Zyzzyva app now loading and saving quizzes

[boshvark]

Two days ago, I was freaking out because there is so much left to be done on the Zyzzyva app before the end of the year. There is still plenty to do, but this weekend I accomplished a lot. Except for when I was asleep, I've actually been bouncing around for the last 12 hours or so because I finished implementing loading and saving of quizzes in the

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[jalapic]

It looks phenomenal. I like the dropbox option. It's one that I already use for syncing between PCs.

No worries on the time scale either. I realise that these things take a lot of time and am willing to wait for a good product.

[boshvark]

Thanks for the data point... I'm just imagining how amazingly simple it will be to implement. At this point I'm not even daring to imagine the horror that usually ends up being reality. Even if integrating with Dropbox is difficult, I think it will probably be better than any of the alternatives.

[qaqaq]

I'm curious about the hint feature. What does it entail -- giving the first letter or something? And will using the hint automatically cause a "missed" for the word?

[boshvark]

Currently the Hint button doesn't do anything, but I'm envisioning it giving the first letter somehow, probably by changing the letter to a different color or something. For words that have multiple anagrams beginning with different letters, I guess it would either designate all the letters that are first letters of any word, or it would designate the first letter of the first word in alphabetical order, depending on whether you're in flashcard mode or not. (I think only flashcard mode will be available in the initial release, not the ability to shuffle tiles on the screen.)

I like the suggestion of marking the question as missed if you use the Hint button. I don't know whether that should be the default, but I think it should at least be a user preference to do it that way.

[skin_it_mahatma]

teacher, i want partial credit!

not!

[andysaunders]

Count me among the many that sync my Zyzzyva using Dropbox.

[boshvark]

That's good to know... do you ever experience problems with conflicts, like when you make changes on two separate devices, then try to sync them both? I think is what worries me the most. But from what I've read, Dropbox also includes ways of detecting conflicts and allowing the user to decide which version to keep. I think that would be an okay solution for now.

[cesarsalad]

I should move to Dropbox for syncing but keep waffling on it. One of these days my laptop is going to die

[boshvark]

I would sure hope that their syncs are atomic... syncing to a temp file and verifying the contents with a checksum before actually overwriting the local file. This is an interesting thing to watch out for, though. I'll have to look into it.

[vinylchances]

totally awesome.

[boshvark]

I know, I'm psyched. I want the cardbox sync and I want it now.

[boshvark]

This is a great suggestion, and a popular one for the desktop version too. I'll try to get this into the initial iPhone release.