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H. G. Muller wrote on Sat, Apr 25, 2020 09:40 PM UTC:

The tiles button is not an automatic asset of the diagram, but just added JavaScript embedded in the HTML page, to run the diagram script again with other settings. I can easily hide it, but I would prefer to create the missing images. Problem here is that many of those will have to be 2-kanji tiles. E.g. Flying Dragon has the problem that both its kanji are in use by more common pieces (Flying Chariot = Rook and Dragon King). I am not sure it is a good idea to mix 1-kanji and 2-kanji symbols, so perhaps I have to redo them all, and make a complete 2-kanji set for (Maka) Dait Dai Shogi.

As to text descriptions, it appear that we are of different opinion on that subject. I would say these should be avoided at all cost, or you would get horrible articles like those in Wikipedia. The text unambiguously describes how to read the range in the 8 directions from the mnemonic piece symbols, and even people with JavaScript disabled get to see a board image with these mnemonic symbols. If there are people that do not know how to interpret the symbols, they read the text, and they would know. If they cannot understand that text, they would certainly not be able to understand a text that describes an individual piece. There is not a shred of hope that someone not capable of reading the mnemonic symbols would be able to play this game.


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