I think you're focusing too much on context switching, as if it's a huge deal; it isn't. I have also been led to believe that it's not necessarily even bad. Efficiency in time in the short day to day term may lead to an INefficiency over the long term not remembering as well and having to go over the same things more often.
But, like I've said... everyone is different, so do what best fits *you*. On Tue, Dec 25, 2012 at 7:53 AM, <[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]> 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]. > > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > > > [email protected]. > > > > > 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. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > . > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/mnemosyne-proj-users/-/YnatRPdv32MJ. > 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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