The forced implementation of multiple choice and the occasional audio cue is a step backward, in my opinion.
The most egregious is that for my hiragana & katakana practice I am being played an audio cue then asked to type out the answer in English. I don’t need to test if I can spell さ in English if played an audio cue. The goal is to associate the sound with the character さ. This is wasted practice.
I’m also not a fan of not being able to press enter to move onto the next word. It adds up to maybe a second per word/character, but when I’m doing 300+ a day, that adds up to over 5 minutes of extra waiting while practicing.
What did you do to the difficult words tool ?? I really liked how I could choose the words to repeat and now … after practicing them one time they’re gone from the difficult words list. Who said that repeating them one time is enough ? I want this tool back as it was, otherwise I won’t renew my subscription new year (unfortunately I already did, so i guess i’m gonna lose my money)
I really appreciate the new updates - the site gets better with each revision. I’m glad that all the courses are showing up on the desktop (all 12 courses instead of just 8). The new placement of the icons for review/difficult words/practice streak is also more appealing to my eye and easier to assess at a glance as they fade when there are no elements in their respective category. The trim around the border of each course is also a nice touch. And, just in case it matters, the page is loading quickly and the transitions between the practice pages and the dashboard are quick and smooth.
As others have commented, I would like the option to sort in different ways. For example, to prioritize only those courses that have words to review that day or only those with difficult words needing review. I’d also like to see keyboard shortcuts for the following: jumping from course to course on the dashboard (perhaps with a CTRL+TAB) and a shortcut to go directly to the classic review.
I’d also like to make one more appeal to develop more teacher tools to see more detailed stats on students in a particular class. Maybe then, too, Memrise could include an educational license for groups. I think it would be a great way to increase revenue quickly.
Anyway, I thank you again for all the improvements. Keep up the great work.
I’m unable to access all my courses. Why place obstacles in the way of learning? Who thought removing the scroll bar would be a smart idea? Here’s a clue, it isn’t!
Seems to be working for now.
This is really minor, but it would be nice to have to have an alternative enter keyboard shortcut that is close to the number keys. The enter key is convenient to use with the numpad but it’s too far from the number keys.
For Classic review, please allow us to turn off multiple choice answers. These make it too easy. I can get it right even if I don’t really know a word, or how to spell it.
Please, leave at least the difficult words tool as it was. This is one of the main reasons for my subscription. I didn’t like at all what you did with it, and I wont’t renew my premium if you change it. I want to choose which words I want to repeat as difficult and remove them from this list only when I feel that I’ve learned them.
Also I would like to choose difficult words after a lesson. I noticed that in beta, after a lesson, there’s no way to add difficult words, only during the lesson.
Regarding the absence of a timer, you didn’t say why you decided not to include one in the Beta version. Personally, I have strong preference for typing tests, over MC or tapping tests and I like the added time pressure (even for long phrases). Can’t you give us an option to include a timer? In this way, a timer ‘on/off’ switch would, in effect, also give us the ‘pause’ function that we currently enjoy with the older version.
I don’t like the new changes. The font is way smaller which makes it very difficult for those of us with bad sight. Also, if you’re going to include a timer during the classic review please give us the option to turn it off, if I wanted a timed session I would’ve chosen speed review.
Sorry if this has been said before or elsewhere, but I don’t like that when I finish reviewing (watering) a level, I want to go onto another level, but the web sends me to the home page (dashboard).
I agree with DW7. It’s really annoying that it works that way.
I use levels extensively in my created courses and want to choose which one I’m learning new words from. If I just do the “learn new words” it will decide for me.
Also, I’m using it since I’m going to be forced in January and the other thing I find quite annoying is that I can have only 4-6 new words in a level and I have to go through them twice to completely fill the little bars which makes the above problem even more irritating.
People use the tool in different ways and the one that makes you go through multiple iterations is not good for more advanced learners.
I’m feeling really stupid to have to ask, but where is the button to mute sound whilst reviewing?
And where do I turn off the automatically added Daily Goals?
In the new version you can not keep track of your accuracy (how many times you have a difficult word right (expressed in a number) )and personally I’m a little bit disappointed. And I hope that the accuracy feature will stay in the future. For me it is almost essential to have it. I would like to be able to prioritize which difficult words I want to learn and I would like to be able to keep track of my accuracy. I really hope you take this in consideration, because taking the accuracy feature out of it decreases the ability to keep the words in your long-term memory.
PS. I hope my criticism is more constructive this time.
POOR OVERVIEW using your new system as an app.
Much easier to see where you are, clear hierarchy, in the OLD system.
I keep getting bogged down and can’t find homepage or dashboard in your Beta or Alpha versions, which I assume are part of your new plans.
So Web version (as well as old app version) is much better in that way, especially using desktop view in mobile phones.
The Alpha Beta variations as chosen in the settings seem to go backwards rather than forwards, clunkier, poorer, look like 1990s sites rather than anything modern.
A pity if you really change it in main structure,
albeit that content wise, ie how it works etc can of course always be improved…
Otherwise, if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it?!
I should add that Memrise is good fun otherwise, a good complement to textbooks, and more developed like with videos, than other flashcard systems…
would be even better if you could have more GRAMMAR based choices at least as Plus option, eg different word endIing choices - it’s not your main idea of course, but in my view having a grounding in the grammar
helps explain why words look the way they do and how to subtly alter them in phrases “talking to yourself” while ticking off the cards in the main system - and so to actually USE the language!!
Thank you so much for taking the time to give us your feedback on the Beta dashboard and sessions. All feedback on this thread has now been collected and categorised and will be passed over to the web and product teams working on this.
@Laurentius1995 If I understand correctly the Difficult Words function you’re thinking of, this is still there. To access it, go to the course page, then click Difficult Words under the course description.
Thanks for your response. In the old (alpha) version I could keep track of my accuracy (how many times you have a difficult word right expressed in a number). I could remove and add difficult words without them being automatically removed. With the new (beta) version that isn’t possible anymore. The accuracy feature also counts for the classic review. In the screenshots of the old version I circled the numbers that I’m talking about.
If you don’t see this option, it means you don’t have any Difficult Words for that course.
You can now mark words as difficult from within the lessons:
