One person's experience: I used to go through each of my (several dozen) categories in order by hand, every day, and also wished for a feature like this. Then I read a thread on this list in which it was claimed that the context-switching necessitated by shuffling all the cards together actually enhances memorization and recall, and thus is a desired feature. (I just looked for a couple minutes and couldn't find it, sorry.) I switched to just putting all my cards in a big pile and haven't really missed my old category-by-category method. Of course I can't really tell if it has actually helped or not.
On Tuesday, December 25, 2012 7:53:04 AM UTC-5, [email protected] wrote: > > Michael, if I'm reviewing 100 cards (a typical amount for a day) my brain > is context switching perhaps 70 times because the categories appear > randomly. I'd much prefer, and it would be far more efficient, to context > switch only 15 times because the cards are automatically grouped by subject. > > Your suggestion (manually activate each category you want to study, every > day) would require more than 15 context switches per session, b/c I would > need to activate many categories individually just to see if there are > cards to be studied that day. Additionally, the switches would be > relatively costly and distracting (open the Activate Cards dialog, think > about which categories are worth activating individually, > deactivate/activate next category). That removes one of the most important > benefits of Mnemosyne, which is that I don't have to think about which > cards to study. The program just shows me cards intelligently and I think > about the content. > > The elimination of continual context switches would allow me to focus on > one subject at a time in the 15-20 minutes I'm studying, making learning > far more efficient. Manually activating each category to study anywhere > from 3-20 cards there is not efficient for me, nor I suspect for anyone > else. This feature is useful if I want to focus on a single subject where > I need to learn many cards at once, or if I want to cram, but in my > opinion, is not useful in the daily scenario which we're discussing. > > I'd really like to see this simple feature added! > > On Tuesday, October 16, 2012 1:45:39 AM UTC+2, Michael wrote: > > Just go to the Ctrl-D screen (De)activate cards. > > > > > > > > Then pick a subset of your total tags you want to study with the > checkboxes. > > > > > > > > Then click "Save this set for later use", and name it. (You can use a > > > > name you've already used if you like.) > > > > > > > > You can do this as many times as you like, and doing so will mark JUST > > > > those cards as "active". I have a few different sets for various > > > > reasons. Some overlap, some don't. But that's totally up to you. > > > > > > > > On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 5:13 PM, Ayesha Nicole > > > > <[email protected] <javascript:>> wrote: > > > > > I am trying to understand what Michael described - because I am > wondering if > > > > > I should create separate databases for each 'subject/topic' or just > create > > > > > hierarchical tags - but then how do I review only one subject at a > time? is > > > > > it done through the 'browse cards' and selecting or de-selecting cards > based > > > > > on type and tags? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sunday, October 14, 2012 10:34:51 AM UTC-4, Peter Bienstman wrote: > > > > >> > > > > >> Actually, I don't consider it a workaround: it's the designed way to > > > > >> deal with this :-) > > > > >> > > > > >> Peter > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> Quoting Michael Campbell <[email protected]>: > > > > >> > > > > >> > I have this same issue; what I do is create a number of saved "tag > > > > >> > sets" in the Ctrl-D dialog each of which captures a "context" of > > > > >> > cards. > > > > >> > > > > > >> > It's not ideal as a workaround, but it does work. > > > > >> > > > > > >> > On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 6:19 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > >> >> I haven't seen this request anywhere - I've been using and > > > > >> >> recommending Mnemosyne for a couple years, and have 2600 cards now > > > > >> >> on a variety of subjects. My problem is that as I'm reviewing, > > > > >> >> context switches madly around with each card - I might review one > > > > >> >> vocabulary card, then one geography card, then a psychology card, > > > > >> >> then review one line from a quote. > > > > >> >> > > > > >> >> In the Settings dropdown that says "Review memorized cards", can a > > > > >> >> third option be added? In addition to "most urgent first" and "in > > > > >> >> random order", "order by tag" or "order by primary tag" would be > > > > >> >> extremely useful. That way instead of taking an extra second with > > > > >> >> each card to determine the context, I could do all my Spanish > > > > >> >> review first, then all my "business contacts" review, etc. > > > > >> >> > > > > >> >> I don't think it would be necessary to select a secondary sort > > > > >> >> mechanism - most urgent first would be a fine secondary sort > > > > >> >> mechanism. This would just save me a lot of time and effort in > > > > >> >> studying when you add up the time I'm spending each day to review > > > > >> >> 40-60 cards. > > > > >> >> > > > > >> >> To the author: Thanks for considering the request, and thanks for > > > > >> >> making Mnemosyne - it's become truly indispensable to me! > > > > >> >> > > > > >> >> Luke Williams > > > > >> >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > > -- > > > > > 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]<javascript:> > . > > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > > > [email protected] <javascript:>. > > > > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > > > > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/mnemosyne-proj-users/-/Q9flG6oKxIcJ. > > > > > > > > > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > > > > > > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "mnemosyne-proj-users" group. 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