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Coordinates notation on the board squares?

As the title suggests, is there a way to display the coordinates notation on every single board square, or upload my own table desing? I believe it would be a helpful method for learning the squares much like how one learns a QWERTY keyboard by daily use, don't you agree? Is it an idea to be taken into account by Lichess??
I don't think it would be useful. Besides being a complete visual mess, it would take away any incentive to remember those things at all.

It isn't really difficult to learn the squares; and if you want to learn faster, then switch the coordinates off...
You can create two board images with coordinates and then use Stylus with these userstyles:

.is2d .orientation-white cg-board {background-image: url("https ://img-with-coords-for-white-at-the-bottom") !important;}
.is2d .orientation-black cg-board {background-image: url("https ://img-with-coords-for-black-at-the-bottom") !important;}

Also possible to convert images to base64 and embed them instead of using the URL, e.g.

background-image: url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,base64-coverted-text-here") !important;

you would need to use correct MIME type:
developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Basics_of_HTTP/MIME_types#image_types
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Should work the same way, except instead of .is2d you would need to use .is3d class.
@nadjarostowa said in #2:
> I don't think it would be useful. Besides being a complete visual mess, it would take away any incentive to remember those things at all.
>
> It isn't really difficult to learn the squares; and if you want to learn faster, then switch the coordinates off...

I made an image with very transparent notations so that they aren't a mess, but I think that since you can improve in tactics and strategy by repetition, you could improve in coordinates in the same way. Why not? (as I said before, you can type quickly on a computer because you already know the position of the keys by repetition). I would like to give it a try :)
@bufferunderrun said in #4:
> You can create two board images with coordinates and then use Stylus with these userstyles:
>
> .is2d .orientation-white cg-board {background-image: url("https ://img-with-coords-for-white-at-the-bottom") !important;}
> .is2d .orientation-black cg-board {background-image: url("https ://img-with-coords-for-black-at-the-bottom") !important;}
>
> Also possible to convert images to base64 and embed them instead of using the URL, e.g.
>
> background-image: url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,base64-coverted-text-here") !important;
>
> you would need to use correct MIME type:
> developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Basics_of_HTTP/MIME_types#image_types

Thank you sooo much!!!
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