Features/Requests

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Locations

Errors

Location is not good enough, because it requires a “city”, but people can input a province and select it, such as “Shandong”. There is also a problem about repeated names, for example, “Jinan (Shandong)” and “Jinan Shi (Shandong Sheng)”; “Paris (Île-de-France, France)”, “Paris (Paris, France)”, “Paris 02 (Île-de-France, France)” and “Paris 08 (Île-de-France, France)”.

country/region/city

I think it is clear to me that how "country", "region", "city" can be changed. They should be "country or territory" (it is still not satisfying, because it is not covering all common types of territory), "first-level administrative division", "city". Usual sites don't write like this, I think it's because words are long and few people concern about it.

I have to admit that I was coufused by those political terms. Now I have to know about what they mean and how they can be used.

disputed countries

The old lists need to be changed, so there are two problems, one is about disputed countries. Which are to be "recognized"? I see Taiwan, Palestine, Western Sahara are widely accepted, and some other are not. The other problem is how do cities in disputed territories belong to. Maybe it can be selected in both countries. I really want to ask people in these area about their opinions.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dependent_territory#Overview_of_inhabited_territories

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_states_with_limited_recognition

Translation Team

it is hard to translate accurately if it doesn’t show the context. I think there can be a link to the page in each sentence. There are also “finished” sentences in need of correction. When possible I can add a link to the page. I should set the pages as 'unfinished' then

Chat room

Chat room sometimes is not secure, according to Firefox, because it sometimes directs to http:// address instead of https://. When I search Mibbit with Duckduckgo and Yahoo UK, the result is its http:// page. That’s a reason for why I prefer KiwiIRC.

Forum

There is a “My Forum”, but "Forum” is not shown on top bar. Also, there is a “My Meetings”, in fact it can be easy to understand if it is called “My Events”. Maybe “Meetings” is more precise than “Events”.

Videos

Threads of Videos, Forum, etc. are in chronological order of last updates, so there should be the dates of last update instead of dates of being created.

friends

In user’s profiles, there is an “Add friend” button, which is better to be shown as text “You are already friends!” if so. And list of friends in profile should be placed under the main content, in case there are a lot of friends and it makes a large blank in the page.

In “My Friends”, order of the list should be last logged in. Users should be marked “inactive” if not log in for a month, so it will be easy to know by others.

Chat softwares

“Chat softwares” in profiles should be updated. Not many people use AIM and ICQ now, there are new products in fashion, not only “chat software” but also “social media” now. There should be a list of them to select from. And, “software” is an uncountable noun.

Misc.

In Corrections and Videos, after selecting a language, there is also a “select a language” in the new page, and more languages can be selected there. People may ask what it means to have a restriction firstly. I think it’s to be convenient.

In Videos, options of “Select a video website” is somehow restricted. And the format is different from Corrections and Questions. It makes me notice “Submit” button, which are in a frame and there are additional buttons to submit in Corrections, Questions, Articles and Help.

In Articles, after clicking “New article”, It seems to be writing an article of Help.

In Corrections and Questions, words below “Please respect our submission rules”, “How to ask a good question” are too small. It can be not comfortable for old people.

There are so many explanations written capitalized, but as far as I know, some people are not accustomed to this if their mother tongues are not in Latin Script.

Wiki

culture

As we can see, in wiki lessons, when it comes to culture, the list of languages does not fit. So I think that as a lesson of culture can involve many countries or peoples, it's better to add a new feature "tags", which includes countries, peoples, and an option "world". I think there may also be a "History" sharing the tags with "Culture".

I also think another set of tags can be applied to vocabulary, grammar and pronunciation. And then, those ""in many languages"", ""in many cultures"" can be picked out from ""English"" into ""World"", which is more reasonable."

lesson topics

"I want to talk about what I have found, which can be better in the future, though I think you are very busy now. I don’t mean to urge you, just take your time. When creating a new lesson, Some suggested titles in vocabulary

Are repeated, e.g. At the beach/Beach, Beverages/Drinks, Feelings and Emotions/Personal Feelings, Sightseeing/Travel/Tourism, Animal Sounds/Sounds Animals make, Count from 1 to 10/Counting and Numbers/Numbers, Means of transport/Transportation, City/Places in a City, How to say “No”/Negations().

Covers things of other titles, leading to repeated contents, e.g. Weathers{Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter}, Plants{Trees, Flowers, Herbs and Spices}, Means of transport/Transportation{Vehicles{Car, Motorcycle}}, Animals{Mammals, Insects and Bugs, Birds, Reptiles}, At Home{Bathroom, Bedroom, Living room, Kitchen, Furniture, Rooms}, Free Time Activities{…}.

Have better alternative names. e.g. Countries and Continents (Continents and Oceans is better, with Countries being placed alone), Fish and Seafood (Fish and other Aquatic Life is better), At Home (Home is better), Classroom (School is better).

Are confusing, e.g. Outside, Fitness, Beauty.

Have a misspelling, e.g. Useful sentenses.

Have little content to write about, e.g. Maps, Cycling.

In Grammar, there are many to add, e.g. Adverbs. Imperative Tense doesn’t need to be followed by two words.

In Culture, there is only one title. Also there is a serious problem about polysemy. For example, when I choose “English”, it means ”the language of English People”. When I choose Vocabulary, Pronunciation, or Grammar, “English” means “things about English language”. When I choose Culture, “English” means “things about English Nation”. The former 3 can be tolerated, but Culture can’t be. What if a Singaporean or a Belgian person want to introduce its culture and find nothing to select? So Culture should be treated differently.

There is an option Tips, but no one can select it.

The OK button is also useless here.

login

1. That ""remember me"" is not functional on my computer.
2. In some languages such as Japanese, that ""remember me"" has covered a big part of ""login"".

register

1. In register page, ""OK"" button is actually useless unless to choose France, and the security check seems to be still unavaliable in China.
2. Some countries and reagions are in lack of flags.

feature suggestion

at the home page to encourage it before the new version? I think my ideas are limited.

Top menu

In fact I haven’t found many cases of listing so many items on top bar. These two are doing so, but there are no icons. https://www.timeanddate.com/ http://dic.naver.com/