I spent an hour this morning with Balsamiq Mockups toying with various UI for Mac OS X poker odds calculator.
I then spent an hour getting used to Xcode and Interface Builder again. Thank you Aaron Hillegass.
Another hour disappeared into working out why using Cocoa's NSTask to run a command line process made all subsequent logging statements disappear. (The solution is here, by the way).
Finally after getting that stuff out of the way, I made some progress. Here's a screenshot of PokerZebra, a working, simple poker odds calculator for Mac OS X:
It's not PokerStove yet, as it currently doesn't work with ranges of hands, nor does it colour-code the equity values. But it is a good proof of concept.
Why the name PokerZebra? It's a working title. My secondary computer was in screen saver mode, showing photos I made while travelling. I told myself, the next photo will inspire the name. And this photo appeared:
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PokerSafari - cause it explores a poker hand...
argash, nice name imo ;)
GL with it once again, Steve! Thanks!
Working with ranges is the only way to go, otherwise it's totally useless.
I assume your photo library was a safe bet, but it reminds me of a Reggie Perrin scene (classic Leonard Rossiter).
"What shall I call myself? I know, the first thing I see when I look over this wall. Colin ... Colin ... Cowpat."
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