Received: from mail-lb0-f190.google.com ([209.85.217.190]:41657) by stodi.digitalkingdom.org with esmtps (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1UFR8U-0005F9-Rf; Tue, 12 Mar 2013 08:29:24 -0700 Received: by mail-lb0-f190.google.com with SMTP id q12sf46964lbc.7 for ; Tue, 12 Mar 2013 08:28:59 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlegroups.com; s=20120806; h=x-received:x-beenthere:x-received:received-spf:mime-version :x-received:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :x-original-sender:x-original-authentication-results:reply-to :precedence:mailing-list:list-id:x-google-group-id:list-post :list-help:list-archive:sender:list-subscribe:list-unsubscribe :content-type; bh=ffGr93+nKyF1rT2uMqSy9/QVZ5V1Y8qUGq8mEyRiWEU=; b=xwS3x9eyGrvm6sGUG5BHnbS0p6YRFd/nkl0I6H9zZXCrxgOVhA0ZV517siP/lleyTf xbitZDatZkX+ND3qfoY/zLm89QuP6HwNSKhg8a+EBHsUgYAWg1nYEkhb5g16MQYk+fr8 cB8NK6OaknRsq16TZVRWXNS8sI9iKwzwY7lGaJi+n9jSHWgvDEnndemyQX+fT44imux6 w8L0Be7VWzO4POgfGeEyKYOihkMqSa41YIBDzsE+r3Ch0OKx8xBNI4ccISw8D6HEwmUe JuwD9hWFT411H1SMRrYFeS8IX+RQIXHSFqgTPK+RB4P7e3cW4TvijIM0WdW9okQxI2Qr KXGQ== DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=x-received:x-beenthere:x-received:received-spf:mime-version :x-received:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :x-original-sender:x-original-authentication-results:reply-to :precedence:mailing-list:list-id:x-google-group-id:list-post :list-help:list-archive:sender:list-subscribe:list-unsubscribe :content-type; bh=ffGr93+nKyF1rT2uMqSy9/QVZ5V1Y8qUGq8mEyRiWEU=; b=RH6g//C+0hddhoJT9GVanzSwpPXZBsSiR7+0GyRvu9XuWdRcTNye7xbEfThiyPut2G jRZJLEyNF5rdfe3FJx663EOxGdclNQhk4E/T2vYDIJk98aQN0RAMwMXySv3hXap8R6be DZEQJs9xUICWTdd6x0u/Y3hLdLI0jlAGwM3+0rZrEbf/HX1bcEeEhWY9llwq5znnizOl dpfwNi/DdbebRKqGbdMwMo0tBzzUd/EivUzaLFjXtQI8TFCPgoLMLwWNNN2dGrHco3SY 5mIXt/Rhp+vLphQgJw3oRTGQ7mnXkrahZp8h/jpgfGbtRmJkehMH2Jix7NFaq80/E9Q1 Maug== X-Received: by 10.181.13.72 with SMTP id ew8mr1439306wid.14.1363102138906; Tue, 12 Mar 2013 08:28:58 -0700 (PDT) X-BeenThere: lojban@googlegroups.com Received: by 10.180.198.112 with SMTP id jb16ls1052294wic.2.canary; Tue, 12 Mar 2013 08:28:58 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.204.150.5 with SMTP id w5mr889611bkv.0.1363102138014; Tue, 12 Mar 2013 08:28:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail-lb0-f178.google.com (mail-lb0-f178.google.com [209.85.217.178]) by gmr-mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 14si1662523bky.0.2013.03.12.08.28.57 (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Tue, 12 Mar 2013 08:28:58 -0700 (PDT) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of betsemes@gmail.com designates 209.85.217.178 as permitted sender) client-ip=209.85.217.178; Received: by mail-lb0-f178.google.com with SMTP id n1so83381lba.23 for ; Tue, 12 Mar 2013 08:28:57 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.152.110.167 with SMTP id ib7mr14378635lab.22.1363102137622; Tue, 12 Mar 2013 08:28:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.152.46.79 with HTTP; Tue, 12 Mar 2013 08:28:57 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <50365C38.8080200@gmx.de> References: <23f9067a-f8d8-4906-821e-d59a66ee3def@googlegroups.com> <90c6e201-ed94-45d5-b345-4388792203c5@googlegroups.com> <50365C38.8080200@gmx.de> Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2013 11:28:57 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [lojban] Re: jboselkei From: Betsemes To: lojban@googlegroups.com X-Original-Sender: betsemes@gmail.com X-Original-Authentication-Results: gmr-mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of betsemes@gmail.com designates 209.85.217.178 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=betsemes@gmail.com; dkim=pass header.i=@gmail.com Reply-To: lojban@googlegroups.com Precedence: list Mailing-list: list lojban@googlegroups.com; contact lojban+owners@googlegroups.com List-ID: X-Google-Group-Id: 1004133512417 List-Post: , List-Help: , List-Archive: Sender: lojban@googlegroups.com List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Spam-Score: -0.1 (/) X-Spam_score: -0.1 X-Spam_score_int: 0 X-Spam_bar: / On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 12:37 PM, selpa'i wrote: > ti'e na ku rau da pu kelci .i ja'o lo se pleji na vamji lo ve pleji .i > ku'i da'i mi .e ju'o cu'i lo drata cu gleki ja se cinri lo nu di'a zasti fa > lo selkei .i pei Hello Selpa'i and sorry for waiting so long to reply on this topic. As you can see on the text I quote below, I think jboselkei is unreliable as a learning tool. Maybe this one email to the list was the starting point that lead jboselkei to be abandoned. After this, I think nobody wanted to improve it. On Fri, Dec 1, 2006 at 9:47 AM, Betsemes wrote: > On 11/30/06, Matt Arnold wrote: >> >> Why not do the first steps using jboselkei? Did you know that >> jboselkei upgraded yesterday? It looks great and has some improvements >> to the user interface. >> >> http://www.teddyb.org/jsk/ > > Sorry, Matt, but jboselkei is unreliable as a learning tool as I see > it, and I'll tell you why. It's a game rather than a learning tool as > it is currently designed, and as such it forces both novices and > experienced lojbanists to review translations. This means that both > right and wrong reviews will get mixed up without any means to comment > and/or challenge the reviews. Anyone should have the opportunity to > post comments on any review and the translator should have the option > to challenge the review while explaining why is he/she doing the > challenging. Since jboselkei in it's current form does not provide for > this, then it mixes up right and wrong reviews indiscriminately, > making it an unreliable source of learning material. > >> What if the next upgrade to Jboselkei allowed the user to upload an >> mp3 file of the Lojban translation? > > That would be an excellent idea, but an audio file should also be > reviewed/commented on so the problem given above does not get repeated > on the audio files. Badly pronounced audio files could be mixed up > with good ones. > > I began some time ago to use jboselkei thinking that it could be a > good learning tool. I was disappointed with it, so I stopped using it. > Right then, it was said at the list that such way of posting comments > on reviews should be a feature to be added on a future upgrade. Since > I regarded such an implementation to be top priority over anything > else, I went eagerly to see what changes were made. Boy, I was so > disappointed. The looks and feel of the game seemed to be top priority > rather than improving it's usefulness as a learning tool. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "lojban" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to lojban+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to lojban@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/lojban?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.