Re: see New cards before Review cards?

[Tim]

The options in the new version are designed to be consistent with Anki Desktop... I don't think Damien wants to add this feature since the idea of SRS is to emphasize reviewing cards at the correct time. Therefore if you need to use this feature, you are likely trying to learn too many cards.

You can try to request this feature if you really want it though, by asking over there: https://anki.tenderapp.com/

If you just want a better work-around than you're currently using, you can create a filtered deck and call it "new cards" or something, then in the search box use "is:new" (optionally together with "deck:YOURDECKNAME") with an approriate limit on the max number of cards. When you finish reviewing all the cards in the filtered deck, they will be returned to the original decks automatically. Next time you want to review the new cards you can just choose "rebuild deck"

On Wednesday, March 13, 2013 6:56:49 AM UTC+9, DroidMan wrote:

I really liked how in AnkiDroid1 I had fine-grained control over how cards were reviewed for a given deck, e.g. new cards first, oldest cards first etc. In AnkiDroid2, most of these fine-grained controls are now gone, with the only options basically being "random" vs "in order". There also appears to be no options to control how New/Reviewed cards are introduced together, only New-specific or Review-specific options.

Being able to review New cards first was really important for me, as I often had hundreds of Review cards each day (that I may not even get through), vs 10-20 new cards per day. I liked being able to see New cards in the morning, and then work my way through the Review cards throughout the day (occasionally revisiting the days New cards). Now, the only way I can see all New cards is to go through all the Review cards also, as it appears the New cards are randomly spread throughout the reviews. As I often dont get through all the Reviews, this means I will miss New cards.

Am I missing some options that might allow me to do this...or is this something that can be added in future? My current solution is to add New cards to a different deck, and then merge it back into my main deck, but this gets annoying after a while.

[Houssam Salem]

The option exists in the desktop client (Tools -> Preferences, first tab) that affects the entire collection. AnkiDroid doesn't have that option yet so you will need to do it on the desktop first and sync your collection.

[Tim]

I stand corrected :)