Prompting your preferred game format when challenged

[yafred]

A new tab in preferences allows user A to create/edit one challenge preference using the existing challenge dialog.

When user B accesses the profile of user A, the 'challenge to a game link' is overridden to carry user A preference.
(In this case, user B stored preferences are not changed)

User A can also copy and paste his challenge link for share it.

Benefits: the challenge link carries only one attribute (challenge-pref) for everything. It may supersedes the forcedOptions where attributes are added one at a time. Obviously, the user cannot write the URL manually but needs to use the challenge preference page.

Ideas for the future:

• Shortening the url when it is shared (for ex: /challenge/:key would redirect to /?user=xx&challenge-pref=xxxx#friend)
• Save more than one preference to enable/disable them (this is why I create a new collection in DB)
• Generate links to share for other situations; ai, challenge a user
• Allow the dialog to propose more than one type of challenge
• Enforce the preference(s) server side so that the challenge is refused if not the preference

[kraktus]

Hey yafred, thanks for the good work but are sure this is solving a user issue? I've never seen anything like that be requested

[yafred]

At first, it was an idea I had watching how streamers were using Lichess

And then I found this issue #14305 and especially the comment in the PR #16004

It remains very obscure and niche, eventually we need an UI that generates these URLs

[yafred]

I learn a lot doing that ... I won't be offended if it is closed off-topic or not planned 😃