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Chess.com macOS Web App — v1.0.0

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@itsmeshibintmz itsmeshibintmz released this 06 Jul 14:32

This is the initial release of the unofficial native macOS wrapper application for Chess.com, designed with modern macOS integration and premium visual design languages in mind.

🌟 Features

  • Apple Liquid Glass Theme: Styled with standard Apple translucent glassmorphism materials (.ultraThinMaterial), custom green specular highlights, 3D borders, and dynamic lift hover animations (.hoverLift).
  • Custom Navigation pill controls: Floating, interactive capsule navigation pill overlay at the bottom center of the window with shortcuts to:
    • Play Online 🎮
    • Puzzles 🧩
    • vs. Computer 💻
    • Lessons 🎓
  • Built-in Ad-Blocker: Custom orange shield quick toggle to filter advertisements and commercial banners, keeping your chess board fully focused and clean.
  • Fully Custom Settings (⌘,): Native macOS settings window allowing you to configure:
    • General: Block Ads toggle and default startup page picker (starts on Dashboard, Play, or Puzzles).
    • Shortcuts: Selectively choose which navigation buttons appear inside the bottom floating bar.
  • macOS Window & Design Integration:
    • Left vertical menu padding adjusted (36px top margin) to avoid overlapping the traffic lights (close/minimize/zoom) controls.
    • Fully supports double-click titlebar zoom and window dragging.
    • Elegant, neutral-colored WebKit scrollbars visible in both dark & light modes.
  • OAuth Support: Fixed popups and cookie redirections to support Google, Apple, and Facebook sign-ins completely inside the application.

📦 Installation

  1. Download Chess.com.dmg from this release.
  2. Open the DMG and drag Chess.com to your Applications folder.