Hi Mark. Thanks for “recreating” Lingq. I really like the new design and find it helpful in learning (Japanese)! However I have one issue: It doesn’t seem to be possible to mark a string longer than a couple of words. Lingq just allows me to mark like 8 words or so. Is there a way to fix this? Because I like creating long Lingqs, which include whole sentences.
I appreciate your support.
Kind Regards,
Tobias
In the new view Arabic is written from left to right, which is a bit disturbing for a right-to-left language… 
Thank you, I love the new look and the functions.
So far i have ‘tested’ the new lingq by studying a Chapter this morning. My 2 cents:
When initially studying a lesson the new lingq seems to make me focus more-- great because i sometimes (mean often) i stay too long on one part.
When re-reading the chapter the ‘old classic look’ allows me the flexibility to read between paragraphs and ideas with ease.
So thanks for keeping the classic look and feel.
I like the automatic audio (and the new lingq allows one to view lingqs within lingqs much more readily).
So far having both the new and classic lingq options allows me to have the best of both worlds.
M
There is an inconsistent behaviour in the new version of the reader: If I click a blue word and then click another blue word (without choosing any translation for the first word i clicked), the word becomes yellow. If I click on a blue word and then just click anywhere else on the page, then the word remains blue. I think the first case should be changed: I don’t want a LingQ to be created if I just clicked the word but didn’t choose a translation.
Also what I really don’t like is that all blue words become known when you page. How am I supposed to just casually open a lesson, listen and read along, without turning all words to known? What is the idea behind this?
what do you think about a shortcut to rewind sound ?
Could you move the “ignore” button up. Every time I have to scroll down to find that button, because there is so much stuff in between. Or, you can give the option to wipe out/hide much of the stuff in between with big fat frames (eg. Add tag, Enter notes). Anyway, the “ignore” button should be at least at a height equal to the last line of text being processed on the left.
The text to sound doesn’t work for Chrome browser. For many months it is an American reading out letters the English way for various European languages and it stays the same in the new version. I know it works great on iPad, but …
What happened to being able to print the lesson in the new Reader 4.0 interface?
If you’re on a computer you could just press ‘X’ which will auto-ignore.
You can click the little cog on the right hand side and deselect the ‘paging auto lingq’s’ or whatever it’s called. This setting will automatically come back on every time you log in though.
I just logged on again after a break before the break I did deactivate paging and auto lingq thing. So now that I logged in again I checked if had to deactivate the paging and auto lingq thing but for me they stay the way I have selected even when I have logged in again. Apparently it is something that only affect some people.
@khardy - This should be the case. The settings are remembered in your browser. Of course, if you log in on a different browser, you will have to set that new browser up the way you like it again.
@galileo090 - We merged all the tests together and show them randomly so that you get a mixture of the different tests as you review. This keeps things fresh and tests different skills. However, if there are tests you don’t like, you can skip them by unselecting them in the settings for the activities. You can also set how many LingQs to include in each session. Each LingQ is shown twice in each session. And, you can determine what to see on the front and back of each type of activity.
If you still want to have full control of your review, just click the View all LingQs button which will take you to the Vocabulary page with the full list of words for you to review the old way.
I should also point out that we don’t recommend testing all your LingQs until you move them to known. That is not the most efficient way to learn them. That is why we always try to redirect you back to the lesson. We want you moving on to new lessons and creating LingQs, lots and lots of LingQs. More LingQs than you can possibly learn by reviewing. You will learn these by seeing them in context in future lessons as you are reading and reviewing these new lessons. Testing words using the activities is a nice change and can be part of the review process but staying here until all your words are moved to known is not what we recommend doing.
Of course, if you enjoy doing it, by all means do so!
Sorry Chrome OS users! There was an issue with Chrome OS but it should be fixed now. Please refresh those lessons and let us know if you are still having problems.
Hi Tobias, unfortunately, we do limit phrase length. Phrases that are too long cause problems for us in other areas of the site. Is it not more useful to try and learn shorter chunks or phrases that you may then be able to use yourself. We recommend LingQing 3 to 5 word phrases which you like and want to learn to use and then reviewing these using our activities. Then you can plug these chunks of speech in when you are trying to speak. You can’t do this by learning long sentences.
Unfortunately, we haven’t had time to spend on the beta languages. We hope to have time to do so soon.
When you click away from the text, it deselects all text. When you move to another word, auto-LingQing is on by default. When clicking on a blue word, we assume you should do something with it. Make a LingQ, or make it known or ignored. It is set up to use the selected hint when you move on. If you are using the keyboard arrows this is very convenient. I recommend learning to use it this way as the most efficient way of studying lessons. And, if you know all remaining blue words on a page, just page to move them all to known all at once. We have set things up this way because we want to encourage users to do something with all blue words and move on.
Of course, if you prefer other settings, just click the cog in the corner to adjust the behaviour. And, unlike what platyphilla says, your settings are remembered. The only time you need to reset them is if you log in using another browser.
Maybe sometime in the future. But, we weren’t able to add this now.
Unfortunately, we can’t move controls around for everyone. We have tried to set things up in the best way we can from a number of different perspectives. What about using your up and down arrow keys to get to Ignore. Up twice will get you there, then hit enter. Or just hit x as platyphylla suggests.
There are many different types of users. A lot of users do find things like the apple and avatar motivating. It’s easy enough to ignore those things and just use the parts of the site that appeal to you. We need to make our site as appealing as possible to different types of users. Can you give an example of a lesson where you can’t LingQ or LingQ phrases? That would help us track down any issues.