I finally had the chance to start testing 2.0 on Windows 7. It's looking great! Some initial feedback follows.
Most of the points are pretty minor, but that's because the new features already seem very clean and well thought-out. SETTINGS I suggest renaming "Activate Plugins" as "Manage Plugins." * You can also deactivate plugins, so calling it "activate" may confuse users. The plugins window scrolls horizontally by default, making it difficult to read the descriptions. Is there any way to get them to word-wrap? CARDS If you rename "Manage Plugins," I think it would make sense to rename "(De)activate cards" as "Manage cards" as well. SHORTCUT ICONS I like being able to move the shortcut icons bar around the screen, but there seems to be no way to hide it like I could in Mnemosyne 1.0. I think nearly every Windows program that allows you to reposition such bars also allows you to hide them and lock them into place so that they cannot be moved. Suggestion: add ability to hide the bar and also lock it in place CARD TYPES I suggest renaming as follows: Front-to-back only-> One-sided * "Front-to-back only" is very long and is hard to read in the "browse cards" window, especially because there is no horizontal scrolling in that window. Front-to-back and back-to-front-> Two-sided Vocabulary-> Foreign Language * This card type seems poorly suited to learning additional vocabulary in one's native language. GRADE BUTTONS I like the change of 0/1 to "Yet to learn," but I think it should be called "Unmemorized" or "Not yet memorised," just as the bottom right tracker reads Scheduled/Not memorised/etc. Admittedly this is a small point. CARD APPEARANCE Instead of Set font/Set colour, what about Select font/Select colour? This would match the Windows interface, as the dialog box that pops up is titled "Select." Also, "Defaults" may confuse users. If "Reset to defaults" is too long, what about just "Reset"? ADD CLONE WINDOW Because of my poor eyesight I am running Windows 7 at 150% DPI. In general, the program seems to behave fine, but the "Add clone" window under "Clone card type" is squished and very difficult to read. STATISTICS When I open the "Statistics" window, even though I'm using a large screen, the window opens so small that not all the tabs are shown, and I have to click an arrow or resize the window to see the rightmost tabs. Is it possible to open the window larger on bigger screens? (I have no idea how QT handles this.) Also, more annoyingly, if I resize the window and then click one of the tabs, the window snaps back to the size it was when I opened it, and I must resize it again. BEST NEW SURPRISE I love that pressing the space bar will not activate "Learn ahead of schedule." I don't know how many times I got carried away pressing keys and accidentally ended up doing future reviews. QUESTIONS FOR THE DOCUMENTATION (I will add your responses.) I see no option to control the number/interval of backups in the interface. What does Mnemosyne do by default? What are "acquisition reps" and "retention reps" (listed under "Browse cards")? Cheers, Patrick -- 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.
