Option to stop counting time when not reviewing cards

[ayynonwhymouse]

Option to stop counting time when not reviewing cards

Let's say I review 50 out of 100 cards in 10 minutes. The addon correctly calculates 5cards/min and says I have an estimated 5 minutes remaining to finish the last 50 cards. But if I go back to the browser screen to take a break, when I begin to study again, the addon accounts for the time I was gone. This artificially lowers the cards/min and makes the ETA not accurate. This could easily be avoided if the app only counted time while you're actually reviewing cards. I believe this is how the "More Decks Stats and Time Left" add-on works. But I want to love your app so much more because it updates dynamically and I can see it while I'm reviewing.

[phu54321]

Related issue: #19. This is an intended design, but I think we can improve on it.

This artificially lowers the cards/min and makes the ETA not accurate.

I think addon should visualize the time you've left during reviews. I agree that such long pauses shouldn't affect ETA or CPM stats, though. This means...

• addon should log the time you were not reviewing cards.
• but addon shouldn't count for stats calculation.

Currently addon truncates review time to 5 minutes when you've left such a long time, so that wouldn't affect CPM or ETA too much I think.

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Some questions.

• If you're taking a 10-minute break every 50-minute review cycle, shouldn't that be accounted for ETA calculation? (Not for CPM I think, but it should for ETA?)
• If you've reviewed 100 cards for 60 minutes this morning, toquit it and re-open Anki 4PM, having 200 cards left. Stats goes like this
  • Before: 100/60 = 1.66. ETA = 200 / 1.66 = 2hr
  • After: 100/65 = 1.53. ETA = 2hr 10m

I didn't think 10m bias or 0.16 difference would matter much, but I agree this difference would be distracting.

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So addon should detect whether you've left the review completely or you're just taking a short break?

[phu54321]

• Has this been resolved?
• I've removed 'elapsed time' from my message and it seems to work well. Would you try this option?

[phu54321]

Closing due to inactivity

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[Ansh132001]

Hi, im looking for the same option. I do not want the addon to count for even 5 mins. Is there any way I can change it to 0 in the config?

I understand its intended design but I often take short breaks when I review so id like to have the option to change it.