How’s WK integration going? And how about that magical update for mobile notifications?
New Macbook Pros are likely to come out in 2 days (or at least announced) which will let me resume the app development as I currently have no mac device to create iOS builds with
Quick headsup
New iOS app update went live yesterday bringing some features like support for hardware bluetooth keyboards during lessons and reviews. Expect official update notes later when Android is updated accordingly as well
If you are interested in a temporary surrogate, I have a deck that operates like a WK filter for known vocab. It has all Kanji & Vocab (‘vocab’ item only so it is not a ripoff deck and couldn’t be used other than a filter system, study not possible) along with type/level tag. So a user would just filter their level, select as “Known” and they can update according as they level up and use both WK and Kitsun. Of course if you have an integrated system in a forthcoming release, then no need to share this.
Thanks! We do currently have a “WK Reversed” deck available in the community centre, which I think could offer the same functionality? (I assume you are talking about WK API integration for the known words system?)
Oh, I haven’t looked at this…I suppose this could function in the same way for vocab. Even if some didn’t want to use the deck, they could filter vocab as ‘known’ just the same. The only difference is my version has kanji for filtering. But just throwing it out there, if it is not needed then no worries!
A couple of unrelated questions:
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Is there a way to have additional layout options on the default kanji cards, specifically on Eng → Jp or would I need to convert to another template? I’m making a deck now and I have a hand drawing keyboard app that works well for iphone that could work for drawn kanji input. I’d probably prefer to have both reading/meaning on front of card so there is clarity on what kanji to draw and avoid the trial & error issues I see in other platforms.
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Sorry if this is a dumb question, but is there a way to have spoiler element that is dynamic within a card; in other words, it hides your content but user can reveal it via clicking/hovering? Or does this have to built from a custom layout?
I think it’s always nice to have options! If you feel fine with publishing it as a “known words filter list” or something similar then it would be nice for sure!
You can add your own custom layouts to the default templates, although you will not be able to add custom css as that is shared and thus on a template-level. (If you wish to circumvent that you could use inline styles in your html). So what might be the best way to go about it is to duplicate a default layout and adjust the html to your needs.
(P.s. if you have an iPad with a pencil, the latest OS version now supports writing kanji directly in input fields and it will autoconvert your written kanji to text, making it really easy to test your writing skills )
Could you elaborate a bit more on what you are attempting to achieve? We do have the spoiler functionality (activate “blur spoilers” in the deck settings) that you can add to your layouts (and is included in the default layouts) with the “blur” class and some extra css (included in the default template, so it should work out of the box if you are using the default layouts as the basis).
I will need to explore this more and see what works best but it sounds possible, the inline styles may work…I may have more questions
Great! For those interested, this is the app I’m using for handwriting keyboard. I like it better than just adding a Chinese simplified keyboard and recognizes kana. Maybe there are other free version out there just as good.
Edit: After some more time with it, I don’t recommend the app…the simplified Chinese keyboard for iphone is still much better.
This may work, I will check it out more. I’m trying to create a grammar deck with several example sentences per grammar point was consider concealing the translation per sentence. There are several fields to cover and I’m not quite sure how I want to organize it yet. I could separate the sentences for comprehension study or have it within the card using the blur feature you have mentioned to keep consolidated…I’ll give more thought, thanks for all the help!
I just put it up, thanks!
Ohh, out of curiosity, are you sourcing the example sentences from somewhere?
Thanks for sharing!
So I think I got something that works ok. I wanted both main meaning, readings and then additional meanings just so users can narrow down similars cards best as possible. Some cards are content heavy so hopefully the small content (second line) works ok since this style is mainly for app only.
But here is the general idea below. It can also work as a regular comprehension deck though I don’t think it would work well in tandem (just either writing OR reading practice), but I’d be interested in feedback.
I’m using the free JLPT sensei samples on their website (not from their paid patreon flashcard samples) so I assume ok to publish.
I’ve played with this kanji input deck a bit more. I think it would be best to have two separate decks; one for comprehension reading/meaning and another kanji writing output. Do you have the ability to duplicate decks?
The reason being the kanji writing is intended to be written output and switching the keyboards for the comprehension sibling cards is really painful, even if just flipping so it’s not even usable IMO to have both in the same review session. Another reason is that most user’s reading and writing ability is really lopsided; most of us can read alot more than we can write to so tying to the same pace doesn’t work for most (two different goals really and filter level needed).
BTW, the Chinese keyboard for iphone still works best, that keyboard app I recommend earlier is terrible…it struggled with more complex stroke (or I struggled ), but the recognition wasn’t forgiving.
One last thing, while doing kanji lesson on the app, when trying to review the stroke order diagram it’s impossible to scroll horizontal to see the full diagram since the swipe ‘next’ is enabled. Is there a way the full stroke order could be seen during lessons?
I’m afraid not, although I do have a “copy cards to another deck” feature on my prio to-do list. Perhaps that would suffice?
I also think that’d be the cleanest solution. Layout filtering, or splitting the cards up into two different cards could both also work (e.g. sorting the reviews by layout so you don’t have to constantly switch keyboard mode).
hahah aw, that’s too bad!
Ah, that’s quite the problem indeed! Hmm… I’ll have to take a look to see what’s possible there.
P.s. A new update just landed, will post the update notes soon
I think that would work perfect, wonderful! That would save a bunch of time whenever that feature will be released for a copy cards to another deck. For now, I can post/publish it for either writing or reading. Layout review filtering would fix the first challenge but not quite second w/ level variety . Nonetheless, I imagine there is utility to layout review filtering for various scenarios, nice!
Great, thanks!
2021-11-07
New Features:
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Reviews - Reorder menu now has a more mobile friendly view (bigger text & inputs)
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Cards Management - Now shows the number of cards that will be deleted on the confirmation popup.
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Cards Management - You can now double-click on a row to open the card edit popup.
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Backend - Preparation for mobile push notifications is done. Expect a mobile app update very soon!
Bugfixes
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Cards Management - Removing cards and moving cards to another deck now correctly removes all affected cards from the table. (Was a visual bug)
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Themes - Switching from dark to light theme will now correctly change the input background in popups.
As mentioned above, mobile app update will be coming soon too, hoping to submit a new build today!
New app build with push notifications (letting you know when reviews are available) among other things is now out for android! Posting the full update notes once Apple is done with the reviewing of the new iOS build
It’s it possible to get the notifications to replace previous ones? Like, I generally would like to wake up with only a single kitsun notification of the latest number of reviews I need to do, instead of several. I know this is possible, since Flaming Durtles does it.
2021-11-13 - Mobile Apps
New Features:
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Push notifications - Let the app remind you when your reviews are available On iOS it will ask you for permission as soon as you either log in to the app or start the app (if already logged in)
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Badge Counts - On Apple devices it will now show the number of reviews available on the app icon once you receive a push notification. Do note that it will remove the badge count as soon as you open the app (to prevent the count from being off when you finish a review session, or after hibernating/filtering etc).
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Launch Screen - The launch screen on iOS is now black to prevent a white flash at night. (Try #2 )
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Hardware Keyboard Support - The app now supports hardware keyboards during lessons and reviews! (This previously was not supported on iOS). Speed up your reviews with a bluetooth keyboard
Bugfixes:
- Reviews Results Screen - Fixed an issue where incorrectly marked items would still appear as correct on the results screen (visual bug).
Oh yeah for sure! I thought it already did that but looks like it doesn’t. I’ve changed the code to do that from the next server update onwards (probably either tonight or tomorrow )
Awesome, thank you!
Done!
Updated the server to group push notifications together, meaning that the newest notification will replace previous notifications.