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August 01, 2024 19:46

Hello KA users - I recently asked KA about a new feature that has suddenly shown up on KA -- at the moment for me -- while doing exercises. Here's the post, with a few corrections!

"Is there any way to toggle off/hide/get rid of the new streak bar function that has appeared on KA? It takes up a lot of screen space, so for many exercises I'm scrolling up and down multiple times to keep referring to what's being asked.

From a personal point of view, I don't think this is a useful function. It seems to be reverting back to some sort of game mechanics/UE that were a big part of KA from many years ago. (Remember the overall streak function for logging in every day? Gone...)

In terms of resources spent, I would much more like to have seen new content - how about a course on Introductory Tensor Mathematics - or perhaps redo some of the earlier videos from when Sal ( a hero of mine!) was first posting. (You do have to dig, but they're there.)

I can appreciate the coding that must have gone into implementing this new feature, but prowess in coding and the resulting experience do not always equal a feature that is of value. My two cents.

Thanks for any assistance/feedback. KA rules!"

What are your thoughts about this new feature? I would like to hear what other users have to say. For the record I have logged on to KA daily for almost 12 years. If I'm not mistaken, I had one of the highest streak numbers for logging in before that feature was phased out. Hence, my questioning, in a very grateful and respectful way, why a new streak feature is being introduced.

Looking forward to your input.

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Andrew

August 11, 2024 16:21
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Hi Kevin!

Thanks for sharing your thoughts on the recently introduced Streaks feature. We are always working to improve our site, and we love getting input from our community.

I've passed your feedback along to the team and it will be part of our conversation as we plan the future of Khan Academy.

Thanks for helping improve Khan Academy!
sstvn91

August 13, 2024 04:50
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After reading through the old 2021 streak removal post, It definitely seems like implementing the new streaks system took some serious coding work

However, I think it could be beneficial to have an option to toggle the streaks; I think it's a really cool concept to keep track of progress, but having it displayed all the time to me shifts the focus from actually learning to keeping a streak (I let this happen to me all the time on duolingo bro💀)

This might be just me as I am much newer to KA and have a terrible sense of focus to begin with but if possible, I think a toggle function would be a really nice touch

Thank you for your work and consideration, I may be new but dang this KA is amazing, I've been using it a ton to study for HS classes and now to prep for college courses and its been very helpful
langford.d

August 14, 2024 03:21
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+1 for hiding the streak bar. Mostly for how hard it is see the question.

I'm on a laptop and with the sticky header (app bar + streak bar + assign bar), plus the sticky footer, there is not a lot of space for the actual question itself. I have to scroll constantly and not being able to see the whole question and answer in one go makes it mentally harder than it should be.

There is additional issue where there is a bug where in safari clicking an option does not work unless you are scroll to the top. So I have to scroll down to see the questions, then scroll back up so I can click the answer.

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