[Feature Request] Beefing the synonyms

Site Feedback Feature Requests
#1

I’m playing around with the N4 deck, and coming from WK being able to work with synonyms is essential. Here are a few points to make it more useful:

  1. Instead of providing a comma-separated list, the input screen could have some logic to put each synonym into a “box” of its own, similar to what WK is doing (or the tags on github, stackexchange, …). It is easier to distinguish several synonyms, there should be an “X button” to delete them more easily, and the user input can be capitalized, forbidden characters removed, etc.

  2. I’m not exactly sure how it works, but it seems you can add synonyms for different things that are questioned (like reading synonyms, meaning synonyms, …). There should be some way to see which synonym field you are currently working on, and maybe a way to choose which field a synonym should go to, this is probably needed to add synonyms from the lessons?

  3. Show that synonyms for the current question were active, and maybe that they were matched in the answer. I was thinking of something like the mail notification on OSX, or changing the color of the “edit circle”.

  4. A convenience feature “add as synonym” on a wrong answer that I. ignores the current wrong answer II. adds the current answer as a synonym III. accepts the current card as answered correctly.

3 Likes
#2

All very valid points.

As for point 2: You can add synonyms per layout, as a reading layout would not benefit from having a meaning synonym in there and so on.

Point 3: Not completely sure what you mean, could you elaborate a bit more? ^^

Point 4: I like it, could put it under ‘actions’ :slight_smile:

1 Like
#3

It makes sense of course, but I think it’s not easy to understand, so people might think that they synonyms are gone or something. Are the notes shared everywhere or are they layout only as well?

Hmm basically I want to easily see if there are synonyms or notes for a card. In Wanikani the synonyms are placed alongside the default answers, they turn into full-fledged answers. In WK I’m often checking all possible options, and it’s easy to see notes.

In Kitsun you currently have to check for each card if there are synonyms or notes in the first place by going into the edit dialog. The cards themselves can’t show the additional valid answers, but at least the movable edit circle could change [color, glowing, badge, …] to make it easy to see that there is “more”. And maybe there could also be a keyboard binding to go to synonyms/notes? :slight_smile:

Especially the notes are not so valuable when you have to search for them :slight_smile:

2 Likes
#4

Notes are shared

Ah that’s a really good suggestion! I’m putting it on the prio list :slight_smile:

Edit:
I’ve added the following tasks:

Prio list:

  • Change synonym field to act like the tags field
  • Change color of the edit button if a synonym or note is available

Backlog list:

  • Action which marks adds a synonym based on the current wrong answer -> marks card correct
3 Likes