Just published an update that drastically improves the Subjects pages so you no longer get stuck in an in-between state when swiping, along with improvements to the authorization process that fixes an infinitely loading home screen bug that occasionally happens to users. Shouldn’t have to deal with being forced to log out and re-entering your token again, I know that’s super annoying lol. I’m guessing the updates will be live by tomorrow morning
Note: this update will log you out when you first update since I redid the auth process, sorry for the inconvenience!
Update on this bug: this was due to it waiting to load the info for the kanjis the radical was in. But surprise, this radical doesn’t have any kanji it’s in! Lol it’s the Cyclops radical and looks like it was removed years ago, but for some reason kept in the database. So I’m just going to no longer include radicals that don’t have any corresponding kanji
No bug report but maybe an option to be implemented in the future ?
When I “graduate” to a new level, it immediately adds all the vocabulary/kanji/radical that can be studied to the Wani lesson pile (that’s how it works, not my issue) but I like to finish all the previous level’s vocabulary before moving to the new one.
Would it be possible in the advanced or regular setting, to sort by level, not just by type ?
I can definitely add that, yeah! You must’ve read my mind, adding sorting options to reviews/lessons is the next thing I plan to work on since most of the major bugs have been squashed haha. Also gonna add wrap up mode soon since I know that’s important to people who do larger review batches
First: would it be possible, for some of the super long words, to have them displayed in a slightly reduced size? They are so big, the push the typing zone behind the keyboard, and it can be a little annoying to drop the keyboard to check.
Second: can we be allowed to select the closest multiple of 5 above our current review number? In the following case, it works, because the default is 10, so even tho I only have 9 things to review, I can review all of them at one time. But earlier, I had 14, but I couldn’t select 15 in the drop down menu, so I had to do it in a set of 10 and then 4.
Oh yeah, I can definitely do that! Haven’t seen that issue happen before so thanks for bringing it up I definitely have the font size much larger than other apps I’ve seen, was purposeful since (for me) I like seeing the radicals/kanji up close when I’m learning them. For vocab though, I can decrease it and have a solution in mind to account for low-vision users who increase their default font-size.
For this issue, I’m thinking I could simplify the logic by having an “All” option for batch size on both the basic and advanced settings, would that work? It’s easy to add but I’ve held off on it until I implement wrap up mode. Didn’t want people to get halfway through a huge queue only to realize they either have to completely finish or lose all their progress lol.
Though that batch size should always have something selected/never be empty, so I can add “All” and just a disclaimer in the meantime to fix that until wrap up is implemented
Not positive what you mean by this, but katakana is shown in the subject details! When entering an item in the input though it still shows hiragana like all other WaniKani apps. I may add a feature in the future to change that, but lower on my list of priorities for now.
Oh yeah, it does! You can filter by subject type and select specific lessons or reviews
Features in screenshot are already on the app, but the last few days I’ve been working on adding sorting options, more filtering options, and wrap up mode. Those updates will probably be released this weekend
Great work on this Salemlf, It is looking great, any chance you were planning on implementing this little orange bar for when those reviews will grant you a level up? -
Aw, thank you! Oooh I had totally forgotten about that feature existing, thanks for reminding me! I’ll definitely add that once I get around to improving the review forecast, it’s buggy rn and needs some love
Hey @salemlf, I’ve been playing around with the new update, and it looks great the new batch sorting options are great.
Now I do have one critique, and maybe it’s because I didn’t phrase my previous critique correctly (and if that’s the case, I’m very sorry ).
-the vocabulary words are now really waaaay too small. They are not difficult to read, but I still think it’s too small. In my previous comment, all I wanted to ask is if there was a possibility for vocabulary size to adapt to the size available, as to not push the writing box behind the keyboard (like making sure all vocabulary adapts to a 1/2 lines of X pixels).
Thanks so much for the clarification! I really appreciate you taking the time that makes a lot of sense haha, totally not on you. I definitely agree it’s too small of a font now, went a little overboard with my fix lol.
I have a solution in the works for the input not being viewable/being covered by the virtual keyboard that will avoid the problem entirely, but in the meantime I’ll push a fix later today to increase the vocab font size
Update available now that increases vocabulary font size, it’s bigger but not as big as it was originally (so still smaller than kanji and radicals). Lemme know if this seems reasonable
Fix for input being hidden by virtual keyboard will likely be added sometime this week, it’s a surprisingly complex problem for how simple it sounds lol
First of all thanks for developing this app. It’s really nice. I do however have one issue with it. You see when I really don’t know the meaning of a kanji I usually just fill in one letter, as I can’t enter a blank answer. However when this letter is part of the solution your app counts it as correct. Is it possible for you to either make it so you need to have a certain percentage (like 80%) correct to make it count or to allow me to retry on correct answers so I can put in something wrong on purpose?
Thank you! oh yeah, the way I’m accounting for typos now it’ll mark it as correct if it’s a part of the answer and the answer isn’t very long/isn’t too far off from where the letter would be in the answer. I’m considering adding configurable typo tolerance for people who like that to be more/less strict, but I’m also of the belief that too many settings can lead to a confusing/inconsistent interface for users, and only wanna go that route if it’s a thing people really want.
To solve your problem though, I’ve noticed some people confuse the retry/left swipe with something that’d also clear the input field if it was correct. Since it appears to be a common confusion (and I think sometimes people wanna try out typing in another answer or get it wrong on purpose), I can change that where it’ll clear it even if the input was correct! Then if you type in some “asdfghjkl” nonsense or something it’d definitely be marked as wrong. That’d be an easy fix
Another option would be adding a “I don’t know” button, which I can also do. I’d probably still change the retry to clear correct answers though since that confusion is still an issue
I definitely have the font size much larger than other apps I’ve seen, was purposeful since (for me) I like seeing the radicals/kanji up close when I’m learning them. For vocab though, I can decrease it and have a solution in mind to account for low-vision users who increase their default font-size.
the new batch sorting options are great.
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