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by moksha256 1458 days ago
Thanks for the thoughtful feedback.

Yeah, the time limit doesn't serve much of a purpose beyond creating some playful pressure.

> It's not clear what other rules (AI?) are being used to judge whether a response is valid, so when you get marked invalid even though you're using all the required terms, it's not clear what you're supposed to do to make it valid.

> It would be nice to be able to review the Background section of the instructions while writing.

> After completion, you see your response compared to a target, but you can't see the original anymore to compare target vs original to see how the target improved on the original.

These are all good points that I will work on.

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Very cool app, but just wanted to agree with OP that I wasn't a huge fan of the timer. Writing is an anxiety provoking activity for most people, and adding a timer can make it more so ( or at least it did for me).
Thank you for this! I enjoyed the exercises. Speaking for myself, I liked the pressure of the timed task.

An enhancement I'd like is being able to scroll in the editor box when "Show required" is enabled. Right now, the latter overlays the editor and hides much of the text until it's disabled (possibly a small-screen problem - mine is 768px height).