You know how before it would go through all the words, then all the characters, then all the tones to review? No more! They’re all mixed together now; you get whatever item is next on …
MWALLT Trick or Treating
Things are ambling forward here at Skritter headquarters. We are all three attending MWALLT (MidWest Association for Language Learning Technology) tomorrow and delivering a presentation about our software on Saturday. The intrepid Nick will be …
Status Bar
Just added a status bar to the top of the study page. This shows you what list the item you’re learning is from, how much time you’ve studied today so far, and how many words, …
Fixen
I’ve uploaded some hacks to make recognition better for problem strokes. The “walk” radical 辶 (in 这, for example) was being difficult. It should be very accepting, now. Let us know what other strokes are …
Control Your Destiny, Part 2: Reviewing and Tones
A couple new control themed features: you can now stop adding from lists while still reviewing from them, and you can withhold from studying tones. Both of these settings are, once again, in the Vocabulary …
Much prettier
I just uploaded a ton of tweaks to the drawing system, which I’ve been working on all week. The strokes you draw will look much prettier and match what you wrote better, even when you …
Control Your Destiny, Part 1: Cramming Time
New feature: Cram mode, select in your Vocabulary tab. This allows you to study a single section of a single list exclusively. When you want to focus on just a handful of characters, say for …
Cohen Brothers = Awesome
So last night Nick, Trina and I went to go see the new Cohen Brothers film “Burn After Reading” at the Apollo. It was awesome to the max bone stock. We were laughing really hard …
Radical list up!
I’ve finished the radical list and put it online. You can add it from your Vocabulary tab, in addition to your other lists. Knowing the radicals makes everything so much easier. Excellent.
New Progress Page
The progress page has undergone a major overhaul. Before I kind of threw everything I could think of that could be displayed onto a single page. It’s been pared down to the most important information …
