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shortcutFoo is definitely a nice alternative. However, there are a few things that I think KeyCombiner does better. I am very biased though ;) - You can edit

shortcutFoo is definitely a nice alternative. However, there are a few things that I think KeyCombiner does better. I am very biased though ;) - You can edit any combination in your lessons or personal collections. So, if you bind some VSCode bindings to keys that you are used to from Sublime, that's not a problem. - There are quite sophisticated statistics regarding your practice performance. Most importantly, a confidence value for every combination - You can create your own collections to practice by copying from public collections, manually defining your own combinations, doing CSV import,... - There is a desktop app that mitigates conflicts with browser (extension) shortcuts - The desktop app has an instant lookup feature that shows you the shortcuts of the current app (+ current browser tab on macOS), and all the combinations in your personal collection and lessons. You can trigger the instant lookup from anywhere via a global shortcut, so you don't need to leave your current context.

gregsadetsky 5y ago
That's great, thanks for chiming in! If I could make a suggestion for KeyCombiner, I think that having a way to start out as an anonymous user (with no sign up or email confirmation) at first, and then asking users to sign up once they've completed a few lessons would make it even more appealing to try out. The "Start Learning" button at the top right of your site IMHO should be a bit of a demo mode. (I know that it's harder/messier to implement a "half anonymous" mode -- this is just a suggestion) :-)
- tkainrad 5y ago
  I see your point and I wouldn't mind having something like that. However, much of KeyCombiner requires a database. It stores practice results, personal collections, you can change a lesson's combinations etc. I feel like if I tried to do a demo mode without storage anonymous users would be left with a 2nd class experience and potentially think less of KeyCombiner. However, there's already lots of things that anonymous users can do: Browse all public collections, courses, and lessons. Use the practice demo on the home page. Search through KeyCombiner's entire database of public shortcuts. And more.
  - gregsadetsky 5y ago
    Why not let “semi” anonymous users — i.e. they’d be identified by a session cookie, but you wouldn’t know their email - use your database and store a bit of info there, but limit what they can do at the application level i.e. don’t let them complete more than 3 lessons for instance?

gregsadetsky 5y ago

That's great, thanks for chiming in! If I could make a suggestion for KeyCombiner, I think that having a way to start out as an anonymous user (with no sign up or email confirmation) at first, and then asking users to sign up once they've completed a few lessons would make it even more appealing to try out. The "Start Learning" button at the top right of your site IMHO should be a bit of a demo mode. (I know that it's harder/messier to implement a "half anonymous" mode -- this is just a suggestion) :-)

tkainrad 5y ago
I see your point and I wouldn't mind having something like that. However, much of KeyCombiner requires a database. It stores practice results, personal collections, you can change a lesson's combinations etc. I feel like if I tried to do a demo mode without storage anonymous users would be left with a 2nd class experience and potentially think less of KeyCombiner. However, there's already lots of things that anonymous users can do: Browse all public collections, courses, and lessons. Use the practice demo on the home page. Search through KeyCombiner's entire database of public shortcuts. And more.
- gregsadetsky 5y ago
  Why not let “semi” anonymous users — i.e. they’d be identified by a session cookie, but you wouldn’t know their email - use your database and store a bit of info there, but limit what they can do at the application level i.e. don’t let them complete more than 3 lessons for instance?