Comments/Suggestions for Simple Game?

I have a super simple game I made. You can download it here:
http://www.filedropper.com/catchphrase2
Anybody have suggestions/ideas?

TokyoTony wrote:
I'd like to try something else please. The reason is as follows:
When I put in a name for the document and then scan the documents, the file still comes up as untitled. I don't get that.
When I want to rotate a page that is supposed to be landscape and do the rotation in Image Capture, all it does is cut the top and bottom out--it rotates the selection, not the image. I know I can do this in a PDF editor but why not have everything I need done in one application?
When I do want to select A4 size, I don't see it unless I hide details. Seems a bit strange.
Thanks,
Tony
Are you scanning into a program, or to a file? Either way, it seems to work for me with Preview. I didn’t try another app.
I can’t replicate your other problems, either. Rotation works as expected and I have both Letter and A4 available on both interfaces.
I have an Epson all-in-one, though.
Perhaps if you listed your HP model number, others with that same printer/scanner could help.
One thing to try, though. Log into another user on the Mac and try to scan. Same results?
Boot into Safe Mode and try to scan. Same results?
OS X: What is Safe Boot, Safe Mode?
Those two steps will see if the problem is system-wide or caused by some additional software you have running at startup.

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classes extracted:
player
token
board
row
column
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to be honest i got lost a little cause according to shach's book i missed state diagram and few other things and dont know how important those bit are in real life and designing real software. as i said i'm real beginner in software engineering and any help would be much appreciated. than you very much in advance for any comments regarding my design and help

i know scenarios should include every possible way of
utilizing the software but it gives countless
possbilities and i was wonder if scenario for every
single way of utilizing the product should be created
or maybe not? i suppose that number of scenarios
depends on how the product is complicated but in case
of very simple game like connect4 aproximately how
many scenarios would be expected?Very few. This program is small and the interaction
with the user is minimal.
2. having above scenario ready i've used noun
extraction method to extract candidate classes and so
i have:
player
token
board
row
column
assuming that state of token, row, column will not
change, i skipped those and left only two classes
board and player. after a while i also noticed that
another class named connect4 would be needed to put it
all together.Things like "player" or "person" are rarely if ever real classes.
Imagine you were designing the control program for an
elevator. Just because a person clicks on the button for
a floor doesn't mean you make them a class in your design.
Likewise, just because a player clicks on a column doesn't
mean you make them a class.
In reality, this program is small enough for one major class,
the gameboard itself. You may have an enum for the token
color but that's about it.
What can you do with this gameboard? Not much:
1. Add a token to column X.
2. Check for a win.
3. Obtain a copy of the board.
Your gameboard only has to maintain the state of the
board and allow you to add a token or check for a win.
Your class to display the gameboard and accept user
input will probably be larger than anything else.
You can write this program with only two classes. The
gameboard and the display.
3. having one scenario ready and classes extracted i
went directly to drawing sequence state diagram which
i've put hereOverkill for a program of this size.
4. next i draw detailed class diagram (here) and more
or less decided on methods for every classAlso overkill for a program of this size. Unless this is
an assignment at work or school, all of these documents
are unnecessary and likely to be several times larger than
your entire program.
5. then i started writing pseudocode but while writing
i'm finding myself adding additional methods,
variables etc and keep changing design while coding,
what dosent seem to be a good practice. i was wonder
how it works in real life and what is the chance to
get application designed correctly for the first time,
i mean extract the classes with methods etc.If you find your design doesn't work while writing code
then yes, you should go back and change your design
document. This isn't too big of a sign of disaster unless
you need to step back another step and change the
requirements document. That's usually a sign you
really messed up.
By all means, go back and change the design document
if you need to before you finish coding.
In this case however, its probably overkill.
to be honest i got lost a little cause according to
shach's book i missed state diagram and few other
things and dont know how important those bit are in
real life and designing real software. as i said i'm
real beginner in software engineering and any help
would be much appreciated. than you very much in
advance for any comments regarding my design and helpIts next to impossible to go through a structured design
process on a project this small while working by yourself.
You really need a bigger project with multiple team members
to see how its all supposed to play out.
Projects of this size are written almost as soon as you start
thinking about them and any documentation you generate will
dwarf your source code printout.

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In PSE 7, when right clicking on one or more selected photos, the popup menu listed “View photos in full screen”, but it no longer does so in PSE 11. Although Full Screen is available on the View menu, having it on the popup would be even more useful.
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I suggest that the default folder view be folder hierarchy (not folder list). Or even better, let the user choose the default folder view in Preferences.
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Thanks for listening...

My own answer will be about :
ARJNA wrote:
Starting with PSE 4, I organized my thousands of photos in several main folders and hundreds of subfolders. Many subfolders have the same name, and frequently the subfolder name is a date. Because the PSE 11 folder list view doesn’t show the hierarchical context, folder list view is just clutter and completely useless for me. As recommended in other posts, I do intend to start using tags/events/places and other suggested ways to organize my photos. However, this will be in addition to (not instead of) using folders. I like organizing my photos in folders, just as I like organizing my other files (text, spreadsheet, etc.) in folders. Also, categorizing photos via tags, places, events, etc. is not equivalent to, and does not replace, using folders. For me, categorizing in this manner is an additional usability feature to using folders.
The fact is that the Organizer has been built historically on a database to manage keywords and categories with some additional tools to enable folder browsing and managing. Note that for other types of applications like word processors or spreadsheets, you have the same choice with using keywords or folder structures.
So, where are we in version 12 ? From what I am reading today, I'll risk a few guesses.
- I am convinced that most people relying like you on folder organization don't use the Organizer or have given up using it.
- A great part of the critiques about the Organizer come about people not understanding the idea of catalogs and categories/keywords (I know that is not your case)
- Anoter great part of the critiques is that the implementation of folder organizing in Elements has aliways been lame and buggy.
What's new in PSE12 is that the folder view has been completely rebuilt. And the result is perceived differently depending on your camp : database or folders...
- For Folder tenants, the result is two-sided. They are happy to have the folder view with all trees back - They don't see the point of the folder list - They are not happy with the new interface based on new categories (people, events...) - They miss the link between albums and folders as you have mentionned
- For database tenants, the main advantage is that a lot of bugs have been corrected and that they can use the folders view and folder list as a secondary tool for organizing. The folder list (a feature I had requested) is a great tool for those wanting to migrate from a folder organization to a database one. Usually, the folder names are significant and enable very fast keywording and constitute a powerful search tool.
- For both camps, the common grudge is the loss of alphanumerical sort order in folder view. I don't care personnally, but I think it's necessary for people working on scans.
So, my wish is that the next version of the Organizer can satisfy people like you,so that much more people use and are happy with the Organizer

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