"Random Jump button" would turn PB into a super flashcard system
Pressing the Random Jump Button (or typing the keyboard shortcut) activates a "non-filtered" thought.
One of the applications of this feature is that it lets you build a super flashcard system into your PB.
For example, suppose you want to study Japanese Kanji (Chinese characters).
- Create 8 tags for later use (Kanji, Stack 1, Stack 2, ..., Stack 7)
- Type the Kanji character in the thought field, the translation in the label field.
- Add the tags "Kanji" and "Stack 1" to this thought
- If needed, add some extra info in the notefield, a picture in the thought icon or a sound as a attachment
- Connect that thought to a lot of extra info, for example to the other characters where this characters is build with, thoughts containing sentences, ...
Reviewing :
- Set the filter on : show only thoughts with tags "Kanji" and "Stack 1"
- Press the Random Jump Button or the connected keyboard shortcut
- Read the question (in this case the Kanji character) and try to find the answer (in this case the translation)
- Hover over the thought to see the answer in the label
- If correct move the thought to Stack 2 by adding the "Stack 2" tag and removing the "Stack 1" thought from the thought
- If you need some extra information about the "card", switch off the filter to see the connecting thoughts
- Repeat for other thoughts in this stack or switch to another stack until all thoughts moved to Stack 7
You can of course make multiple flashcard systems in 1 brain, by giving them a different first tag (for example "Countries" instead of "Kanji")
To make this really perfect, I would suggest another extra feature, namely a " selection -> right-click -> change label and text" function.
This would let me select all the cards and switch the labels and text around.
Now I can start studying my cards the other way round.
Without this feature (since it is not practical to click on the "switch button" for every thought), I would have to make two versions of every card to be able to study cards in both "directions".