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No worries, Leosmith. The site has promise but it's just not there yet. It seems to be the unfortunate curse of such software: they all end up incomplete and none push the envelope. I'm no coder, just an ideas and linguistics guy, so I've got to wait around until someone cracks it.

Michel wrote:

Perfection and rush are enemies of languages learning.

Yeah, that's true. However, this is about software being fit for purpose. Right now, it's not.

This site is too incomplete for development to move so slowly. Sorry, I can't use this software any longer.

I realise now that issue 6 is dependent on 7. I can show known words for Spanish but not English or Yiddish - because they're 'Native' and can't be studied.

leosmith wrote:

I'll ask about this.

Thanks a lot!

Ok. Just let me know if there's anything I can do to get it fixed.

I see changes relating to 1, 3 and 5. Definitely some good improvements there. Nice to see!

A little bug for Yiddish I've found: The punctuation mark maqef (U+05be) is good (doesn't split words) but the geresh/gershayim (U+05f3/U+05f4) split words and shouldn't. They're used to create abbreviations basically. Example word 'Tanakh = תּנ״ך'.

Any news on this?

I've mostly just been adding some texts. Not wanting to take advantage of this bug.

So, I've less than a day left in this free trial... still can't subscribe. So, is my current progress going to be lost?

Desktop, Linux Mint 21 (Ubuntu 22.04-based) in Firefox 107 and Chromium 106.

Ok. I've been using several similar sites/software over the years and I'd like to give some input on the site. It seems that LanguageCrush still has some way to go and I'd like to help out, if possible. Desktop only (I'll test Android in time).

Some lower hanging fruit:

1 - The edit box for Yiddish (no doubt also other RTL) is still LTR. The reading page is ok but the edit box is not. RTL + right-justified is needed for passage name/passage text/course name from what I can figure out.

2 - On the 'my courses' page: show word stats for each course. (unknown, total, etc + number of passages, level)

3 - On the 'create a passage' /edit page: remove the space above 'Create a Passage' and increase the size of the 'Passage Text' box by a few lines

4 - Allow for changing font size on reading page and in edit boxes (its so tiny!)

5 - On the 'course details' page: align the word stats better so they don't jump around from line to line (perhaps make it 2 lines by default:

Unknown Words (###%) Learning (###%)

Known Words (###%) Total Words (###%)

alternatively, shorten it:

Words: Unknown (###%) : Learning (###%) : Known (###%) : Total (###%)

6 - Show known words for each language on profile

7 - (Bonus 1) Allow for adding native languages as learning languages. I'm working on both of mine!

8 - (Bonus 2) Allow level to also be a range (A1-A2, A1-B1, Beginner-Intermediate, etc) (course details could be set manually OR just whatever the passages it contains have set (all passages are A1, it shows A1, some are also A2 so it shows A1-A2)

Tried paying by CC from several browsers. The green thing just keeps spinning around. Is this a known bug?