my 2 cents :)
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I started using Supermemo a few years ago, but I had some problems
when adding media, and it really put me off.
I've been also using MemoryLifter, and others, but I didn't know of
any Supermemo alternative...until now. :)
Now, after a few days playing around with it, that's when I start
thinking: "It is really good, but...", "I wish it could do this..." or
"Why is this working like this?", so here I am, to report bugs, to ask
and also to contribute with my ideas.
I've been reading the requests, bugs, and planned features, trying not
to repeat
the same things people say all the time. :)
By the way, I'm using 1.1.1, that I understand is the last beta.
Let's start:
1) "Edit Card" window doesn't have a maximize button, but you can
change the size manually, so I suppose it's a bug. "Add cards" has
maximize button.
2) I understand the problem with big images is being fixed, with a
scrollbar.
Please, don't do it! :)
a better solution could be
1.-resize images to fit on the Question or Answer window, whatever
the size of the window is.
2.-sometimes you need to zoom in the picture to see small details, so
clicking on it, would zoom in, releasing the mouse button would
restore the size. It could be to the size of the question/answer
window, the main mnemosyne window, or to the size of the window
desktop.
3) Why a separate window to edit the cards? The most useful option in
Supermemo was to be able to live edit the cards, sometimes to change
the formatting, sometimes to rewrite the question and make it better.
4)Another very useful thing in Supermemo was to be able to keep the
formatting of things you copy from the web. I simply don't want to go
adding styles to my cards. and if I do it with a script, I can only do
it to groups. That makes my cards boring and repetitive, unless I
spend an incredible amount of time making them nice and "unique".
5)(following on 4) I know cards can be formatted, but I think it falls
a bit short. Wouldn't it be better to allow CSS stylesheets at both,
category and card level? That way you could say all the cards from
category X will look like this, and if any of the cards has it's own
stylesheet, use it instead.
6)I couldn't find a "Duplicate card" or simply "Copy/Paste" option,
and sometimes it is very useful when you only need to change a couple
of words to make a new card for another item you want to learn.
I think it's enough ... for now. ;)
and thanks again for making this superb program.
Peter Bienstman
Thanks for the feedback!
> Let's start:
>
> 1) "Edit Card" window doesn't have a maximize button, but you can
> change the size manually, so I suppose it's a bug. "Add cards" has
> maximize button.
I'll look into this for 2.0
> 2) I understand the problem with big images is being fixed, with a
> scrollbar.
> Please, don't do it! :)
>
> a better solution could be
>
> 1.-resize images to fit on the Question or Answer window, whatever
> the size of the window is.
> 2.-sometimes you need to zoom in the picture to see small details, so
> clicking on it, would zoom in, releasing the mouse button would
> restore the size. It could be to the size of the question/answer
> window, the main mnemosyne window, or to the size of the window
> desktop.
It's a nice idea, however it's a lot more work to implement. For 2.0, I'll
stick with just the scrollbar, as it's much better than what we have now, and
later on we can revisit this.
> 3) Why a separate window to edit the cards? The most useful option in
> Supermemo was to be able to live edit the cards, sometimes to change
> the formatting, sometimes to rewrite the question and make it better.
That would be possible for simple two sided cards, but for 3 sided cards (or
the more complex card types that Mnemosyne 2.0 supports), that will be very
difficult to achieve.
> 4)Another very useful thing in Supermemo was to be able to keep the
> formatting of things you copy from the web. I simply don't want to go
> adding styles to my cards. and if I do it with a script, I can only do
> it to groups. That makes my cards boring and repetitive, unless I
> spend an incredible amount of time making them nice and "unique".
In the current version, already a lot of html formatting is allowed. 2.0 will
be much better in that regards.
> 5)(following on 4) I know cards can be formatted, but I think it falls
> a bit short. Wouldn't it be better to allow CSS stylesheets at both,
> category and card level? That way you could say all the cards from
> category X will look like this, and if any of the cards has it's own
> stylesheet, use it instead.
2.0 uses CSS at the card type level.
> 6)I couldn't find a "Duplicate card" or simply "Copy/Paste" option,
> and sometimes it is very useful when you only need to change a couple
> of words to make a new card for another item you want to learn.
I see where you are coming from, but its a bit strange to have both a 'remove
duplicates' option and one that says 'duplicate cards'.
If your cards often contain similar info, than it's much better to use a card
type which has some of the fields already prefilled (should be possible in
2.x).
Cheers,
Peter
EY
> a bit short. Wouldn't it be better to allow CSS stylesheets at both,
> category and card level? That way you could say all the cards from
> category X will look like this, and if any of the cards has it's own
> stylesheet, use it instead.2.0 uses CSS at the card type level.
I just upgraded Ubuntu from 12.04 to 12.10 and therefore come from Mnemosyne 1.x (I don't know which) to Mnemosyne 2.0-RC1. There seems to be interesting changes, I still need to explore that.
I can't see where I can specifiy the CSS at the card type level. Where should I save the .css file?
Peter Bienstman
vote for 'UI support for N-sided card types' on our uservoice forum.
Cheers,
Peter
BTW, please upgrade to Mnemosyne 2.1 from our webpage, Ubuntu seems to
have bundled a very early prerelease version...
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The functionality is implemented, but not exposed to the UI. Please
vote for 'UI support for N-sided card types' on our uservoice forum.
BTW, please upgrade to Mnemosyne 2.1 from our webpage, Ubuntu seems to
have bundled a very early prerelease version...