I cannot tell you how many times it gets frustrating to have the software fail to obey your request to move pieces where you want them to go on the squares when playing internet chess. Just last night I watched a video on YouTube from a poster who was playing well but suddenly dropped a piece because the mouse click didn't correctly register where to place the knight. So he ended up losing the game. I do know that Babachess has the option of enabling click and drag pieces. Something that should be standard on all software titles. But the only option for non compliant software is to turn this feature on in the mouse software itself. This is called "click lock" in Windows 7. This has really been helpful when playing blitz games. Because now I simply am able to click the piece and move it without dropping it to the wrong square.
Does anybody know if Chessbase or ChessOK has introduced this feature into its line of chess playing software? Currently I can't do this with Aquarium, Shredder Classic nor Chessbase. The only way around this issue is to set the "click lock" in the mouse options before playing the games. But the only problem with this one is when you select a piece...you have to make sure the mouse click registers your choice. Sometimes it doesn't work because you forget to click on the pieces long enough for the mouse driver to understand you're selecting that particular piece when playing blitz.
