Conversation

Notices

1. Embed this notice
   Ren Tatsumoto :gnujihad: (tatsumoto@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Saturday, 08-Mar-2025 21:21:16 JST Ren Tatsumoto :gnujihad:

   the fastest way to learn vocabulary has been discovered #gaijin

   • Embed this notice
     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Saturday, 08-Mar-2025 21:21:15 JST 翠星石

     in reply to
     @tatsumoto It only works if the anki cards are displayed with free software.
   • Embed this notice
     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Saturday, 08-Mar-2025 22:48:57 JST 翠星石

     in reply to
     @tatsumoto You can just use an older version that isn't as bloated and has the exact same features.
     
     A problem is that it's hard to say that any Android .apk is free software, as the SDK used to build most of them is proprietary software.
   • Embed this notice
     Ren Tatsumoto :gnujihad: (tatsumoto@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Saturday, 08-Mar-2025 22:48:58 JST Ren Tatsumoto :gnujihad:

     in reply to

     • 翠星石
     @Suiseiseki Anki is free software. It's terribly bloated but at least it still remains free.
   • Embed this notice
     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Saturday, 08-Mar-2025 23:04:54 JST 翠星石

     in reply to
     @tatsumoto I didn't even know that Anki had add-ons.
     
     F-droid uses a proprietary SDK to build every single .apk even since at least 2016; https://f-droid.org/docs/Installing_the_Server_and_Repo_Tools/
   • Embed this notice
     Ren Tatsumoto :gnujihad: (tatsumoto@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Saturday, 08-Mar-2025 23:04:55 JST Ren Tatsumoto :gnujihad:

     in reply to

     • 翠星石
     @Suiseiseki An older version of Anki would be incompatible with newer add-ons. You basically have to choose between having to deal with bloat or having no add-ons.
     
     When it comes to Anki for Android, it is distributed through F-Droid, so you can be sure that it's free.
   • Embed this notice
     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Saturday, 08-Mar-2025 23:14:02 JST 翠星石

     in reply to

     • 夜化
     @Yoruka @tatsumoto It might just use the webkit built into Android.
   • Embed this notice
     夜化 (yoruka@eientei.org)'s status on Saturday, 08-Mar-2025 23:14:04 JST 夜化

     in reply to

     • 翠星石
     @tatsumoto @Suiseiseki wait so anki comes with an entire webkit or something? that does sound like bloat yes
   • Embed this notice
     Ren Tatsumoto :gnujihad: (tatsumoto@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Saturday, 08-Mar-2025 23:14:05 JST Ren Tatsumoto :gnujihad:

     in reply to

     • 翠星石
     • 夜化
     @Yoruka @Suiseiseki yes. HTML, CSS, and JS are used to format and display cards.
   • Embed this notice
     夜化 (yoruka@eientei.org)'s status on Saturday, 08-Mar-2025 23:14:07 JST 夜化

     in reply to

     • 翠星石
     @tatsumoto @Suiseiseki does anki not use html to format cards?