From kde-edu Wed Sep 24 23:29:05 2008 From: "shahab shirazi" Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2008 23:29:05 +0000 To: kde-edu Subject: Re: [kde-edu]: FlashQard Message-Id: <8bc92f20809241617m81fdd5fn74f8a66434745f6b () mail ! gmail ! com> X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-edu&m=122238773226916 MIME-Version: 1 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="--===============2142768761==" --===============2142768761== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_53913_26883249.1222298225851" ------=_Part_53913_26883249.1222298225851 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Hello, Thanks for your reply... Thats right. I'm using my own file format but it's easy to add the ability to import kvtml. Parley and KWordQuiz are designed for vocabulary training which is really good for the people who want to use it only for vocabulary and nothing else. However, FlashQard is not designed for an specific kind of card. Although it currently features only "Regular cards" and "Vocabulary cards" but it will be extended to "Sound cards", "Map cards",... Parley and KWordQuiz are using plain text for vocabularies and I think that's not easily changeable because it's the nature of those programs. And if we want to add rich text, they will need lots of fundamental changes. Parley and KWordQuiz are really great softwares for vocabulary learning. But, not everyone uses flashcard programs only for plain vocabularies. Best regards, Shahab. On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 10:46 PM, Peter Hedlund wrote: > Hello, > > Great to see interest in flashcard programs. But why do we all have to > start > our own project (myself included)? > > I have not tried your program, only looked at the two available > screenshots. > > In KDE we currently have two offerings, Parley and KWordQuiz. Parley is for > advanced language learning and KWordQuiz is aimed at being simpler and more > general purpose. Both of these programs have matured over several years. > What > were you missing in these two programs? > > It appears from the screenshots and description that you use your own file > format. In KDE we have standardized on kvtml. It is used by Parley, > KWordQuiz > and several of the other programs in the edu module. Would you be able to > use > this format? Is anything in particular missing in your opinion? See > http://websvn.kde.org/trunk/KDE/kdeedu/libkdeedu/keduvocdocument/ for the > shared code. > > You seem to have nice support for pictures. This has recently been added to > Parley, but is still missing in KWordQuiz due to lack of time on my part. > > Thanks, > Peter > > > On Wednesday 24 September 2008 10:22:49 am shahab shirazi wrote: > > Hello KDE-Edu team! > > I'm shahab, the developer of FlashQard project: > > http://qt-apps.org/content/show.php/FlashQard?content=80866 > > Obviously this is an educational software to help users to learn things > in > > an efficient way using flash cards and Leitner system. Something a bit > > similar to Parley but not only for vocabularies. It is written by C++ and > > Qt (which of course can be switched to KDE classes) > > Although it is under heavy development, but it has lots of features and > can > > be useful. > > I was wondering if it is possible to include this software in KDE. (then > it > > would go under VERY heavy development :D ) > > > > best regards... > > Shahab. > > > _______________________________________________ > kde-edu mailing list > kde-edu@mail.kde.org > https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-edu > ------=_Part_53913_26883249.1222298225851 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline
Hello,
Thanks for your reply...
Thats right. I'm using my own file format but it's easy to add the ability to import kvtml.
Parley and KWordQuiz are designed for vocabulary training which is really good for the people who want to use it only for vocabulary and nothing else. However, FlashQard is not designed for an specific kind of card. Although it currently features only "Regular cards" and "Vocabulary cards" but it will be extended to "Sound cards", "Map cards",...
Parley and KWordQuiz are using plain text for vocabularies and I think that's not easily changeable because it's the nature of those programs. And if we want to add rich text, they will need lots of fundamental changes.
Parley and KWordQuiz are really great softwares for vocabulary learning. But, not everyone uses flashcard programs only for plain vocabularies.

Best regards,
Shahab.

On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 10:46 PM, Peter Hedlund <peter@peterandlinda.com> wrote:
Hello,

Great to see interest in flashcard programs. But why do we all have to start
our own project (myself included)?

I have not tried your program, only looked at the two available screenshots.

In KDE we currently have two offerings, Parley and KWordQuiz. Parley is for
advanced language learning and KWordQuiz is aimed at being simpler and more
general purpose. Both of these programs have matured over several years. What
were you missing in these two programs?

It appears from the screenshots and description that you use your own file
format. In KDE we have standardized on kvtml. It is used by Parley, KWordQuiz
and several of the other programs in the edu module. Would you be able to use
this format? Is anything in particular missing in your opinion? See
http://websvn.kde.org/trunk/KDE/kdeedu/libkdeedu/keduvocdocument/ for the
shared code.

You seem to have nice support for pictures. This has recently been added to
Parley, but is still missing in KWordQuiz due to lack of time on my part.

Thanks,
Peter


On Wednesday 24 September 2008 10:22:49 am shahab shirazi wrote:
> Hello KDE-Edu team!
> I'm shahab, the developer of FlashQard project:
> http://qt-apps.org/content/show.php/FlashQard?content=80866
> Obviously this is an educational software to help users to learn things in
> an efficient way using flash cards and Leitner system. Something a bit
> similar to Parley but not only for vocabularies. It is written by C++ and
> Qt (which of course can be switched to KDE classes)
> Although it is under heavy development, but it has lots of features and can
> be useful.
> I was wondering if it is possible to include this software in KDE. (then it
> would go under VERY heavy development :D )
>
> best regards...
> Shahab.


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