IKanji requires Mac OS X 10.5 is available for €20 (around US$31) and can be bought with iKana for €25 (around US$40) at the ThinkMac Software store. After taking the tests, you’ll be able to see your proficiency with gold, silver and bronze stars marked on the kanji and plotted on a graph to see your performance over time. iKanji has tests for meanings, reading and writing (complete with animated stroke animations). iKanji covers Japanese school grades 1 to 6, JLPT levels 1 to 4 and 214 kanji radicals.įollowing on from that are the tests. It can also search by kanji, meaning, radical and examples, sort kanji by stroke count or radical, allows you to add your own notes and create your own practice sets. IKanji’s learning experience is focused around flash cards and includes 2230 kanji built-in, with the ability to add your own, and nearly 20,000 example words. Also, to my surprise, they are a lot of fun. I’ve learned so much just trying them out.īoth applications are a superb example of usability on the Mac, look great, and include the sort of thoughtfulness that surprises and delights without ever being gimmicky or patronising. I’m not learning Japanese and normally wouldn’t feel comfortable writing about such applications, but both iKanji and iKana are clearly exceptional learning tools. ThinkMac developer Rory Prior is a friend of mine (hence the plug) so I got to try iKanji before its release. iKanji is a companion application for iKana, which helps you learn Hiragana and Katakana. iKanji is an application for learning Japanese kanji characters on the Mac. ThinkMac Software released iKanji 1.0 yesterday. I know and appreciate the time and effort he has invested in every detail, and I have looked forward to the day when he shows it to the world.Ĭongratulations to Andy on this release and if you’re interested in a task management application that doesn’t leave you dumbfounded, check out The Hit List from Potion Factory without delay. Potion Factory developer Andy Kim is a very good friend of mine, and I have watched him sculpt this application for well over a year now. Normally, I only write about Mac software I’ve had the opportunity to beta test, but with The Hit List, while that is true, the story is somewhat different. The Hit List requires Mac OS X 10.5 or later. JOURNLER GTD LICENSEWhile public preview continues, you do not need a license to buy The Hit List, but at the time of writing, you can for a special price of $49.95. The Hit List strikes the perfect balance between simplicity and power. And that’s the amazing thing: this app is feature packed, but to just look at it, you would never realize. Well, apart from an iPhone version, which is planned. Of course, you can accomplish everything with the mouse too.Īdd to this the tabbed interface, a tag browser, where tags can be organized into bundles, a contextual tag filter and cleverly implemented iCal sync and this app appears to want for nothing. And if you’re wondering how you would ever remember all this, a Hints bar is shown along the bottom of the list and changes depending on the context. Typing is a big part of The Hit List, and almost everything to do with creating and working with tasks can be accomplished with a number of single-character shortcut keys, such as T for today or F to file tasks. The Hit List can also predict tags as you type. Tags are inline, prefixed by the / character, and appear as highlighted text. Hit Return to create a task, and start typing. Tasks can have start and due dates, estimated times, tags, notes and attachments and can be organized into folders.įor me, what makes The Hit List stand out is how straightforward it is to use. Lists are in outline form, a perfect way to organize your thoughts, with each task an item in the list. There are also some special lists such as Inbox, for collecting tasks, and Today and Upcoming to keep track of tasks, and you can create smart folders too. You can create separate lists for each set of tasks you need to manage, whether a work project, plan for a trip or anything, really. The Hit List is, as the name suggests, based around lists. While based around the concepts behind the GTD (Getting Things Done) methodology, The Hit List won’t impose a system on you and there is no requirement to understand any of those things. The Hit List is a brand new task management app that takes a welcome departure from current offerings, combining simplicity and power in a polished user interface that never ceases to delight. Potion Factory has released a public preview of The Hit List today.
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