EidoGo

    Keywords: Joseki, Online Go

[ext] EidoGo is a web-based SGF replayer currently in beta-stage development. It was created mainly as a free and open-source replacement for the [ext] TurboGo Joseki Tutor, which is slow to load and not as comprehensive as Kogo's Joseki Dictionary (KJD).

The EidoGo homepage is [ext] http://tin.nu/eidogo/. The current beta version has only been tested with Mozilla and Internet Explorer.

The main advantage of EidoGo is that it uses KJD and loads quickly. It accomplishes this by dynamically loading only nearby variations rather than the entire (enormous) variation tree. (It uses Ajax/XMLHTTP techniques similar to what Google Maps uses.)

It can replay SGF files other than KJD but the feature set for this is not complete. For example:

EidoGo allows direct hyperlinking to board positions but for now this only works in Mozilla. An example:

The name comes from the word [ext] eidetic and the Greek root eidos.

Feedback/suggestions can be posted here or sent to the email address on the EidoGo site. --jk

Steve: This software is employed as an online replayer at the [ext] South African Go Clubs website. (See requested features below).


Keyboard short-cuts:

  • A - back
  • D - forward
  • S - pass
  • R - reset

Known issues:

  • when moving backwards, it does not re-add captured stones
  • direct hyperlinking to board position broken for IE (once fixed, will add a "permalink")
  • when one clicks on the reset button, players ranks and the term undefined become duplicated in the game info at the bottom of the page.

Planned features:

  • show board coordinates
  • show captures, time
  • allow upload/sharing of custom SGFs (partially implemented but disabled)
  • visual variation tree similar to what CGoban2 has
  • full-featured editing (maybe)

Requested features:

  • support fast forward/rewind (shift by some number of moves, perhaps the number can be set as a parameter)
  • support move to end of variation/beginning of game
  • support displaying "marks" (as created by the triangle tool and, square tool in cgoban2...)

This is a copy of the living page "EidoGo" at Sensei's Library.
(OC) 2005 the Authors, published under the OpenContent License V1.0.
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