Congrats! I have 20 more days myself. 
Hopefully they make it by then~~.
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Would it be possible to make the buttons that show on top of the profile page customizable in the phone layout?
Mainly because I would rather have âstudyâ and âreviewâ show on my phone instead of the scary reset button directly next to the menuâŚ
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i have an other suggestion and i donât know if we have that feature or can it be done but here itâs my two cents.
since the subscribtion page adresses the billing options as upgrades, how about making a discount to users have already yearly subscription? not suggesting to make a whole year of amount a letâs say a 10% or whatever seems suitable.
it may increase the user base, it may be not. who knows:thinking:
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ă¨ä¸Śă㧠and ăŤăăŁăŚ donât seem to be interchangeable at all but they both share alot of âin line withâ meanings in the sentences and Iâm finding it confusing.
I donât agree with how the âin line withâ English sounds in a all of the ă¨ä¸Śă㧠examples and I think it sounds better with âalong withâ instead which would also help distinct the two grammar points as well.
The four examples in ă¨ä¸Śăă§
The University of Tokyo, in line with Keio University and Waseda University, are considered to be Japanâs best universities.
Distracted driving has become a primary cause of traffic accidents, in line with speeding.
Despite that, the former became known as a hero in line with the latter.
A: âSushi has recently become popular internationally, hasnât it?â
B: âThatâs right. In line with anime and cars, it is said to be one of Japanâs three major exports.â
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What if cramming gave you a tad bit of XP? I feel like that would encourage people to go above and beyond even what the SRS wants for maximum retention ^^
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Kind of a big suggestion here, but Iâve been thinking about this ever since weâve had the Grammar Mnemonic Thread.
Itâs well known that Mnemonics are a great way to help retain information into long-term memory. At least for me, the fact that WaniKani has mnemonics is like, 60% of the reason Iâm using them (though theyâre often disappointing, but thatâs a topic for another day). Theyâre very helpful to me, but I also suck at making them up*. I also imagine that many users are currently using their âGrammar Noteâ field to add Mnemonics to certain Grammar points â at least Iâve been doing that. I think it could be a great idea to make it possible to set your grammar note to âpublic visibilityâ.
Users could then click âCheck Public Notesâ next to âAdd Noteâ and scroll through public notes for that grammar point, rate the notes and even mark one of them to display, as if they had set it themselves. This is actually similar to how Memrise works. We could use this system to share important notes about grammar points as well (from âhow a grammar point is made upâ to ânot appropiate in situation XYâ).
Of course, this comes with some additional âchallengesâ:
- How to handle ânaughtyâ content (bad words, unsafe links, violation of intellectual property) --> Make this content âOpt-inâ, Allow users to report, donât allow sharing of links (or only whitelisted websites)âŚ? Only âunlockâ this feature to paying users (as theyâve used a Credit Card as a cheap âage checkâ, this was done by Nintendo for their 3DS models)?
- How the rating should work --> Perhaps something like reddits âup- and downvoteâ system could work (Some Inspiration )
- How to give users feedback for their shared notes â something like redditâs Karma-Score, perhaps awarding special badges?
It is my hope that such a system could help people like me to learn even more effectively, by using the combined imagination of hundreds of users; and to give even more information to those who want it.
I understand that some of this could be done using the Community Discussion-links (i.e. the threads on this board). But I find that many of them have no discussion in them, and crucially, all this information requires navigating away from the grammar point. This may sound stupid, but we all know users donât like work Having the âShared-Grammar-Noteâ right there would make it way more likely for users to interact with this feature, especially if thereâs a âscoreâ to get there. Plus, I feel that the intended scope is different â discussions are for questions and, well, discussions. But this is about getting that spark of inspiration that allows one to retain information.
(Finally, I am aware that your own mnemonics tend to be more helpful than someone elseâs, but Iâm a firm believer that someone elseâs are WAY better than no mnemonic (which is the result of me failing to think of something 
) )
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The mobile version of the site definitely needs to be improved, I study mostly on my phone.
The first thing you see when you load it up, is no ânext stepâ, there isnât an immediate button to do lessons, to review, etc. You need to go hunting for it in the hamburger menu.
Just updating the landing page with a call to action buttons â5 reviewsâ, âdo lessonsâ would streamline it a lot.
Also doing reviews on mobile is not smooth. âtap or press a to see alternative grammarâ can be tricky to click correctly. If I get an answer wrong and it says âtap to see answerâ I canât figure out WHERE to tap.
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Strongly agree with this one. I used to study only on desktop, but lately Iâve been spending lots of time on trains and have to study on my phone. The UX could really use some polish there, but itâs just a bunch of little things that can make the experience a lot better, as it all technically works as is.
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In both cases you can either tap the text, or type âaâ. Typing âaâ is not an option with Japanese IME though, and the keyboard still has to be on screen tooâŚ
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Agreed. The mobile site also tends to shift around a lot when the on-screen keyboard comes in, and sometimes I canât even see the sentences! Not to mention the fact that itâs not a native app makes it a pain to use, and youâve always got that annoying bar at the top.
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I checked this grammar point recently and saw it already got fixed - nice job Bunpro team!
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Hi!
Really enjoying bunpro so far, sorry to be complaining in my first post here
I spotted some accessibility/contrast issues on the website
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Low contrast on Study > Meaning pages:
With the âModernâ theme, the orange âgrammar point nuanceâ (#ffb74d), is hard to read against the light background (contrast ratio is1.59). On the darker themes this orange works well, but here another color would be great. -
Low contrast on Study > Examples pages:
The âslowâ and âreloadâ actions are also low in contrast. With the âModernâ theme the contrast ratio is around2, thatâs not since they are not primary actions. But in the âModern darkâ theme it falls down to1.18, which can really strain the eye. Same for âClassicâ theme. -
Low contrast on Study > Readings pages:
With the darker themes (Modern Dark and Classic) the blue links to external resources have low contrast, both for default and hover styles. -
Low contrast on Settings page:
Blue links (eg âGenerate API Keyâ) have a low contrast in darker themes. -
Small line-height overall:
The line-height seems set to1for all themes, making all multi-line sections hard to read. Usually a1.4line-height gives decent results.
I think the most annoying one is the first one, because itâs an important content that should be easy to read, and Modern is the default theme. The other ones are more nits
(happy to contribute directly to the source, but it seems that only the iOS and Android apps are open sourced?)
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will there be some kind of a level system for each grammar point. maybe something like wanikani does it.
just to see how well you know each grammar point.
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When reporting errors I wish enter didnât submit the report and you had to explicitly click âSubmitâ. I just accidentally submitted a report halfway through writing it.
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Are you familiar with streaks? You can see your progress level for each grammar point (even within grammar search)
@jdescottes, I picked âclassicâ just for best contrast all around (particularly for ios ) and my eyes hurt less 
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oh I totally missed that lol so 12 streaks would be equivalent to burning a grammar point right?
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That is correct, and that grammar point will turn from red to gold on your grammar list once burnedâŚer, stamped or whatever 
. If you click your avatar menu on the main site, you can also go to profile->stats and see your cumulative level numbers per streak as well. During a review, I think the streak stamps will only pop up if you increase your streak level.
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I will really like to see:
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Each grammar point having a reference to the proper book and page on the âA Dictionary of X Japanse Grammarâ series.
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Paths for Marugoto and Quartet
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Preamble:
Donât know if this has been posted before⌠but, since the featureâs not there, I guess it canât hurt to post.
Originally, I was really impressed by how BunPro has a â+ Reportâ button on each grammar point (as well as a âCommunity Discussionâ link, though admittedly I havenât actually tried those much yet).
However, now Iâm âspoiledâ by those +Report buttons and I find myself wanting them everywhere on the site, wherever I happen to find some sort of issue. 
Well, I guess asking for Report buttons literally everywhere would probably be a big, long-term thing (though probably doable, I imagine, as a former developer myself). So, leaving that big request to the side for now, Iâll just focus on the one place I felt where a Report button would have been really nice to have:
In fact, having a Report Issue button in this location might solve 95% of my âwant them everywhereâ wish. And that would be in the Your Feedback section, which is accessible in the user menu on the main site. Here, I can read existing issues and replies, and I can also reply to those issues, but what I really would like is this âŚ
Actual Feature Request:
- Add a âReport Issueâ button and form in the âYour Feedbackâ page (perhaps at the top, where it is easily visible, and thus more likely to be noticed and used by other users).
- This âReport Issueâ feedback form would be a general form (at least initially, I suppose), very much like the form located at https://bunpro.jp/contact, except that it would be directly tied to your user account, not requiring you to input your email address.
- Once submitted, any such issue and any of its associated replies would appear just as a typical Grammar Point Report does, within the Your Feedback section.
Further comment:
Now, I understand that currently BP uses these forum threads to handle bug reports and feature requests, and the like â and Iâm relatively new to how the whole development / feedback cycle goes around here so far â so, perhaps my specific suggestions would be less-than-ideal to implement, but at least the general gist of it is a pretty good suggestion, I think. Maybe instead of having the feedback form contained in the Your Feedback section, it might make more sense at the current time to link the user to these particular forum threads, or something like that. Iâm sure the devs and regulars can come up with a more ideal solution for the current situation.
But I will say this, though: It took a while, earlier on when I first wanted to submit a bug report that wasnât grammar-related, to figure out the best way to go about that. Having a clear path for new users to be able to locate the proper feedback channel(s) is not only helpful for BP folks, but it would also be very helpful for the users themselves. I expect youâd probably get more feedback from more users if there was a more clear âThis is how you report stuffâ interface than whatâs currently available.
And the users will appreciate it, too. It can be intimidating to try to dig through forums to find the correct thread, or to wonder if using the email contact form will not connect your feedback to your actual account without manual review â and who knows if anyone actually reads such âpublic feedbackâ emails, anyway? Well, I know now that BP actually has very attentive staff and sure enough my initial reply got through perfectly fine. But Iâm a former dev myself, and have submitted all sorts of feedback to all sorts of sites and projects. What about Joe Schmoe who just works a regular job and just wants to learn some Japanese on this cool site? Then, maybe the âtech shockâ intimidation factor is a little too much and Joe never bothers to submit his feedback, etc. etc.
âFor want of a nail, the kingdom was lost,â as the proverb goes. Thatâs a bit over-the-top â the actual situation is not nearly so dire! â but you catch my drift, I hope. 
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We should have the A Dictionary of Basic Japanese Grammar page numbers up very soon with the intermediate and advanced books becoming available in the coming weeks.
Paths for Marugoto and Quartet are on the list to add, however, there are some Paths that we would like to get set up first. We hope to have something for you before too long. Cheers!
@wct Thank you for your suggestion and all of the feedback that you have provided through the report buttons. The Contact button currently sends feedback/reports to the âYour Feedbackâ page, however, these submissions are only visible to us until we resolve them or reply to them, at which time they will become visible to you as well. While we agree that making feedback public would cut down on duplicate reports and get the community more involved answering questions and resolving issues, it might be a while before we can devote some time to making feedback more intuitive. That being said, when we do make future changes we will be sure to implement what you have suggested here. Cheers!
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