Hi, First off, thanks for a wonderful, easy, simple, yet very effective solution to certain learning problems.
I want to suggest some improvements, based on the idea that for a new user, as much clarity as possible is needed. And also that software shouldn't bother the user with anything if not really necessary. For the sake of clarity, I would like to know when a card is being repeated because I answered it incorrectly, whether it is a new card, or whether it is one that is scheduled. In these 3 different cases, I would like to have different buttons. For a new card, I would like to have the buttons 0) "Completely new" 1) "Faint idea" 2) "Almost know" 3) "Know but might forget" 4) "Know" 5) "Know very well" For a scheduled card 0) "Completely forgot" 1) "Vaguely remembered" 2) "Remembered but not quite correctly" 3) "Remembered with effort" 4) "OK" 5) "Instantly remembered" I would like to have buttons 0 and 1 in red, button 2 in yellow, buttons 3, 4 and 5 in green. This would make it visually clear that 5 is correct but interval can be longer, 4 means interval is OK, 3 means interval needs to be shorter. For forgotten cards, since the levels 3-5 are all the same, it would be better to have 0) "Completely forgot" 1) "Vaguely remembered" 2) "Remembered" to avoid the user having to make a choice that doesn't serve any purpose. Button 0 and 1 could be red and 2 green. I would also like to propose a different solution for the situation where there are only a few cards left to do, and the current algorithm causes repetition, either immediately or with only 1 or 2 other cards in between. I would not postpone those cards to the next day to avoid repetition, since that makes it impossible for the user to feel that he has finished today's job. It is important to have this sense of accomplishment. Therefore, I would repeat some cards that didn't really have to be repeated, ones with a high probability of getting a correct answer. At least 3 cards in between would be ideal for me. These extra repeated cards should be clearly marked as such, and not require grading from the user, just "OK" in green and "Reschedule tomorrow" in red. This way, it can never happen that he has to keep going forever. But if he happened to really forget the card, then he can be sure it will be asked again tomorrow. I'm curious to hear your ideas! Kind regards, Wim -- 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.
