Direct play menus, clearer game setup, and an updated gallery
Simplified navigation, installed-engine selection, stable move navigation, unified storage tools, and new screenshots.
Redesigned the home page with a warmer gold-and-green palette, a larger 3D board preview, screenshot-led study cards, clearer online and Companion sections, and responsive layouts. Install and offline-engine controls remain available.
Reorganized the main menus into Play, Training, Game History, Settings, Tools, and Help. Training lists Train against AI before Lichess Puzzles.
Replaced New Game mode tabs with Play menu choices. Online via Lichess and Online via FICS open their lobby directly. Signed-out Lichess users choose Sign in or Reconnect saved session inside the lobby; opening it no longer starts OAuth automatically.
Added an installed-engine dropdown and refresh icon to vs AI Engine. The local setup window uses a 3D gold border and a wider sunken Game Settings section with room for engine descriptions.
Moved Storage information, Clear saved games, and Reset all local data to the bottom of Game History. Removed the Storage menu and duplicate backup/restore entries.
Retired the old Your game archive window. Saved Games handles Browser and Companion libraries, collections, metadata, copies, moves, exports, and deletion; Backup and Restore handles the selected storage location.
Restyled Backup and Restore with a 3D gold border, heavy outer grain, and a fine-grain sunken section, matching the metadata editor.
Kept failed Saved Games deletion messages visible after controls are re-enabled; failed deletions retain their games.
Prevented duplicate live-engine searches that could stop Companion engines with “Previous search has not drained.”
Kept Game Moves stationary while the selected row is visible and removed its scroll animation. The Time column shows elapsed times; hover details include available remaining clocks.
Refreshed 15 gallery screenshots, added eight views for training, puzzle progress, imports, online players, FICS, Tactical Map, and saved-analysis shortcuts, and updated the example PDF. Captions now cover the comparison charts and move times.
See Features, Playing a game, Saved Games and backups, and the Gallery. Companion server backups and collection filtering are included in the Companion 0.1.7 public release.