[Userscript]: WaniKani Ultimate Timeline

WaniKani API And Third-Party Apps
#464

So to answer your actual questions.

I set the max number of days to 7 and the current number of days to 3.5. I have it set that way because I like to see three full days ahead, and the extra half day lets me see the next three days when it’s evening.

I almost never change from 3.5. Every once in a while I switch to my max of 7, but I usually don’t because the thin bars get hard to see. When I want to see really far out, I pull out my phone and use Allicrab. So I wouldn’t have a need for this feature.

I only have it show the number of each item type and the total. I don’t want anything more specific because I want to avoid spoiling the SRS.

The only other comment I have is about the new bars. I don’t particularly like that the bars are touching in the new version. Perhaps the gap between them doesn’t need to be as wide as in the previous version, but I think some gap makes it look cleaner.

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#465

I keep mine at about 1.5 days, since I don’t worry about the long term, but I do like to have some idea of the distribution of what’s coming.

I think what pops up now is fine. Maybe add your current streak to the details, or have something that can tell you this is something you’ve been having trouble with.

The level chart is really hard to read properly on the default grey background, the white and light grey really blend in. Is it at all possible to add a border or something?

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#466

Update: It sometimes forgets my settings; in particular, the height I drag it out to, and the days settings, both the maximum and base setting

#467

I’m not able to reproduce this, but maybe it’s something that was in the code when you downloaded it. I’ve uploaded [my latest] if you want to re-download.

I should note: It does have a 1/2 second delay before it saves when dragging, which prevents it from saving a gazillion times unnecessarily. But as long as you don’t refresh the screen in less than 1/2 second after making a change, it shouldn’t forget the changes.

I’ve added spaces between the bars. (@seanblue)
I’ve added a color scheme for Levels. I wouldn’t call it ‘pretty’, but neither are the SRS levels, so… You’re welcome to suggest a color scheme for the Levels since there’s no equivalent on Wanikani.
I also added a slightly lighter background on the graph itself. Feedback welcome.

#468

Looks much better with the spaces. I also think the dynamic ranges so the bars don’t get too thin is nice.

Can you add the ability to set the height in the settings? It’s hard to compare the old version to the new version when the height is so different. I have mine set to 150px.

As for the colors, I would like to say I like the old background better. But who knows if that’s just familiarity. And I’d stick with non-WaniKani colors for the levels so it doesn’t confuse people. Not that I have any specific color suggestions… Maybe just use the same colors you use on the stats site?

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#469

I’m not sure if you noticed, since I didn’t mention it, but you can resize the height by dragging the bottom of the graph. Or are you also wanting to be able to set it more precisely via the settings dialog?

Yep, that’s where I got the colors from :slight_smile:
I may also try the light-saturation colors instead of the full-saturation ones like where the “pleasant”, “painful”, etc labels are.

Regarding the background, I may add that as an option.

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#470

I didn’t notice. That’s enough for me.

Ah, I didn’t notice because the colors were more solid and they were the opposite direction from what I expected. I think you should put the lower levels on the bottom. It would be more consistent with the other bar styles: radicals -> kanji -> vocab because kanji build on radicals and vocab build on kanji. Similarly, you put Apprentice on the bottom and Burned on the top.

With that said, there might be a bug. I am seeing some gold which is level 50-60 (if same as the stats site), but I am only level 43. You are welcome to use my API key to check it if you want. I have some gold listed at 9pm tomorrow and 8pm Friday.

#471

The current meaning of the ‘levels’ bars isn’t the same as on the stats site (see [post] above). It’s weighted toward recent levels. The gold represents levels that are at least 30 levels below your current level.

Maybe it should be grouped the same way as the stats site. I wasn’t sure how much value there is in the level bars in general, but I’ll give it a try to see what it looks like.

#472

I’m getting a bug where, after reviews, all the settings reset to default. The days counter goes to 3.5/14 instead of the 1.5/7 I set.

#473

I see. It might be a case of simpler is better.

#474

Anyone willing to do some pre-release testing on the updated Ultimate Timeline, you can download it [here].

I still have a few small details to add:

  • It doesn’t automatically refresh yet
  • The refresh button doesn’t do anything yet

@bladepoint, I haven’t seen the issue where it forgets settings. Let me know if it still happens.

#475

I don’t think I’m supposed to have two, am I?

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#476

I’m seeing this too. Interestingly, the bottom timeline isn’t using my updated settings when I change them, but the upper timeline is.

@rfindley When you are using Item List instead of Full Item Details and you hover of an item, you might want to change the cursor back to the arrow instead of the finger since it’s not clickable.

When I do the drag to get counts across multiple time periods, the popover currently shows up in the bottom left corner, which is a little odd.

When you hover over a bar, it always shows the counts in radicals, kanji, and vocab. Do you intend to change that to show different breakdowns based on the selected bar style? I don’t care that much because I expect to usually use the radical/kanji/vocab bar style, but I was curious.

#477

The reason only the top redraws live (they both change if you refresh the page) is because when a browser searched by id, it only works on the first it finds, since it expects ids to be unique.

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#478

I’m guessing you have two copies of the script installed!? I can’t imagine how you could get two timelines otherwise.

Where do you expect it to be? I’ve been experimenting with a few options, and one side effect of following the cursor in one form or another is that the popup ends up being narrower, causing the item list to get pretty long vertically if you have a lot of reviews. It’s not necessarily a problem… just an observation. (But then again, I have a new feature in mind that may affect the layout)

#479

I expected it to be that too, but I can confirm that there are two timelines with just one copy of the script installed.

I think the old version did it nicely by putting it underneath the cursor. It’s particularly weird with the new version if you are looking at items far in the future (right side of your screen) and the popup shows up all the way to the left.

I can’t speak to the problem with putting it below the cursor affecting item lists, because I always keep that feature off.

#480

Heh… With the new version, I can easily plug in someone else’s API data (since I have an empty timeline). But I’d have to hack the old version to do the same thing, so I haven’t been able to compare some things against the old timeline. But I think I know what you mean.

Regarding the double timeline, could you try turning off other scripts? I’m wondering if it’s finding two tags when adding the timeline to the page.

#481

Turned off all scripts that are active on the dashboard other than the open framework and the new timeline and it still happens.

#482

I found the source of the double chart.

Your upload has the entire script in there twice.

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#483

Lol… I wondered why the file was so big! That even triggered me to calculate the average line length (based on one copy of the file) and it seemed unusually long.

Anyway, I’ve uploaded it again. Nothing is changed other than the doubling.

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