Ask YC: Critique/comment on our webapp

Nice design. Don't know if I'd pay for the market, but I am not the target market.<p>Also, typo on the first sample flashcard: "It is proven that if you review material to[ extra o] soon and you waste your time, too late and you have to relearn. Intelligent scheduling is about training at the point of forgetting."

1. Why not have people enter their answers onto the web form instead of using the honor system? The answers all seem to be textual, you could check them yourself and score them instantly.<p>2. Even if you don't auto-score them, it'd help to show the answer. It's sometimes hard to remember what you just said when you have to evaluate how well you said it.<p>3. The "Study" link needs to be more prominent when viewing a deck.<p>4. How's this better than paper flashcards?

Congratulations on pulling the app together so quickly. Out of curiosity, is there research to suggest that using flashcards is a superior way of learning? For example, for languages, isn't it better to practice with a native speaker to understand the subtleties of the language, expressions, etc.? Personally, I am now more likely to rely on the Internet as a store of facts, like capitals of the world, rather than commit such facts to memory.

I captured some thoughts about my involvement in this project in a post: <a href="http://www.neverreadpassively.com/2008/08/my-experiences-on-one-month-startup.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.neverreadpassively.com/2008/08/my-experiences-on-...</a>

i got to this and was confused about what your app does<p>"2. We intelligently organize when to study"

Is there a way to hide the answers to replicate real flashcards? All I'm seeing are two column lists.