I've just recently started to have a problem in definition practice; when I click 3 for "got it", sometimes not only the current definition is marked correct, but the NEXT one appears and is immediately marked correct as well. It doesn't happen all the time, but it does also happen sometimes if you click above the grading buttons. Initially I thought there was a problem with my mouse, but since it happens with the "3" button I think it's probably a problem with the Flash. (My reasoning is that the "3" button should immediately vanish upon showing the next item, so even if I double-clicked by mistake it shouldn't reveal and grade the next item.)

The main problem is that, once you've seen the definition, you don't always know whether you would have gotten it correct or not. So, to be safe, I mark them wrong and that potentially wastes time on unnecessary reviews.

This is on Chrome 11.0.696.34 on Windows XP, Flash player version 10,2,154,25.

James

From time to time, I see the same effect.

Hmm! Does it happen just when you are doing definitions, or when other prompt types are in the mix, too?

As far as I can tell, only definitions.

And you didn't have the problem at all before, or you didn't do definition reviews by themselves before?

No, I've been doing definition reviews forever.

James

I've got it on my list. Getting a little behind, but I should have time to check it out in the next couple days.

I've got the problem again right now (15:30 Shanghai time), starting from around 30 minutes ago. Latency is between 400 to 600 milliseconds. At the same time, when writing characters, some strokes are not or only partially recognized.

I've encountered the same problem in firefox from time to time.

I tried to reproduce the problem yesterday and was unable. I hate intermittent bugs...

James

James, are you sure it's not an accidental double click or something? I am having trouble reproducing it. Note that if you clicked once on the 3, then clicked again (or had your mouse fire a double click), then the next click would be a "show" click on the empty area of the next definition prompt, which would reveal the definition and highlight the default grade of 3. Is this what you see, or is it actually skipping past the second word (which would be what would happen if it triggered another 3 click)?

I assume it's only with clicking, and not with using keyboard shortcuts or anything?

Yeah, it's only when I click. It's revealing the next word, not jumping past it, so it's consistent with a single click being registered as a double click. It happened maybe twice yesterday. I suppose it's conceivable that my mouse might be at fault.

James

James, for me, it happens at the office as well as at home with different PC's. So the probability is quite low, that this is a hardware problem. But it happens not very often, so I can live with this.

Hmm; I'm not sure how to go about debugging or fixing this one. I've got it on my list, but until I come up with something, perhaps you can try a different clicking pattern? Note that unless you marked yourself wrong, you don't actually have to click the 3 for a definition prompt--you can just click anywhere in the Flash to go to the next prompt with your default grade of 3. If you do that, do you still see the issue?

Nick, yes it's the same, actually, I almost never click the 3, but somewhere in the flash. I also thought about, how to analyze this further in order to give you a better bug description, but no idea. As for me, I can currently live with that, as it occurs quite seldom.The problem with saving a word list is much more serious for me.