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ranelpadon / ngram-type

Touch typing trainer using N-grams as data source, with options to customize the auto-generated lessons and specify the minimum typing performance needed. There are sound/color effects as well.
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Expand lists so user can practice 100+ most-common ngrams #17

Closed theroncross closed 2 years ago

theroncross commented 2 years ago

50 is nice, but as soon as you start typing real words, you hit a lot of ngrams that you haven't practiced.

ranelpadon commented 2 years ago

@theroncross Thanks for this suggestion. The original idea was from the The First 20 Hours book in which the author used the Top 50 n-grams mainly due to time constraints, which I referenced also for my own practice. In hindsight, Top 100 n-grams also make sense since it could improve the overall training.

Anyway, I implemented it now as per https://github.com/ranelpadon/ngram-type/commit/e4ce57461f7ddcef9767044ac749f6c5e69d3633, just play around with the Repetition and/or Combination settings to force reset the saved data to use the Top 100:

https://ranelpadon.github.io/ngram-type/

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Let me know if you have issues. Cheers

CC: @bew

theroncross commented 2 years ago

This is great. I think I had to delete my localstorage to get the new ngrams, though I stupidly did that before trying to get to the end of a set.

Thanks again for maintaining what I think is among the best typing trainers around.

ranelpadon commented 2 years ago

Glad to hear it. Although in my case, I didn't need to clear my localStorage. But yes, clearing the localStorage will do it. I was thinking also if I should use the Top 200 instead of Top 100. The Top 100 looks like a good compromise though between too few (Top 50) and too many (Top 200). Or let's see if other users will want to have the Top 200.

One option I think is to have a more dynamic source like being able to choose the Top 50, Top 100, Top 150, or Top 200 n-grams. It would require more thought/effort though and will depend if users will want it. Cheers

ranelpadon commented 2 years ago

FYI, closing this since I believe this is now implemented. If other users will show interest in Top 150 or Top 200 n-grams later on, I would consider it also. Cheers. :)