Hi. I only took Anki for a quick spin around the block but it felt good and appears to be quite user friendly. I will put it to the full test this week. Thanks for the link.
On Sep 21, 4:47 am, Dougie Nisbet <[email protected]> wrote: > OldGrantonian wrote: > > On Sep 21, 8:45 am, Dougie Nisbet <[email protected]> wrote: > > Perhaps you need to write down your > >>> requirements then methodically try as many flashcard programs as > >>> possible to find the one that best fits your needs. > > > Here are some of the programs I tried before settling on Mnemosyne: > > > supermemo > > I still use supermemo on my PDA and find the portability great. My main > requirement is botanical identifications and remembering latin and > common plant names. So moving on to mnemosyne and taking advantage of > the ability to use images was the main attraction for me. Have you > looked at anki? (http://ichi2.net/anki/). I discovered it by reading > older posts on the mnemosyne mailing list and decided to give it a try. > Initially I loved it but before long found it too complicated and had > lots of extra features that I didn't want and just got in the way. Again > a lot of it is down to personal preference. I like using hot-keys a lot > and any program that forces me to use the mouse when a keypress will do > usually gets ditched. mnemosyne's rather sparse interface is something I > find quite appealing, and the ability to process and entire stack of > flashcards using only keypresses is essential for me. > > Often just by searching the web you can find many folk have done a lot > of the hard work on the comparison for you. I found the blog > athttp://www.glowingfaceman.com/blog/anki-vs-mnemosyne/helpful in > deciding which program to use. My own setup is described > athttp://theaccidentalarborist.blogspot.com/search/label/mnemosyne > > Good Luck! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "mnemosyne-proj-users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mnemosyne-proj-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
