Alright, so I’ve been procrastinating again. This is a tool which combines my precise use-case for the self-study script, and my approach to using physical flashcards.
The intended purpose is to try to force myself to remember new items a bit better (so they don’t just bounce between A1 and A3 for weeks) and possibly also to catch some problem items on the way back down to Apprentice. I’m trying to be quite careful not to break SRS, hence the focus on A1 items and stuff I’ve just seen anyway (“Recently failed” is failed reviews from the past 3 hours.)
(If this seems unnecessary, a waste of time, even counterproductive, then you have a much better memory than I do. How lovely, I envy you!)
Anyway, just in case some of you find it useful, it is here:
Quick explanation:
Boring details
- Won’t work on IE, no idea about Safari
- Might work on phones/tablets to some extent
- Stuff you know goes by quickly (answer perfectly twice, it’s done)
- The more trouble you have with something, the more you’ll see it
- Meanings can cope with a typo or two, a bit like WK itself
- Readings must be perfect to be correct, however if you’re close it’ll give you another chance (based on Levenshtein distance between romaji-fied input & answers)
- Right at the end, two items you know will stick around if there’s still one item you’ve having problems with - it’s not a bug, it’s just so you don’t have a single item over and over again which is a bit too easy.
- For testing purposes, “1” is always correct, “2” is always wrong.
Good ideas welcome, bug reports entirely unwelcome but grudgingly accepted.
Updates:
2019-07-31: “Privacy Badger” and similar extensions may cause problems, try disabling them for this site if it’s not working. I promise I’m not tracking anyone, I’m far too lazy.
2019-08-02: Added “All that stuff” option to cram everything at once. Auto-focus input field. Cramming a single item is possible (but not very effective).
2019-08-06: Added “+4 ancient gurus” which is the same as “all that stuff” plus four of the twenty oldest gurus, started at least 10 weeks ago, last seen in WK more than 2 days ago. Should this just be in “all that stuff”…?