The changes to how cards are answered and displayed are most notable in how Popling handles incorrect answers. If you miss a card, you are immediately asked to try it again. This isn’t counted toward your score, it’s only a repetition exercise to help you remember the card. Due to the new card selection algorithm, you’ll get a chance to try it again in the next few cards you see.

If it’s a hard or easy card, Popling tells you so, and in the lower right hand corner of each card, you’ll see how many times you’ve gotten a card correct and the total times you’ve seen it.

As always, feedback is appreciated!

1. Clicking and closing the notification is much more usable
2. Changing the pop time and your api key no longer requires a restart

You should get the update on the firefox add-on page now!

Notification window over a webpage

Like the desktop app, the add-on opens a small notification window every few minutes (you choose how often). The notification displays a question from one of your subscribed flash card sets in your browser. If you aren’t busy, click the notification to open the flash card in a new tab and learn something new, no motivation required. If you are busy, ignore it, it’ll go away.

New tab created for the Popling page.

You can tell Popling not to Pop on certain web pages or sites by right clicking (control click on a mac) and selecting Popling -> Don’t pop on this page or site.

Install the Popling Firefox Add-on and LMK what you think in the new forums!

Happy Popping!

Categories include:

Desktop App
Firefox Add-on
Creating Poplings
Feature Requests
Bugs

Happy Popping!

New Styles Preference
I’ve included a new styles preference that allows you to select different color schemes and font settings for the app. For people learning Kanji and/or vocabulary there is a special style called Large Vocab that will make those hard to read characters bigger. The styles available should grow in the future.

Fixes
This release also fixes a bug in the prefs when window which caused the save button to be difficult to click. Also accidental selecting of text in the notify window and the preferences tab should be fixed as well.

Other new features:

• Images in Poplings
• Improved incorrect highlighting
• Easier to access hide button

Images In Poplings
You can now add images to Popling on the website and have them display in the application. You’ll find a new field for each question in the ‘easy question editor’. If you have an existing Popling you’d like to add pictures to, navigate to that Popling and click the edit button next to the question you’d like to add an image to.

The image upload feature only exists in the single question editor. If you are using the batch create function, add all your questions, click ‘view Popling’ and add the images one by one as mentioned above.

Feedback!
I’d love to get your opinions on the new interface. Please don’t hesitate to leave comments here, or use the contact form!

If you don’t mind helping me work through some bugs, sending me the odd log file and commenting profusely about what you’ve found, visit the new Desktop Beta page. I’m looking forward to your comments and suggestions!

Finally, some clever slacker has created an app that teaches a new language without damaging your hard-earned 0.3 second attention span… high five to you, sir.

High five right back!

The most interesting discussion so far has been at goodexperience.com, where a few are worried about interruptions, a few decry the depth and speed of today’s information flow and a few are so motivated they can’t understand the need for Popling. Wonder what their secret is?

Other very kind people wrote about Popling on:

• springwise.com
• makeuseof.com
• delicious for ‘learning’ Popling is currently 4th!
• A ton of blogs (Thanks guys and girls!)
• and lots of amazing comments on twitter!

I’d like to thank everyone who took the time to write anything about Popling. The criticism has been constructive, the links are appreciated, and the praise makes me all warm inside.