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3d chess set feedback

It would be nice if it was possible to change the angle at which the pieces are viewed from. I find the current angle confusing to look at.
At the moment it's a one-angle fits all. Not sure if I can be bothered to add more angles as it would take about a week's worth of rendering and editing.

What would you prefer, a lower angle?
Minor board anomaly (really is not a big issue - just for the sake of perfection):
I zoom my browser (Chrome) to 175% to get a big board.
Firstly, is this the correct/only way to get a bigger board? On a big monitor the default board is quite small.
Then, when I pick up a piece, squares sometimes become misaligned. Simple example: take this puzzle with your board zoomed to 175% - http://en.lichess.org/training/6617 - pick up the d6 pawn and keep holding it as you move back and forth from d6 to f4. Assuming it is not just me, a bunch of the middle squares become misaligned.... only noticed it because in bullet it felt like other pieces were "moving". Subtle background move noise... again not a big problem!

Don't worry, it bothers me a bit too. Resizable boards are pretty high up there on the todo list. Chessground itself has been designed to support resizing, so a native way to handle this from lichess shouldn't be too long off. I personally would appreciate resizable boards too.
I think my final assessment of the 3D sets is this:
best 3d set I have played on, but:
- could do with size options (as discussed)
- unfortunately will never be ideal for bullet. The problem is simply the pieces overlap other squares - I don't see a remedy for this (inherent to design). Why this is a problem in bullet is simply I often "mis-grab" a piece when trying to move quickly which takes time. (Easy to imagine this: when you put your mouse down near the top part of the piece (the king and queen in particular have this problem) thinking you are going to move it, you are actually in the square above. This is not the case with a 2d set).

Not a criticism of the design - just an unavoidable limitation.

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