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Re:Ask HN: Please review my webapp - AwesomeVocab.com by pedalpete on Monday September 28, 2009 @12:51AM (#847812)
can you give it a button to get another word without having to refresh the page (or just make it refresh the page for you)?

You'd be surprised how many people won't know how to get another word.

Re:Ask HN: Please review my webapp - AwesomeVocab.com by paraschopra on Monday September 28, 2009 @12:55AM (#847821)
Hmm.. I am not sure I understood your comment completely. What do you mean by refreshing the page? The flow is Word and list of options -> click on one option -> correct answer is displayed -> click on next work -> next word and options is displayed

Where do you need to refresh? Perhaps it is a browser issue?

Re:Ask HN: Please review my webapp - AwesomeVocab.com by singlow on Monday September 28, 2009 @01:01AM (#847836)
I get the same result in firefox 3.5.2 / ubuntu jaunty 64 bit.

Word and list of options -> click on one option -> correct answer is displayed -> click on next word -> blank screen

I can refresh the page and get a new word.

Re:Ask HN: Please review my webapp - AwesomeVocab.com by paraschopra on Monday September 28, 2009 @01:13AM (#847854)
Yup I see the problem. Just trying to fix it.
Re:Ask HN: Please review my webapp - AwesomeVocab.com by paraschopra on Monday September 28, 2009 @01:25AM (#847868)
Oh no, my bad. Was using console.log -- therefore it wasn't working.

Funny, when I had Firebug opened, it worked. Now removed console.log and it should work without refreshing.

Re:Ask HN: Please review my webapp - AwesomeVocab.com by zaidf on Monday September 28, 2009 @12:57AM (#847827)
In that case, you've to make it a lot more clear that this is a quiz.

Start with adding "a.", "b.", "c." etc. at the start of each answer choice.

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Re:Ask HN: Please review my webapp - AwesomeVocab.com by paraschopra on Monday September 28, 2009 @01:05AM (#847843)
Good suggestion. Updated the app. Check it out now :)
Re:Ask HN: Please review my webapp - AwesomeVocab.com by zaidf on Monday September 28, 2009 @01:11AM (#847850)
I totally get that you're trying to be super cautious about every letter. But I'd still put something like "choose an answer:"