The reasoning is that if you have an old card which you've seen many times, it probably does not matter too much for the scheduling if the actual interval is 200 days or 201 days. However, for younger cards 3 days vs 4 cards could have a much higher impact.
Cheers, Peter > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:mnemosyne- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Mark > Sent: 17 December 2013 10:35 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [mnemosyne-proj-users] question about fields in "browse > cards" display > > > > On Monday, December 16, 2013 5:37:30 PM UTC+7, Peter Bienstman wrote: > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > I'm sorry but I still don't understand how the software determines > "urgent". > > The shortest interval --- is this about how long the user takes to > answer > a > > card. I know the time to view the card is tracked. Is this the > meaning > of > > "interval"? Sorry for being so dense. > > Sorry, by interval I meant the scheduled interval, i.e. the difference > between the scheduled date of the next repetition and the most > recent actual > repetition. > > > > > Oh ok! That definition makes it clear. > > Since "urgent" means the most likely to be forgotten..., so that means the > longest time between the next repetition and the most recent actual > repetition, right? > Cards that haven't been seen for the longest time are more likely to be > forgotten, so this setting would make them appear sooner than a card that > was recently seen, I think. > > > > > > > > > > Cheers, > > Peter > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "mnemosyne-proj-users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to mnemosyne-proj- > [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mnemosyne-proj-users/f9bf83e6- > 16de-473a-a9c2-42a90733c3df%40googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "mnemosyne-proj-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mnemosyne-proj-users/002001cefb10%2459c1e190%240d45a4b0%24%40UGent.be. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
