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>>2 more ideas from me! >>1. Make it possible to have flashcards in more than 2 >>languages if desired. That means that people could >>create flashcards for this site which would have >>Italian, German, French, Spanish and English all in >>the one, and you would choose the two which you wanted >>to study. A sample flashcard would be: >> >>Mother - Mutter - mère - madre - madre >> >>It would not be useful for your average user (it would >>be optional when creating a flashcard set) but for >>sharing flashcards, if vtrain is to become the world >>standard in flashcards, then it would be a very useful >>possibility for future versions! > > >Thank your for your contributions. > >Your idea is interesting indeed, and we have >considered that possibility in our internal >to-do-list. In fact, we have been using database files >for this purpose, which we import into VTrain when it >comes to learning. > >But think about the disadvantages of such a flashcard >format: ><ul> ><li> VTrain would become slower: more data would be >loaded into the RAM of your computer than are actually >being handled. ><li> VTrain would become less intuitive to use, since >you would have to activate a <i>language pair</i> >before you fill a Deck of flashcards into the >Cardfile. Additional languages would only be visible >from the Compose mode. ><li> Certain users would be tempted to use the >additional sides on the flashcards for >"categorization" purposes, e.g. to include information >about parts of speech (adjectives, verbs, etc.). That >would, in turn, imply creating a link between sides >(e.g. side 3 pertains to side 1, side 4 pertains to >side 2). With no cross-referencing support on the part >of VTrain, the compatibility between the Decks created >by different authors might be compromised. ></ul> >Anyway, we are considering ways to implement this, but >this feature is not likely to appear in the coming >version (VTrain 5.0).

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