by Ernie » Sun Jan 23, 2011 11:15 am
Penner,
I was getting too many repetitions with large decks. I assume this is what is happening with you. What you probably need to do is tweek the settings a bit. Examples:
Change the minimum interval to something like 1 or 2 days (24/48 hours instead of 8 hours). One problem is that when the interval gets low, it takes a while to build the interval back up, so it repeats often. (Ah, I see that the max is 24 hours currently. This will change in next update.)
If you are going through new cards, increase the "First Interval After Correct" and "First interval After Strong" a bit. This will lower repetitions.
Lastly, use "strong correct" (swipe up) a little more often which you know the card.
All of these will increase the time between reviews for an individual card. My default settings tend to favor the side of more repetitions, but this doesn't work so well with large decks. So in summary, Spaced Repetition should be perfect for what you are doing, you just need to adjust the settings.
Maybe I can auto-adjust a little better, so I'll give this some thought.
Ernie
Penner,
I was getting too many repetitions with large decks. I assume this is what is happening with you. What you probably need to do is tweek the settings a bit. Examples:
Change the minimum interval to something like 1 or 2 days (24/48 hours instead of 8 hours). One problem is that when the interval gets low, it takes a while to build the interval back up, so it repeats often. (Ah, I see that the max is 24 hours currently. This will change in next update.)
If you are going through new cards, increase the "First Interval After Correct" and "First interval After Strong" a bit. This will lower repetitions.
Lastly, use "strong correct" (swipe up) a little more often which you know the card.
All of these will increase the time between reviews for an individual card. My default settings tend to favor the side of more repetitions, but this doesn't work so well with large decks. So in summary, Spaced Repetition should be perfect for what you are doing, you just need to adjust the settings.
Maybe I can auto-adjust a little better, so I'll give this some thought.
Ernie