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2011-07-15T09:02:00.000-07:00

======================================= 专家授子棋实战细解《授》之1：二子局 ● 二子宫本直毅八段 ○ 水田羡博六段 ======================================= 录入整理：太极神球 @http://www.flygo.net 请使用MultiGo打谱软件欣赏本局 =================== 二子局，专家棋士的正式比赛也有过。因只受二子，而黑棋的危险性较大，但以读者的立场上言，比受多子时更觉得紧张、刺激。拿黑子的是关西棋院的宫本直毅八段，是本书的发行人，也是监修之一。宫本直毅夫人是岛村俊广的长女，棋力是业余5级，平常在家与夫婿弈棋受九子也赢少输多，她觉得这样下棋力不会有多大进步，而想起买几本受子棋的单行本，但找来找去找不到，乃提议由专家棋士们之间弈几局模范的受子棋，这样对提高棋力很有益处。大家商量之结果，恳请宫本直毅的弟弟宫本义久与铃木越雄打头阵，内容非常精彩（参阅本书181页第四局）（注：解答图是以最差、一般再至正解的顺序依次排列）

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Conceptual UI for A Web Go Player

2011-04-15T11:27:00.000-07:00

HTML-enabled comment view:
On-fly-placement:
Long-tail variation list and comment:
Variations shown side-by-side in different windows:

Study of Navigation in Reviewing A Go Game

2011-03-01T14:16:00.000-08:00

Use case 1

Id: UC01
Name: Level 0
Scenario: There is no variation at all. There are only comments, marks and labels.
Scope: Original or light commentary games
Commands required:
Basic navigation commands

Next move - NM
Previous move - PM
End of game - EG
Beginning of game - BG
Fast forward - FF
Fast rewind - FW
Go to arbitrary move - GM

Use case 2

Id: UC02
Name: Level 1
Scenario: There are variations on main path. There is no variation on variations.
Scope: Most commentary games
Commands required: Basic navigation commands plus following commands (Variation Commands):

Next variation - NV
Previous variation - PV
Back to nearest fork of variations- BF
Go to arbitrary variation - GV

Notes on command: Suppose the game tree looks like
A – B – C – D
––B’– C’– D’
––B”– C”–D”

NV can be applied from node {A, B, C, D} to node B’, or it can be applied from node {B’, C’, D’} to node B”;
PV can be applied from node {B”, C”, D”} to node B’, or it can be applied from node {B’, C’, D’} to node B;
BF can be applied from node {B, C, D, B’, C’, D’, B”, C”, D”} to node A

Use case 3

Id: UC03
Name: Level 2
Scenario: There are variations on variation.
Scope: Joseki(定式), death and live
Commands required: Basic navigation commands, Variation commands

Use case 4
Id: UC04
Name: Level +
Scenario: There are comments that reference an arbitrary node in either main path or variations
Scope: Joseki or heavily commentary games
Commands required: Basic navigation commands, Variation commands and following Node referencing command

Go to arbitrary node – GN
Previous node – PN: It goes back to the node where a “Go to …” command executed.
Next node – NN: It is the opposite command of PN from the history of navigation point of view. It goes forward through navigation history.

Explain: Suppose the navigation history looks like
A – B – C, from oldest to newest

If we are currently at node B, NN takes us to node C and PN takes us to node A;
If we are current at node C, NN does nothing and PN takes us to node B;
If we are current at node A, NN takes us to node B and PN does nothing.

Mobile Go Revived

2011-01-14T15:28:00.000-08:00

Mobile Go revived since New Year 2011. I've found a partner to work on this project with me. However, this time it will be focusing on building a system that provides the best user experience of sharing fun of Go.

Enthusiasts' voices should never be ignored. Stay tuned.

Stop Working On Mobile Go

2009-12-09T10:09:00.000-08:00

It's time to say good bye to my Mobile Go users. I'm not going to work on this project because I am tired of so many smartphone OS. I have decided not spending time on working for any of them. I simply just want to enjoy my life. Hope all Mobile Go users still enjoy playing Go.
Bye.

Is Palm Going To Win Programmers Back with WebOS

2009-04-07T08:16:00.000-07:00

Palm announced an early access program for developers to test-drive and provide feedback on the their Mojo SDK prior to its public release last week. According to what Mitch Allen described in his new book Palm webOS (O'Reilly, 2009), it seems like WebOS is a very interesting mobile platform. It provides multi-task (background application) capability that iPhone lacks, flexible notification system (Popup and Banner vs. iPhone's Popup only), and rich services (native on-device services and cloud services). I think supporting cloud services makes a lot sense. Because it not only widens the application rang that a mobile device can be used for, but also makes the mobile development far more easier. However, how all of these promises are going to work in reality? Is Palm able to deliver what they have promised? Is Palm going to win programmers back? Let's see.

Work On Development Tools - Part Two: UMLet or Modeler

2009-03-06T14:39:00.000-08:00

Before reading Mike's comment on my previous post, I was playing around with UMLet, an open source Java application that also has Eclipse plug-in. I thought UMLet was an execllent tiny tool that can help me. It's simple, very easy to use. I can even export diagrams as PDF, GIF or PNG format. However, it is just TOO SIMPLE too fit my need. For example, it does not provides all the notations out of box, though you can add those notions by creating by yourself. This just seems extra work for me.

Mike Milinkovich pointed me to the Eclipse Modeler, which is part of an open source project called Amalgamation. This package is not small. It is about 78M. However, according to the project's web site, it is "A lightweight set of modeling technologies delivered as an Eclipse product that focuses on the needs of a modeling Practitioner; that is, it provides UML and BPMN diagramming capabilities."

The download and installation were both straightforward. Within a few minutes, I was able to create my own diagrams. The package comes with plenty of examples covering classes, components, activities, state machines, composite structures, deployments and use cases. Thank God for helping me to make decision of sticking with Eclipse. It couldn't be easier than using it's Eclipse plug-in. Thank you Mike. You save my time.

Let's go back to work.

Work On Development Tools - Part One: Eclipse or NetBeans

2009-03-04T16:13:00.000-08:00

Both Eclipse and NetBeans are open source development environment. Because I have been working on Palm OS Developer Suite, which is based on Eclipse, it is by nature to stick with Eclipse to develop Mobile Go for J2ME. However, there are a lot of stuffs need to be done to get a complete environment for design, development, test and deployment.

First of all, I need a UML tool to model my software. I used Visual Paradigm for UML (Community Edition/evaluation copy) to design Mobile Go for Palm. I want a integrated tool to do my work this time. So I searched Eclipse's plug-ins. OMG, there are so many plug-ins. Which one should I choose? What I need is a tool that allows me doing diagrams. I don't really need auto code generation, reverse engine or CVS. I want it be easy to use, don't need to take days to install, configure and learn.

So, where is my baby?

Redesign Mobile Go Using New Design Pattern

2009-02-26T11:39:00.000-08:00

While I was learning Java programming these days, I also reconsidered the design of Mobile Go. Mobile Go for PalmOS is an self-motivated project without well plan and design in advance. It luckily came out as a good work. It works because I fully understand what I'm doing, and moreover, what I want as a Go player.

Three years after Mobile Go was born, I now have a bigger picture for it. It will be running on much more diversified devices. It will be offering more features. Ultimately It will probably be offering services other than just playing and observing games, such as pushed news, IM, problem solving champion, etc.

Can Mobile Go achieve these goals? I don't know. But I know it won't be there if I'm not going to do something for it now. That's why I have to redesign Mobile Go. I have to do it from scratch. In order to make Mobile Go platform independent and functionality expandable, a new design pattern is needed. Yes, that is MVC (Model-View-Controller) design pattern.

J2ME - Mobile Go's Next Platform

2009-02-16T23:02:00.000-08:00

I have been looking for the next platform for Mobile Go since it was released for Palm OS in 2006. Windows Mobile and Symbian used to be my considerations. Due to my not-so-good experience of using Dell X30, I quickly dropped Windows Mobile and picked Symbian. After weeks of study of Nokia's S60, which is the most shipped Symbian-based platform, I unfortunately realized that Symbian was not for me. Not only because it is so difficult to start with, but also there is no touch screen support until recently.

Later, there came iPhone. I initially thought it might be a perfect platform for Mobile Go. Large screen, hight resolution, touch screen, multi task and 3G all make senses. However, I was wrong again. There is touch screen but no stylus support, fingers only. Don't forget we have to squeeze a 19 x 19 board in to the 3.5 inch wide screen. How can you place a stone on such a "LARGE" screen with your finger? Though I have figured out how to solve this issue, I was still not convinced to write a program for iPhone. Because the worse thing is that iPhone DOES NOT allow a third party application running on the background. It means if there is an incoming call while you are playing a game using Mobile Go for iPhone, the connection with Go server will be dropped and Mobile Go has to be terminated. Definitely, you are going to loose the game .

Another year passed. I was still looking for the right platform for Mobile Go until my wife got her BlackBerry Bold and I got my Sony Ericsson W910i recently. I didn't know Java platform can be powerful enough to drive BlackBerry to success. I learned most feature phones and a large number of smart phones support J2ME. BlackBery, Nokia's S40 & S60, Sony Ericsson's Java Platform all support J2Me. I believe many phones from other makers like Samsung, LG, Motolora and Lenovo, you name it, do support J2ME somewhat.

Why not give Java a try? I said to myself. So I began to setup a development environment last week. I downloaded and installed Eclipse, EclipseMe, BlackBerry's JDE for Eclipse plug-in, SonyEricsson's J2ME SDK, Nokia's S40 and S60 Java SDK. About a week later, I'm now able to build and run my first Java MIDlet "Hello World" on Sony Ericsson's both emulator and real device, and Nokia's S40/S60 emulators as well. Good start. I'll keep working on BlackBerry and build up my J2ME programming skills. There are a lot of things to learn, but it will be fun and I will make it.

Edition Comparison Chart

2008-08-26T15:42:00.000-07:00

Broken Download Link Fixed

2008-08-26T15:25:00.000-07:00

Due to the recent change of my IP address, the download link was broken. Thanks to one Mobile Go user who reported this issue to me via email. It's fixed. Please sent me email regarding any comment or bug report. Thanks.

Stop Selling Mobile Go on PalmGear/PocketGear

2008-05-01T10:49:00.000-07:00

I have stopped selling Mobile Go on PalmGear since March 2008. The reason is that download and sale were decreased significantly since PalmGear was consolidated with PocketGear in November 2007. Motricity (the company that hosts both PalmGear.com and PocketGear.com) even failed to send me either notification of sale or cheque. One of my client told me that he did not receive registration code after he paid PocketGear.com. In March, I requested them to take my software off their sites, but they did nothing and still listed my software on their site.
I've been revising my blog recently to make it capable to download and purchase Mobile Go. It is complete now.

Mobile Go Basic Edition free now

2008-05-01T10:41:00.000-07:00

Mobile Go Basic Edition becomes freeware since V2.5. It can be used without charge forever. Enjoy!

Mobile Go V2.5 Released

2008-05-01T10:32:00.000-07:00

Change since V2.4:

Support TEACH command.

Add Time Elapsed to Game Info screen.

Auto close Challenger Queue screen if there is no challenger any more.

Add Data (Traffic Count) feature.

Disable some commands(DEFS,STATS,MATCH,TELL) that are not available if using a guest account.

Fix a bug that causes Automatch check box never shown.

User Input Needed

2007-10-30T14:31:00.000-07:00

It's been a while since Mobile Go V1.0 was released in March 2006. I'm quite happy with what it offers so far, but I do need your input to guide the direction of Mobile Go. What features do you think should be implemented in the future version? Please list by priority. Thanks.

Mobile Go V2.4 Released

2007-10-26T14:27:00.000-07:00

Change since V2.3:

Support IGS-specific command AUTOMATCH and DEFS
Bug fixes.

Mobile Go V2.3be (Basic Edition) Discontinued

2007-09-07T16:33:00.000-07:00

Due to low interest, Mobile Go V2.3be (Basic Edition) is discontinued effective today.

Disappointed at Palm Foleo

2007-05-31T11:13:00.000-07:00

Palm just officially announced the Foleo, its first smartphone companion product. See detail here. However, it is not what I have been expecting. I'm disappointed at this product line. Let's keep eyes on how ALP (Access Linux Platform) is going to be by this year.

Mobile Go V2.3be and V2.3se Released

2007-03-23T14:57:00.000-07:00

Mobile Go V2.3be (Basic Edition) and V2.3se (Standard Edition) are released today. They are priced at USD 9.90 and USD 19.90 respectively.

Mobile Go V2.3pe Released

2007-01-24T12:18:00.000-08:00

Change since V2.2:

Support playing a game and observing multiple games at the same time
Bug fixes.

Looking Into The Future

2006-12-26T09:35:00.000-08:00

It has been nine months since Mobile Go V1.0 was released in March, 2006. It is always an exciting project that I'm working on.
15 years ago, when I started my IT career as a Foxbase programmer, I had never thought about writing program for cell phone. I always called myself a database programmer for my major works were database related. Even today my full time job is still database related. I'm a PeopleSoft application developer. However, I'm now more interested in Mobile programing than any other area. I truly believe that Mobile computing will be next big thing just like Internet was in early 1980's. It's why I'm spending most of my spare time on learning mobile programming and looking at the market of mobile computing.
Communication and Mobility are two keys to our daily life. But will cell phone be that one replacing PC in our daily activities? I don't know. Let's look into the future. Only time will tell.

Mobile Go Will Have Variant Editions

2006-12-20T11:50:00.000-08:00

There will be three editions of Mobile Go. Scheduled to be released in January 2007.

Basic Edition will support observing game and chatting only, targeting casual users.
Standard Edition will support all features in current version V2.2 in addition to saving and loading games in memory card. It targets most mobile Go players.
Prime Edition will support all features in Standard Edition plus the ability to observing/reviewing multiple games while playing a game. It's for those who are die-hard Go enthusiast.

All current registered users are entitled to upgrade to Prime Edition for free. More features will be added to future releases.

New Blog for Mobile Go Launched

2006-12-20T10:19:00.000-08:00

I just registered a new blog for Mobile Go. I will post any thing related to Mobile Go here. Hopeful it will be the first place where all Mobile Go users like to share their experience with others. I'll also keep updating the status of Mobile Go project, including the port to other platforms.

Mobile Go V2.2 released

2006-11-20T11:20:00.000-08:00

Change since V2.1:

Support Power Save Mode.

Can answer incoming call (on Treo) without exists Mobile Go.

Support UNDO during scoring.

Support game title.

Support IGS-specific option NEWRATING.

Add feature to auto save a game when Mobile Go exits or to reload the saved game when Mobile Go starts.

Can remember the Main and Byoyomi time used in last match request.

Give another 15 days of trial period to previouse installation.

Bug fixes.

Progress of porting Mobile Go to Symbian

2006-11-14T11:22:00.000-08:00

The UI that I choose for Symbian is S60 for its tremendous popularity. However it's a matter of easy to say but hard to do. I'm still reading on programming books of Symbian S60. The facts that the screen estate is rather small and there is no pen to input on a S60 cell phone make it quite hard to port Mobile Go from Palm OS. I may have to trade off some features.

Mobile Go V2.1 released

2006-09-21T11:24:00.000-07:00

Change since V2.0:

Support fast review of a game.

Add Network Preferences. It allows user to specify network character and handles networking issues better.

Fully support SAY command.

Bug fixes.

Mobile Go V2.0 released

2006-07-31T12:34:00.000-07:00

Change since V1.1:

Show challenger's rank in Challenger Queue and Match screen

Use key SPACE to toggle cursor. Stylus-free operation supported for Treo

Accept ADJOURN request

Support NMATCH and SEEK commands

Support connection via proxy server

Mobile Go V1.0 released

2006-03-21T11:25:00.000-08:00

Introduction
Mobile Go is a client for Internet Go server. You can use it to observe or play games as long as your Palm handheld or mobile phone can access Internet using Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPRS/EDGE or Palm Modem. Mobile Go was designed to support most IGS and NNGS commands. It is a common client for many Go servers including popular IGS, NNGS, WING and LGS. Play Go on the go with Mobile Go.
System Requirement
· Handheld with Palm OS 3.0 or higher
· Must support TCP/IP socket
Installation
Download Mobile Go from http://www.palmgear.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=software.showsoftware&prodid=120214
Unzip mobilego.zip to a temp folder, you will find a file mobilego.prc which can be installed by Palm Quick Install. Please see Palm user document for how to install an application using Palm Quick Install
Registration
Mobile Go is a shareware that you can use all features for free for 30 days. After 30 days trial period expires, you have to buy a register code. You can enter the 10 digits of code via menu Options/About/Register.