I'm going to be posting a series of forum posts here detailing issues that, if addressed, can help lichess be better than it already is. It goes without saying that lichess is a great site to play on, so please take this as constructive feedback. The site would draw in more traffic if some of the following suggestions are implemented:
1. Allow moderators to permanently delete ambiguous/unsatisfactory puzzles. Hell, I volunteer to do this for free as there are so many inconclusive puzzles that I would love to remove. It is a pet peeve of mine to waste time on faulty puzzles.
2. Create a search page where you can search for tactics by various filters (Pin, Skewer, Sacrifice, Mate in 3, problem number, level of difficulty, aesthetics, correct/incorrect, etc). Members would be able to search by what they are strong and weak at.
3. Allow a traceable comment section to be included below each puzzle. I want to leave feedback on many puzzles, but can't at the moment. Leaving lines in the game room, where the puzzle was derived from, isn't a real comment section. Also, I wouldn't know if someone responded to a comment in the game room chat if they tagged me. Chat room tags don't leave me a ping.
On a side note, can we can make our lichess "timeline" a bit more expansive than this?
URL:lichess.org/timeline
4. Allow users to set an optional time limit to solve puzzles within an alotted time period.
All of these features are apart of chesstempo already. There's a reason why everyone raves about chesstempo's tactics trainer: It works well.
I know nothing about the backend of lichess's design, so if a developer could step in and explain to me why each suggestion is feasible or unfeasible, I'd appreciate it.
1. Allow moderators to permanently delete ambiguous/unsatisfactory puzzles. Hell, I volunteer to do this for free as there are so many inconclusive puzzles that I would love to remove. It is a pet peeve of mine to waste time on faulty puzzles.
2. Create a search page where you can search for tactics by various filters (Pin, Skewer, Sacrifice, Mate in 3, problem number, level of difficulty, aesthetics, correct/incorrect, etc). Members would be able to search by what they are strong and weak at.
3. Allow a traceable comment section to be included below each puzzle. I want to leave feedback on many puzzles, but can't at the moment. Leaving lines in the game room, where the puzzle was derived from, isn't a real comment section. Also, I wouldn't know if someone responded to a comment in the game room chat if they tagged me. Chat room tags don't leave me a ping.
On a side note, can we can make our lichess "timeline" a bit more expansive than this?
URL:lichess.org/timeline
4. Allow users to set an optional time limit to solve puzzles within an alotted time period.
All of these features are apart of chesstempo already. There's a reason why everyone raves about chesstempo's tactics trainer: It works well.
I know nothing about the backend of lichess's design, so if a developer could step in and explain to me why each suggestion is feasible or unfeasible, I'd appreciate it.