timothy's Journal: Oh, Hasbro, you want my feedback on Facebook's Scrabble?

Scrabble asked for feedback and a star rating; I gave it 2 out of 5 (I'd have gone to 2.5, but not all the way to 3), and wrote:

"It's slowly getting better. Excessive flash means slow loading, which is annoying w/ multi games. New chat widget, though finally shown by default (instead of Moves) loses characters in fast typing. Last-move highlight should be default, and more obtrusive. Starting a game still broken for me (Firefox, Linux), has been for months. Stats should be more interestingly presented (missing cool oppty to show graphs of game progression, highlight most obscure words, etc). Should have a training mode, for simple vs-computer playing w/ hints. SOWPODS not an optional dictionary. Awkward to end a stalled game. Does Challenge mode work yet? (Sued scrabulous and E-scrabble, which did a better job, cleaner, and with fewer show-stopper bugs, you jerks. I realize, mostly not the programmers' fault, but still.)"