Hello. Three days ago all learning interface was updated. I remarked some issues (Firefox 96.0.1 x64).
There was possibility to press Enter and immediately go to next step In old interface. In new interface it works only while test process (when need to choose one of suggested options). Enter key don’t work when need to write word by himself, by letter. It’s really inconvenient and uncomfortable, learning and repeating takes more time than before.
Another issue is about learning new words. Somehow in new interface learning process separated into two step. At first I just make a test (choose something of suggested options), than learning ends. Next press on learning button starts another step, when I write new words by letter by himself. In old interface it was only one step and it was much more convenient.
Maybe it’s a bug, not a feature? Is it possible to make some options for this purpose?
I agree with JMjapan regarding the loss of several useful features. I would like to add that, on the previous version, if I got a phrase wrong on a course I had uploaded myself, there was an immediate option to edit that phrase. This was very useful if, for example I had typed “will not” and the course was only accepting “won’t”, and I could at once add “will not” as an alternative, so that I would not get marked wrong for it in future. That feature seems to have disappeared; it is very tedious to have to remember which phrase that applied to until after the review session, and then to have to find it amongst all the levels on the course.
Additionally, none of the stats are now available on the home page; it used to be very useful to be able to hover over the little square for today’s date, and see how many phrases I have learned or reviewed today. Now I have to click through to the stats page, and, given the time it takes to load, there is a disincentive now to check after each course reviewed and decide whether I really need to do another, or if I have done enough.
It feels as if the home page has sacrificed useful features for a dumbed down visual aspect that fills the screen with bright colours, but that no longer contains much of the information that make Memrise a serious learning tool.
Fortunately, my premium subscription doesn’t renew for another few months - time enough to see whether these are temporary bugs that will be sorted, or whether they are yet another step in reducing what was the best in the business to just another app for casual users.
60%? Why? If a course is set for typing tests and the preference of the user is typing tests why not 100%?
So far when I’ve reviewed I’m getting all typing tests so maybe that 60% is not correct. I understand the point of having multiple choice during the learning phase because you don’t yet know the word … though often I do but I’m using memrise more to make sure I can spell correctly at this point.
For those of you who miss the timer, have you tried the speed review?
If that’s too fast (and it is for wordy courses) perhaps we can ask @MemriseSupport for 3 different speed options (thus restoring the timer to suit all users at different stages or on different courses) .
Agreed. I am the same. There are many words which have similar meanings, It can take a few tries to pick the correct word, or in Japanese remember with or without tenten.
I think legacy version would be a good option until all the bugs are worked out. Given the negative feedback about the changes at this point, I would say they are not worked out…yet.
So if your still working on the new technology stack, and clearly there are many features which people require that are not available in this new version, why not simply allow the legacy version option. Give people the choice. If Beta testing is required, this rollout has shown much more needs to be done to bring many of these features over.
It is not that many can’t recognize the workload on the developers for this new redesign. But it is not clearly not ready yet.
Just the delay between loading new words and phrases has already made me ‘rage-quit’ (jokiingly) in exasperation at the delay.
Two days ago I completed my first Learn New Words session using the new format. It was really disappointing. The whole session was just multiple choice. Previously the Learn New Words sessions finished by free typing all the phrases/words learned but this didn’t happen at all.
Also previously the day after a Learn New Words session I would be prompted to revise the content learned the previous day in Classic Review but so far this hasn’t happened. The Course Details screen shows the newly learned content with status bars, half full (
It’s not a glitch, you haven’t finished your learning session. Now learning session are divided into two parts (at least). Items on your screenshot are learned at half, you need to start your session again, in which you should get two rounds of typing.
You were right. I started a new Learn New Words session and it contained the same content as the last session. However there was still no free typing component at the end.
As per the screenshot it looks like the Learn New Words session for these phrases is finished.
Note that if you allow users to use the older version of the site, none of these problems will occur.
Basically, updating is to solve a problem, not to create it.
