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Practice with computer

Questions, comments, perceived pros and cons for/of the new feature "Practice with computer" found in Analysis board (next to "Opening explorer")

Some bugs that I found are as follows:
- Pressing "Show threat" exits "Practice with computer". This might be intentional or a lack of compatability of the features at the moment, but I'd reason it's a form of a hint, and as such should be available within this feature, like "Get a hint" and "See best move" are.
- Scrolling or using the arrow keys on a freshly opened Analysis board, with the feature on, gives a "You browsed away" message, even though no moves were yet made.
- Turning this feature on when it's computer to move, seems to get it stuck on "Thinking..." Additionally, browsing away and then resuming gets it unstuck. Works without an issue on player's turn.
- Checkmating is dodgy, seems to freeze the feature.

I've played around with this feature, and I'm very pleased with it. I like how it automatically sets computer's color, based on board orientation. Generally it's something I've needed without knowing it (alright, partially knowing it), as it takes the hassle out of setting up a "From Position" to play with AI (not that it completely replaces it, nor that it should), and could potentially work wonders with other Analysis features, such as "Learn from your mistakes". It's wonderful to see what a powerful presence lichess is making, improving and expanding every step of the way.
It would be neat if we could set how much time the computer spends. In some positions, one might want the computer to think longer than in others.

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