I’m not quite clear what the current logic is that determines the order of the “next game” feature (either through auto-advance, or clicking through the top-right icon). I’d like to see a user preference setting we can adjust for this, with options such as:
shortest clock time
longest/shortest time since it became your turn
whatever the current behavior is, with a name that clarifies what it does (I remain perplexed, but I may be thick; I am a mere kyu)
game you’ve viewed least recently
random
prefer certain games by user selection? this one may be more involved
I agree that the game that comes up next appears to be chosen at random. Very confusing and very annoying. Therefore, I use the following work around:
Disable auto-advance in settings
Go to home page and open the game you want
Play the move
Return to homepage
Manually select the next game you want
I like the suggestions of how games could be ordered. This idea:
has been discussed recently here:
But note that the other discussion is about game order on the home page while the OP here is about the order of games in auto-advance / clicking the icon top-right for number of games where it’s your move, which appears to be a separate order. At the very least, the game order by auto-advance / clicking top-right should be the same as the order on the home page to avoid confusion / annoyance.
When I’ve no moves to make it always jumps to the same first game, so I guess there’s a queue of sorts that puts them in a particular order when it’s not your turn.
When it is your turn I don’t know
Now that you’ve made me pay attention to it, while I only have two moves to make it is in the order of the games on the homepage.
Maybe I should wait for more moves and see if the orders agree/disagree.
I think the auto advance is not tab specific though.
For example if I shift click to open the next game in a new tab, then close that tab and shift click again, I get the next game in the list, not the same game again.
