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So, new versions of WordList are now on AppStore (they were approved last night). We have released 3 new versions:

SAT WordList

should primarily interest SAT test takers. It contains around 800 most frequently tested SAT words that may be prepared in a week or so.

GRE WordList

Just like SAT WordList, contains around 800 most frequently tested GRE words. Can be easily prepared in a week, should be of interest to GRE test takers.

WordList Pro

WordList pro contains 4000+ words arranged into 50 lists, may be used for any of the standardized tests. I am using it myself to improve my vocabulary

Screenshots

So, here are some screenshots from the new versions (we made some minor tweaks to the UI so these are a little different than these)

List interface: easy/medium/hard buttons only appear if you have categorized some words in that particular list with that tag.

Word Screen

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I upgraded my installation of wordpress over the weekend and the “can’t login to admin panel” problem kept me pulling my hair for two days. I am listing down the steps I did for the sake of the record.

1. I cleared my cookies and authenticated sessions, even tried login from a different browser, no success.

2. Reset my password, still no success…

3. Upgraded my wp-config.php to include 3 secret keys (taking help from wp-config-sample.php), no success…

4. Stumbled upon this thread, but it didn’t help me since I wasn’t using Admin SSL.

5. Then I came across this article, so I renamed my plugins folder, logged in, renamed it back to plugins, and everything works now.

and God, Akismet is a blessing. I didn’t have Akismet for 2 days and my inbox was full of all sorts of spam comments from wordpress.

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2 weeks ago, Word List Lite appeared on App Store, and it received great response, we received emails pointing out bugs, suggesting new features, and some, applauding as well

I have been working on improvements (mostly in my spare time), Word List Premium will hopefully be submitted to App Store by next week end. Here are two screens to give you an idea of what the next version would look like.

Changes:

1. The words and definitions are now coming from WordNet. Definitions also include type of word (verb, noun, etc) and examples sentences now.
2. Flip button has been replaced with Shuffle button (top right), it can be used to shuffle the current word list
3. More flexibility for word categorization i.e. easy/medium/hard. List Selection Screen (not shown here) also has buttons for these categories for each list (which appear only if there are some categorized words in a list i.e. “Hard” button will not appear in a front of a list if there are no “hard” words in it)
4. User can tap on the card to show word’s definition and double-tap to go to next card.
5. The Flip animation has been removed, it proved to be very distracting when using the app for long hours
6. Animations for next/previous card has been replaced with simpler and less distracting animations (i hope so )
7. List Selection screen now opens at the last selected word list (i.e. if you were practicing list 37, you won’t have to scroll all the way down from list 01, it would open with list 37 visible on the screen).
8. and Some UI bug fixes and other enhancements which may not be readily visible to end user =)

Thanks to all of the people who sent their valuable feedback, please keep the suggestions coming.

 EDIT 1:  We made some minor modifications to the UI

 EDIT 2:  We have submitted the 3 versions (SAT, GRE, and Premium) to the AppStore on Sunday, Nov 9. Hopefully it’ll appear to the public by next weekend. 

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Tintash (my workplace) has recently updated its site and they have put caricatures and short bios of the whole team in the ‘about’ section. Here’s what I look like:

It’s not so true representation of me since I, usually, do not dress formally around here, it does look pretty funny though =)

The company’s page describing the team and their caricatures (including this one) is here.

P.S.: Please don’t tell me it looks like Bin Laden.

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EDIT1:You can download the app here

EDIT2: The app received more than 1700 downloads in first two days in US alone.

Over the last few days I have been working on a vocabulary building app. Today we are submitting it to App Store. Once it is available for public downloads, I’ll post a link to it here. For now, take a look at some of the (pre-release ) screen shots below.

1. App Icon (from iPhone screen shot)
   
2. Splash Screen:
   
3. Select a List to practice:
   
4. Top Side of a Flash Card, showing word:
   
5. Bottom Side of a Flash Card, showing meanings:
   

The app remembers the card you were looking at when you close it, and goes straight to it next time.

It supports gestures in conjunction with buttons, to browse the words and meanings. If user slides his/her finger horizontally, next/previous words are shown, sliding finger vertically flips the card.

“Remove Card” removes the card from a word list (it can’t be undone and should be used to remove words that are already familiar to the user).

Thanks to Mannan for original idea and Ahmad for the interface images, Tintash for taking my spare time project and publishing it like a regular app

Thanks to Sungwoo for the word lists.

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