Why does a single Standard Review in the browser version now complete my 15 minute daily goal? It’s not even close to 15 minutes worth of work. Previously it would have taken two to three reviews.
A lot of the boxes on my laptop just look too big for the window. Also in the case of the questions where there are multiple boxes to choose from the numbers are a light grey and difficult to read which slows down my selection of the answers. Finally upon finishing a review there’s an awful lot of clutter on the ‘review complete’ page.
On the ones in the “difficult” section, the answers are already showing! It’s hard to go through the thought process and learn when the answer is already showing. That whole section is completely ruined now.
Another problem is when I click to the next one, it often says it’s already wrong before I even get started. So some easy ones go into the difficult bin, but since the difficult section is already ruined in the Beta section by showing the answers, it’s a moot issue until the problem of answers showing gets resolved.
I really need to turn off the Beta section because of these issues, but when I uncheck the box, I’m still in Beta. I hope my paid subscription is being prorated during this disaster.
When I get an answer wrong it doesn’t show me why anymore. That feature was extremely helpful in the earlier version. To just tell me it was wrong but not show why is an awful way to “teach”. It is rather a basic teaching principle. Please bring that back.
I agree. Showing what was missed was an extremely valuable feature. Hopefully they’ll allow an option to go back to the old Memrise. The old Memrise was worth its weight in gold and was a bargain. If there isn’t an option to go back to the old version, I’m going to ask for a prorated refund. This is a bait and switch to absolute garbage.
Has it been pointed out that on the Web Beta I am getting the issue that courses with multiple images are not allowing us to rotate to see them all either when being tested or when getting it wrong?
But is good that it seems that we are tested on different images at different times - even if it is hard to learn them all, only learning by guess work or trial and error.
So far I’m not too keen on the changes. The older version feels more challenging. With the Beta version the Classic Review is more like the Learn New Words, with a lot of multiple choice and drag and drop options. The older version of Classic Review is primarily free spelling which I prefer.
That sounds great! I hope this new algorithm remains.
Edit:
I tested it and I am still not happy with the algorithm because sometimes it still shows me a multiple choice item even though I am able to type the correct answer. That’s why I think the first repetition should always be a typing item if possible. It just feels suboptimal.
Yes I have the same issue with Classic review. Getting feedback that a sentence is wrong but then not being able to see your answer in comparison to the correct answer is frustrating. Often it is taking three or four presentations for me to figure out what I am doing (missing an umlaut or some such).
Please let us see how we answered when showing the solution! To go one step forward, please highlight the incorrect part of the answer.
Whether I get the word right or wrong, I want to be able to see it in writing. I might be able to choose the correct answer, but that doesn’t mean I’m 100% sure of all the words/spelling/accents etc. With the new classic review, I sometimes have to deliberately choose the wrong answer just so that I can see the writing.
Also, when I get it wrong, it used to show me what I’d written so that I could compare my answer to the correct answer. Now I can’t see that anymore.
Hi @Ruke, yes Mems are going to be part of the product going forward. We’re looking to bring them into the web product Beta before long. At the moment we have some complex payments work we are prioritising, and then updating the home screen. Mems is in line for development this year.
Hi @Natsumi4 - I’m not sure what you mean. It would be very helpful if you could share a video of what you are seeing so we can understand the issue better. Would that be possible?
Since the beta, every time I review a word it resets/increases the algorithm length. For example, learning a new word sets the next review at about 5 hours from then. If I manually review right away, it will increase the time to a day, then 6, etc. Words I’ve just learned today are set to reviewed next 25 days from now, just because I wanted extra exposure time. Please address this soon.
