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Some feedback: - make it possible to practice writing only kanji and not vocab - add a "back" button
Thanks man, and thanks for the feedback! I completely agree with you on both of these and will be implementing them this week. My plan is to add a "Radicals," "Kanji" and "Vocabulary" checkbox to the level selection menu, so you can do a combination of any of these items.
Some feedback: - make it possible to practice writing only kanji and not vocab - add a "back" button
I added both of these. I made it so you can choose to study Radicals, Kanji, Vocabulary or any combination of the three.
real1adam said...
Awesome! I haven't really used Chrome apps before, do they get updated automatically?
Not sure. Mine updated automatically from version 0.1 to 0.2. But, I had to update manually from 0.2 to 0.3. I just removed the app and added it again through the app store. I think it depends on your settings. Either way, you can see what version you are using from Tools -> Extensions. The latest verison is 0.3
Apraxas said...
Let me know when you add a kanji only version
I should note that some radicals might be missing. This is because there is not a unicode character associated with each radical in the API. As a result, I don’t know which SVG file to animate. If they resolve this in the API (maybe the unicodes don’t exist), then these radicals should start working.
I’m thinking about adding an audio button, but the API doesn’t seem to provide the endpoints for that. I’m wondering if it would be okay to package them into the app.
Another suggestion: let us pick what we’re going to learn before the app makes the request to the server. I’m never going to learn vocab with this but I still have to wait a long time until it gets all the vocab from the server. Sometimes I even get a “Response from server timed out” error.
Satoshi said...
Another suggestion: let us pick what we're going to learn before the app makes the request to the server. I'm never going to learn vocab with this but I still have to wait a long time until it gets all the vocab from the server. Sometimes I even get a "Response from server timed out" error.
Hey Satoshi,
That's a good idea! In the meantime, I'll extend the timeout from the server. I set it to 30 seconds, but it probably takes so long since you have a large amount of vocabulary items. I'll work towards implementing it.
That's a good idea! In the meantime, I'll extend the timeout from the server. I set it to 30 seconds, but it probably takes so long since you have a large amount of vocabulary items. I'll work towards implementing it.
I thought I would add that I made some changes to the app. I’ve included audio (only for vocabulary), as well as a save progress method if you click the “logout” button. This will allow you to continue the next time you sign in. Also, I made the download functionality asynchronous, so it will download the radicals, vocabulary and kanji simultaneously. If I have time, I will make it so you can select what to download before logging in.
I’m going to take a crack at making a writing App for android. I’ve seen some apps that actually exist in Japan and they’ve given me some ideas for how to implement it. But, any suggestions are welcome.
You need to break the API requests for Vocab into batches of 10 levels. Requesting all of the vocab for a high level user at once will usually fail due to a server side timeout.
I can probably make a user script to do this if necessary (although not sure exactly how to do that with a chrome app), but it would be nice if the drawing area and display areas were bit bit larger vertically, and maybe stretch when you resize the window. I am struggling sometimes to get the characters to fit into the existing area.
Really I just want to change the layout so that the header, buttons, etc. take up less vertical space, leaving more room for the drawing/viewing areas.
Munksey said...
I should note that some radicals might be missing. This is because there is not a unicode character associated with each radical in the API. As a result, I don't know which SVG file to animate. If they resolve this in the API (maybe the unicodes don't exist), then these radicals should start working.
Many of the WaniKani "radicals" are completey made up things that are just more or less common part of kanji so for these no unicode exists at all.
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