 1.3.2 of ChessNote focuses on user experience and bug fixes. The board screen now has a much more functional organization, using a standard toolbar instead of the geeky right-aligned layout for all the commands. Beside being much easier on the eyes, this makes it a lot easier to browse the moves history, which is something you probably want to do often.

Also, some of you have asked for a rematch feature when a game ends. That would make a lot of sense, wouldn’t it? So, here it is! At the end of each game a pop-up box will ask you whether you want to challenge your opponent one more time. If you do, it’s as easy as tapping “Rematch.” That’s really all there is to it.

Finally, I noticed that the chess-note pane that slides up with each move can be undesired, depending on your mood or astral conjunction: to cater this need, we now have a simple switch to turn that on or off.

That’s it for this release. Thanks again for your support, and happy check-mating!

Download ChessNote 1.3.2 from the App Store!

ChessNote 1.3.1: send a (chess) note with each move!

Cubelogic — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 21:45:59 +0000

Another incremental update of ChessNote, the simplest app to play correspondence chess on your iPhone or iPod, is available at the App Store.

With ChessNote 1.3.1 you can send a brief message to your opponent every time you make a move, if you feel like it. This is something you could do in the old-school way of playing chess by mail, so it feels natural to have it here. It’s called ChessNote for a reason after all!

On another note (pun intended), we added the ability to see the opponent’s rating on the Game Info screen, a feature that a number of people have requested. Pretty straightforward.

So here it is. Download ChessNote 1.3.1 now!

ChessNote Scheduled down-time, Sunday Sept. 18 2011

Cubelogic — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 20:52:49 +0000

Today (Sunday, September 18th, 2011) ChessNote will be down for a couple hours for system upgrade. This is needed for keeping the system reliable and up-to-date. If you experience problems connecting to the servers today, this is the reason.

Service should be coming back online later this evening, approximately around 7pm PST, but hopefully sooner. Sorry for the inconvenience.

ChessNote 1.3: challenge your friends!

Cubelogic — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 07:34:21 +0000

The latest release of ChessNote (version 1.3) finally allows you to start a game with your friends. Simply tap on + button on the Games screen, select “by Email”, and type your friend email. Then it’s on!

Remember, your friend (or yourself if you are the one being challenged!) can always decline any challenge by simply going to the Game Info screen.

So, head over to the App Store and update to ChessNote 1.3!

ChessNote 1.2.2

Ettore — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 07:25:32 +0000

The new 1.2.2 release of ChessNote focuses again on bug fixes. Among others, we fixed a long standing bug in the Game Info screen, where captures were sometimes mistakenly reported. For instance it was sometimes possible to see 2 black queens captured even if the white player captured only one in the actual game. Please note: this issue never affected gameplay, just the game information screen.

Another issue was the notification badge count (the red number in the App icon), that some users reported as always increasing. That’s now fixed, and it should always reflect the number of games where a move is needed from you.

So, please update now!

ChessNote 1.2.1

Ettore — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 06:36:47 +0000

What? You didn’t update to ChessNote 1.2.1 yet? Well, do it now! In this release we mostly fixed issues to make the app more stable, which is the main reason why you should update. But we did add one thing: the remaining time of each game is now displayed directly on the Games list screen, to make it more clear which games need your attention the most. I personally found this small change very useful, so I added it.

As always, happy checkmating!

Refreshing your games on ChessNote

Cubelogic — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 06:27:00 +0000

A few users have asked how to force a refresh on their games list in ChessNote. Normally you don’t really need to do this, since the list is updated automatically after you make a move and each time you come back to the app. However, if you think your opponent might have already moved and absolutely need to check, simply go to the Games tab, then tap again on the Games tab icon. Et voilà, your games are fresh again! A similar trick applies for the Updates tab.

So there you have it. Happy checkmating!

(For the curious, this feature has been there since version 1.)