Wow! What a big slew of updates. Or, maybe they’ve happened over the last week and we just never got around to writing about them. Who knows? I don’t.
The fact of the matter is, though: many updates.
First off, 5 new levels have been added. That means a new section has opened up too: “DEATH.” It may sound bad, but just remember that there are two more sections coming after this, so apparently it gets worse. Anyways, 5 new levels for those of you who were closing in on level 20. Now you have until level 25 (that is until next month, anyways).
Second, the design of WaniKani has been updated. Did you notice? It’s pretty snazzy now. We took a lot of suggestions from you guys and put it into the design. New things include a way for us to put alerts on your dashboard, information on how many reviews are coming in the next hour / next day, as well as a breakdown of what you’ve guru’d, mastered, enlightened, etc. We’ve also added a new section: “burned.” This is for when you really know an item. Once something is burned it won’t show up in your reviews anymore unless you unburn it. Last, we added a “community” section. This isn’t very busy right now, but we hope in the future to start adding “community” features here that will help you to learn kanji / vocab even better.
Third, (and this is the best one), we added an API! Wutttt? This means you can make apps that have to do with WaniKani. For example, you could use the API to build an iPhone app that tells you when you have new reviews. Or, you could build something that suggests “enlightened” items you should use in your other studies (like on Lang-8, or something). Although the API is fairly simple now, we really look forward to seeing what you guys build! FINALLY, your wish to be able to see how many reviews you actually have is possible now (not 42+!), you just have to build it.
That’s about it for the updates for now, so go back to your 42+ reviews so you can hurry up and get to the DEATH section and truly learn what it means to study kanji.