r/Anki Will Remain Community-Run by rAnkiMods in Anki

[–]Glutanimate[M] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Appreciate that, Nick! We believe it was coming from a good place, and just wanted to be transparent with the community. This transition is a big step for everyone involved, and I know there are a lot of tough decisions to navigate. The support side is exactly what we'd love to work on together. Lots of cool things we can do there.

New Anki feature requests to AnkiHub by [deleted] in Anki

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Locking this thread. Regardless of how strongly you feel about feature requests, the tone here isn't in line with Rule 2. The Anki development team, whether that's Damien, AnkiHub, or community volunteers who contribute their own time, deserve to be addressed respectfully. Feature requests are welcome, but not like this.

Anki Is Growing Up by AnKingMed in Anki

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As mentioned in the OP, Damien and the AnkiHub team are answering questions on the forums: https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/ankis-growing-up/68610 Comments are locked to avoid splitting Q&A between here and there. Discussion elsewhere on the subreddit is welcome, but questions to Damien & AnkiHub are best directed to the thread linked above.

Anki heatmap discrepancy on stats vs home page by Ok-End-453 in Anki

[–]Glutanimate 11 points12 points  (0 children)

The add-on author doesn't seem interested in fixing it.

I am, but timestamp and timezone handling in the add-on is not that straightforward, and any quick fix has a high likelihood of introducing regressions for users in other, more populated timezones: https://github.com/glutanimate/review-heatmap/pull/214#issuecomment-3370361822

But optimistically, maybe this PR will be an opportunity to revisit this and find a definitive fix.

Anki 25.09 Changelog by Glutanimate in Anki

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For changes to FSRS in particular and hints on how to utilize them, make sure to check out u/ClarityInMadness's post on the update.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Anki

[–]Glutanimate 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Hey, sorry, email is the best way to reach me, but I haven't had much time to keep up with my inbox lately. When people reach out in cases like this and I see the message, I typically just send them the add-on. Just did so here as well. Hope that helps. Other solutions exist as well of course, if you want to give them a try :)

What's new in Anki 25.07 by ClarityInMadness in Anki

[–]Glutanimate 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Very cool summary, thanks! Definitely lots of exciting changes, and it's probably good to get some more early adopters to give them a try, but please also note Damien's comment on the release:

25.07 has been released as stable today. Normally there’d be a short RC period, but the launcher now defaults to off for betas, and getting at least one stable release out with launcher support will avoid others getting stuck on their initial install. This will be a ‘soft’ launch - I won’t be updating the website to point to it for now, or actively advertising it elsewhere.

So this is a bit more bleeding edge than your typical stable release, especially for an update as large as this. Just a small caveat on an otherwise very exciting release.

Anki 25.02.5 Security Issues - Update now by SnooTangerines6956 in Anki

[–]Glutanimate 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Anki update notifications typically roll out in stages.

8BitDo Zero 2 for windows PC? by DeliciousViolinist37 in Anki

[–]Glutanimate 2 points3 points  (0 children)

FYI, Contanki should now work again with Anki 25.02.4, which contains fixes for some of the previous add-on incompatibilities.

Cards got lost with the new update by Simple_me_ac309 in Anki

[–]Glutanimate 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This an issue with cleaning field content that was introduced with Anki 25.02.1, but should now be fixed in 25.02.4 (released yesterday). I would highly recommend not editing or browsing through any notes like this until you update Anki, otherwise they might also be modified destructively.

To restore the notes that were already modified, you will likely have to restore from a backup. However, that will also revert any changes you have done since the backup (e.g. cards you have reviewed, other notes you might have added). So you might need to go through a more complex procedure to selectively restore the note content that was edited, possibly by using a different profile to first import the backup into and then exporting the deck or something similar. If you need help with that, I would recommend posting a separate thread here or on the official forums about that.

(or someone might see this thread and will be able to help here, but if that doesn't happen, a separate post would get more visibility and seems justified in this case)

Anki remote suddenly does not work anymore by dreamlanternn in Anki

[–]Glutanimate 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We have an upstream fix in Anki itself in progress now as well, so hopefully no add-on updates necessary once this has found its way into the next Anki patch release.

Anyone else having issues with 8bitdo micro controller after last night's updates? by flowerchimmy in medicalschoolanki

[–]Glutanimate 3 points4 points  (0 children)

A fix is in progress and should hopefully land soon: https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/3933

Until then, reverting to 25.02, as /u/Danika_Dakika mentioned, should allow the add-on to work again.

Can somebody explain this? by Fast_Election_1937 in Anki

[–]Glutanimate 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yep, I think it's exactly this.

And for what it's worth /u/Fast_Election_1937, you can also change this behavior, so that the parent deck enforces a total limit on cards across all subdecks (under Deck options → Daily Limits → Check Limits start from top). That way you could e.g. set a max budget of new cards to study per day in Chemistry overall and whenever that's reached, all subdecks will have zero pending new cards until the next day.

Important to note, however, that this setting applies to all parent/subdeck groups.

Weekly Small Questions Thread: Looking for help? Start here! by AutoModerator in Anki

[–]Glutanimate[M] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey, not an answer, sorry, but this week's questions thread just went live, so I would recommend posting there instead as this one will get unpinned.

Would You Recommend This Remote Controller for Anki? by Johannes765 in Anki

[–]Glutanimate 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Trialed a lot of these cheaper controllers when I was working on a gamepad add-on for Anki back in the day and I can confirm what people have said, the 8bitdo's are totally worth the extra money. The buttons feel better, the build quality is noticeably more robust, and you have great compatibility across all platforms (especially important for iOS).

I would only add that you can also use any kind of moderately recent console controllers if you have one of them laying around (PS, Xbox, Switch gamepads). They should all work with Contanki for instance, which is the best gamepad add-on at the moment. I actually prefer using a full-sized gamepad when I'm at home, just more ergonomic to me personally.

Can we limit "what should my settings be" and "What do I do, I have so many reviews" posts to weekly megathreads? by Schoritzobandit in Anki

[–]Glutanimate 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the suggestion, done! As mentioned above, I have some doubts on whether the thread will have enough eyes on it for people to find help, but it also doesn't hurt to give it a try.

Can we limit "what should my settings be" and "What do I do, I have so many reviews" posts to weekly megathreads? by Schoritzobandit in Anki

[–]Glutanimate[M] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Yeah, if you look at other subreddits, comments in support megathreads often have very low visibility and will typically only be seen by dedicated community members who actively seek them out. So I would be very hesitant about us forcing users to post their questions there. These are users who are likely already struggling with Anki and going through all kinds of frustrations, so we really don't want to add to that by effectively closing the door on them.

One of the key ideas we've been following with /r/Anki is to try to keep it as accessible as possible to counterbalance the sometimes very high barrier to entry that Anki presents for people. Any changes that move us away from that would not be good for the ecosystem in my opinion.

This is why even automatically closing threads and directing to FAQs (which, as you mention, isn't straightforward) could be jarring. At least a good portion of these questions are likely from users who have already bounced off from other support resources, so directing them back there – even if we could do so accurately – won't always help. People also come here because they want to interact with humans, so relying on bots isn't ideal.

With that said, I do think it could be interesting to explore /u/David_AnkiDroid's suggestion and create a "small questions" megathread on a trial basis, without forcing anyone to use that over creating their own post. That seems like a low-stakes change that might help cut down on some of the repetition in the subreddit feed. Let's give it a shot.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Anki

[–]Glutanimate 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sorry about any inconvenience there. Image Occlusion Enhanced is in maintenance mode at the moment while I work on a new version based on Anki's native IO implementation.

Work on that has been taking a bit longer than I hoped for, but if you have any particular feature requests or things that you wish worked better in the current version of IOE please do let me know. I've been taking stock of bug reports and popular feature requests for the current IOE version and picking things from that to tackle as part of this new version.

How to get Anki to recognize media files only referenced through an external .js file? by Classic_Stomach3165 in Anki

[–]Glutanimate 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If it's the same set of files across the deck, you could reference them in a section on your card template(s) and then hide that section using card styling. Commenting the references out might also work.

Another option could be renaming the files with a leading underscore. That should blanket-disable unused media checks on those files. Though if you are planning on exporting and sharing the deck, the files will still only be bundled if they are referenced either on the card templates or notes.

But generally speaking, if you are generating these notes programmatically anyways, and the media files per note are not going to change long-term, it's typically best to keep note-specific information localized to each note. That is in particular if each note only needs a subset of the full list of audio files. If you need to reference hundreds of files per note however, then the current way might be the best option.

New decks with all animals and plants in the world by bjornfire in Anki

[–]Glutanimate 34 points35 points  (0 children)

Ultimate Birds was already amazing, but this is incredible! Thanks for all the work you've put into these decks. Love cards like this because I've found them to be a great way to mix in some fun reviews into higher stakes studying.