This is pretty cool! For me its a good motivation to do some reviews as I can see how much longer I can procrastinate before its getting too much to do again
I used a script before to see that but this way its way nicer! Well done, thanks!
This is pretty cool! For me its a good motivation to do some reviews as I can see how much longer I can procrastinate before its getting too much to do again
I used a script before to see that but this way its way nicer! Well done, thanks!
Kumirei actually made a script for that. Here it is:
So far, this has made me keep up with my reviews more regularly! I can see when they’ll be added to so I have a idea of how often I should pop in for a review. Loving it~~~!
Merus, thanks so much for the timing idea. I never really thought about doing new ones in the morning and then reviewing 4 hours later. That’s helpful! I know I read somewhere what the review schedule was, but I forget. Is there a place somewhere that explains the overview of WaniKani’s approach and the review patterns? I think I need a refresher. Also, I wonder why I’m moved up to the next level so soon (it seems to me). It shows me all these kanji and vocab for my new level, but I don’t start to get them for a long time after supposedly moving up! What’s with that? Those are the kinds of things I’d love to understand so I could create a more effective study plan.
If you can handle scripts, there’s already a script for that.
Definitely take a look at the Getting Started guide if you haven’t read it: What is WaniKani? | WaniKani Knowledge
It takes a while to actually see the new radicals you unlock because of how WaniKani does lessons. When you guru radicals, it adds kanji lessons that use that radical (and any radicals you’ve seen before). When you guru kanji, it adds vocabulary lessons using that kanji, and you level up based on guru-ing kanji, not vocabulary. What that means is you tend to guru a lot of kanji at the same time, unless you’ve gotten a lot wrong recently, so you get a lot of vocabulary in your queue at the same time as you get a whole lot of new radicals. WaniKani prefers to show you vocabulary from previous levels first, which is why it takes a while for the radicals to show up.
There’s some advice here for building a lesson plan based around how much time and energy you have available, here: Wanikani is too slow and the Radicals are Useless. also Why Can't I just level up in one day instead of 7? - #51 by jprspereira
or you can just read the beginner’s guide My Journey of 368 days (+ The Ultimate Guide for WK 📖 ) - #2 by jprspereira
I have a feeling it would answer all your questions.
Merus, thank you again! I plan to go through these in detail. Since my daily time is limited, I’d like to arrange it to be as efficient as possible. Your previous suggestion, to plan to review about 4 hours after doing new lessons, has really helped me! I’m
sure I can glean some new pearls of wisdom with these links. Thanks again!
Since this new design has gone live, the Reviews button is blue when I load the dashboard and I have reviews. But if I leave the dashboard open (which is always the case) the button doesn’t get blue when the next review batch comes up.
I don’t know how it goes for the Lessons button, hadn’t had these in a while.
Lessons has the same issue but it’s pink/magenta instead of blue. They don’t automatically refresh on the hour, so I end up just refreshing the page when I want an update.
The forecast says when the next review is due. I just make a mental note of that or set a timer or if the dash isn’t refreshed, look at the forecast and compare to the current time.
That’s always been the case, at least, since I joined WK. The page had to be refreshed.
I created a userscript that solves this exact problem. It enables the review button when new reviews become available and updates the forecast accordingly, all without needing to refresh the page. It also adds a hover popup to the review button that tells you the remaining time until the next review batch.
You can download it from here: WaniKani Review Button Auto Enable and Hover Details
Thanks for that! It’s exactly what I thought was missing! お疲れ様!
Thanks so much for the script.
Love, love, love this new forecast feature. It really assists balancing life and WK reviews. Thanks!
Sorry for not getting back to you earlier.
I’m not a mom, but time is a critical resource for me as well. If you don’t mind I’ll share my little (probably highly subjective) insights.
My tips and insights for saving time with WK:
Hope it helps
Reviews at midnight?! Do you even sleep?
I rarely wake up earlier than 9:00
Sleeping at midnight?! Are you ever awake?