I love the new design.
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Very modern and clean looking. The gradient adds a nice splash of color while also being functional. I didn’t notice if there was or was not, but regardless of the color change for correct/incorrect answers there should be an indicator that does not rely solely on a color change for visually impaired/colorblind users.
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I like that the question/sentence is in the center of the page, but not really sure that I like the input field so far down on the page/at the bottom and I would prefer the buttons (undo, grammar info, show answer) to be under the input field. (Which would also line up nicely with the other three buttons (hint, bug report, keyboard). Come to think of it, would it make more sense to include the hint button as part of the undo/grammar info/show answer group (after show answer)?
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Is there a toggle for focus mode during reviews?
The addition of the actual sentences studied to the summary page is fantastic and makes it much easier to study up on the ones I had trouble with.
I really like how both the modal and drawer designs were implemented. I prefer the drawer for things like showing additional information (like clicking on “show more info” during reviews), but for prompts like “quiz me”, I like the modal. Users with screen readers may experience different behaviors depending on which is used.
Since the drawer is on the left, does pressing left arrow open it and right arrow close it? It says in the tentative additions that one of the strengths for the more info grammar drawer is no scrolling. Is that also true if the browser window is too small to display the information in its entirety?
I did notice some oddities:
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The furigana was always on. And when the sentence「すみませんが、正直に言えないんです。なぜなら、秘密だから。」 for the なぜなら grammar point came up, I kept getting the message “More polite.” even though the answer was correct. (When I toggled back to Reviews 1.0 it was fine.) There also wasn’t a button to report the bug, which might be because I use focus mode.
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Another weird thing is that for vocabulary users, the review count still includes the vocabulary items even though there aren’t any reviews available unless you switch back.
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The way the hints button is set up (with dots representing each available hint) seems as though you should be able to click on the dots to look at a particular hint, but that’s not the case.
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Because the userpic is so prominent on the summary page I noticed that it’s rendering at 180x180 even though the actual image is 80x80 so it looks really blurry. On the rest of the site it renders at 120x120 and also looks blurry, except in the header, when its scaled down to 40x40. The forum userpics are (stored) at 240x240 and look fine when scaled down.
Regarding mobile: I think that if there’s eventually going to be an app, designing the site so it works for both desktop and mobile becomes less important because mobile users would/could use the app. Otherwise, the site should have the same/similar functionality on mobile (even if it’s not the exact same look and feel).
Lastly, and most importantly: You guys are doing a FANTASTIC job—always improving the site for us, always considering the needs of the users, and always kind, thoughtful, and responsive. I have several lifetime memberships with various language learning services, and this is BY FAR the best investment I’ve made in my language learning journey. (You can use this paragraph as a testimonial for advertising if you want. )
お疲れ様でした!