The Scatter release was rocky initially (sorry guys!), but it seems to have been a general success. Looking at my statistics, it looks like people are spending hours at a time on Scatter. Nice 
Now that Scatter is done, I want to find out what I should work on next.
The top priority should be:
In the last poll, “Creating an API” won the most votes. It’s tough, but I’m working on it.
If you’d like to discuss something personally, I’m available through your Private Messages (see “Andrew” on the dropdown). Later!
Tried to “Add an answer” but then couldn’t select it. I was going to add “More indicators of self-achievement (timed records, awards, personal statistics)”.
Hmm, strange. The newly-created input didn’t allow you to focus on it?
BTW, got your suggestions, will reply soon.
Nope, I couldn’t select the newly created radio box. Am using IE7 not sure if that would have anything to do with it.
What does “Embeddable Test and Familiarize pages” mean?
@ the recently added poll choice: Test and Learn page should now save your test settings. That was added with the recent blog post. Doing square brackets shouldn’t be too tough
- I’m working on a new model for ignoring stuff, with possibilities of having multiple correct answers, etc.
@ Ned - “Embeddable” means that you can put Quizlet’s functionality inside of your own website. So instead of coming to Quizlet.com, people can study Quizlet’s words straight from your own site. The Scatter page currently has a little box with an “Embed Code” that you can paste into your own site’s HTML and it will display Quizlet’s Scatter feature. I could make the flashcards and Test pages work the same way…
@ Shrill - I’ll check out IE7 soon. Thanks.
I’d like to see one of two things:
1) Multiple Answers for Terms (although, this is probably something that needs to be carefully considered as it could be a HUGE undertaking and cause lots of code issues.
2) This is the easier solution of the two - I’d like to see more “accents” - but not really accents but rather addition characters. Such as the option for subscripts and superscripts (say for chemistry).
Also, about your current method of integration - how about some sort of “fade in” text box with the whole box of code - rather than that little line. That is how things are on the Odeo website and I hate that method. I like to see the whole box of code. You could then insert instructions for those who are not “HTML-inclined”.
Ahh, forgot one thing. I think more games like scatter are the real future of Quizlet. It’s one thing to have a good time studying - it’s another to have a GREAT time studying. I was honestly having a fabulous time playing scatter and I can knock down those chemistry elements twice as fast as I could before. You may be able to integrate some sort of “timing feature” into the Learn mode. - I think that “beating” my own record really pushes me to continue battling towards that goal of perfection (although, how do you achieve perfection on Scatter :P.
Perfection is achieved when you can complete a game before the javascript timer starts.
Unless of course you’ve turned of JavaScript :), then its cheating.
Good luck with that. How do you intend to DRAG your terms without javascript?
The real way to cheat is pretty simple. Just set a cookie:
key: scatter-{ID OF QUIZ}
value: number of tenths of seconds for your record time.
domain: quizlet.com
Et voilà!
Greasemonkey, that way I can disable only your timer - but would I really want to do that? Heck no! That would be too much work.
There’s more important things, like reading this, or spending 2 hours trying to beat my high scores.
Fixed the IE7 checked-box bug.
Japanese/Chinese/Russian/Hebrew etc. entry boxes, aka a virtual keyboard
I put my vote in for multiple definitions since I’ve been asking for them for so long, but better categorization of sets for browsing would be nice, as would what HEwhoisnameless said.
I’m perplexed that the current winner of the poll includes a feature that already exists in Quizlet… :/ Adding square brackets will be easy enough though.
Well I think the improvement doesn’t only consist of squared brackets but on all those minor things with a huge influence on the usability of Quizlet. Multiple answers are one of these things. I don’t know how Quizlet is implemented but couldn’t that be realized with terms separated by a semicolon? Another thing I’d like to see is a field for hints.
I’d like to see _manual_ scoring for quizzes. I can’t use Learn mode, because my terms and definitions all contain extra information beyond the core meaning, and in any case Learn mode can’t record whether or not I remembered how to write the kanji correctly. It would be nice to be able to record right/wrong answers for future review based on manual tagging as right or wrong, rather than having to type my entire (long) definition.
(And the parentheses ignorer should just trigger on anything with the parentheses Unicode character class — that way I wouldn’t have to worry about whether I used roman, hankaku or zenkaku parentheses.)
I put a vote on Chris idea, a short def, and a long one.
Please do not add forums. Actually, if I had to vote for any feature, it would be the complete removal of the private messages and discussion box - they make it impossible for Quizlet to be used in a classroom, as students can use those features to socialize without a teacher knowing, which is counterproductive to learning.
Socialising is not always counterproductive to learning. You should discipline your class in a way so that they understand the importance of knowing whatever it is they are studying.
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I added the option “More options for combining sets.” I’m currently learning Lithuanian for my fiancée, and my sets are all works in progress. So I have a set of foods, for example. Once I get those words down pat through Learn mode, I only ever want to use those words in Test mode. However, this means that when I want to add more foods to learn, I have to put them in a separate set for learning, or add them to my existing set and put up with “Learning” the words I already know. It would be great if the set tracked when particular terms were added, so that I could, say, Learn all terms in that set I’ve added in the last two weeks, without having to track that kind of information myself.
How about integration of Leitner algorithms into Sets?
I second what Chris and Gabe said
Make math signs + - x / a squared
like you did for accents so we can make cards for say, slope formula or distance formula, or quadratic formula
I like Azim’s idea. I think that other languages – including math – are definitely something to implement, once you get a chance. I like Wikipedia’s system of turning math equations into images, so that they appear like they should. Maybe a more user-friendly version? Something like that’s probably available open-source or under a CC license.
I would prefer increased privacy options. For example, one cannot create a set without it being displayed publicly in the “Past sets…” list. Additionally, one can not test repeatedly on a set without being ranked in the “top users”.
On other websites, such as yahoo and wikipedia, it is possible to be completely unnoticed and invisible (other than what administrators may see), and I find this to be a positive aspect of privacy. So many of the younger teenagers today are either completely alien to or disrespectful of the concept of privacy, and it is difficult to find websites that offer complete privacy.
Thank you Dmitri. The past sets list thing is a bug, which I intend to fix shortly. Thanks for reminding me of that. And I’ll give the Top Users list on each set some thought.
To everyone, I think I’m getting a good vibe on where to go next. I should be able to splice together some Multiple Answers, Customizable Accents, and embeddable tests. And even some of the others probably. The next Quizlet update will problem be a lot of little improvements as opposed to the previous ones like Scatter.
Cheers, and thanks!
THEY SHOULD TRY TO PUT GAMES, THEY SOULD LET US CHAT WITH DIFF. PEOPLE LIKE IN MY SPACE BUT, ACCEPT IT IS TO LEARN.
I think a very useful feature to include would be the option to have a mix of giving the definition or term. Not just one or the other.
My test settings still don’t get saved. I can’t use “Written” because I can’t input Chinese characters in Firefox and the other way round I’d have to enter all the pronounciation things which are for lack of a hint field in squared brackets. So I unselect “Written” and select “Matching” but the next time I start a test it’s all restored to default :-(.
I’d also like to see the possibility to raise the question limit. If I have 14 expressions in a set I’d like to tell Quizlet to ask some of them several times (in different Question types). I would then enter “28 of 14 available terms” (you could change it to make more sense).
Here’s another idea related to my previous idea: the ability to permanently (and easily) fold an existing set into another existing set. Example: I have a set of verbs that I added on 2/19/07, and my growing list of verbs that I know well. Eventually, I want to just add the verbs from 2/19 to the main set, once I know them well enough that I don’t have to “learn” them anymore.