Second update of June

Ikipou
15/06/2009 00:55

Big update this week!

I work every day with Lingua, and my main problem was the speed of the website.

It would take up to 1 second to know if the word entered is correct and to get the next one.

I have worked on the problem, and I have already solved the first half of it.

The speed taken to pass from a word to the next in a list have been increased by a factor of 5. This is almost instantaneous if there is not too many user on the website.

This change has a drawback. Our brain needs time to learn, and this speed can lower the learning rate. To compensate, you should be focused while using Lingua. For example, use the browser in fullscreen mode, and don't have anything else open to distract you.

I have also made a few changes in the learning algorithm. Those changes aims at improving the revision of a list. When you have completely learned a list, the word are presented to you in a smarter way.

This last change is important for revision, and revision is important for effective learning.