AnkiTab

Replace new tab page with Anki flashcards

AnkiTab: Integrate Anki Flashcards into Your Browsing

AnkiTab is a Chrome extension specifically designed to replace your new tab page with Anki flashcards. This unique tool enhances the learning process by allowing you to review a selection of flashcards each time a new tab is opened, integrating small snippets of knowledge into your daily browsing habits. AnkiTab features built-in deck interleaving, a method scientifically proven to maximize retention. The extension is open source and available under The Unlicense.

Extension stats

By: corollari
Users: 867
-51
Rating: 4.82
(28)
Version: 0.5.2 (Last updated: 2020-09-10)
Creation date: 2020-04-12
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood:
Manifest version: 2
Overrides new tab: Yes
Permissions:
  • storage
  • http://localhost:8765/
Size: 5.40M

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Extension summary

Make reviewing flashcards lighter and easier by integrating them on your browsing habits.

No more dreaded hour-long Anki sessions! AnkiTab gives you a selection of flashcards each time a new tab is opened, allowing you to mix in tiny chunks of card reviewing through the day, which leads to a more lightweight and productive learning.

Featuring built-in deck interleaving, which has been scientifically proved to improve the learning process [1][2][3][4].

The extension is totally open source and all the code is licensed under The Unlicense, which is extremely permissive. The code repository can be found at https://github.com/corollari/ankiTab.

If you find any issue/bug or want to request any feature, email me at [email protected] or create an issue on github.

[1] Pan, Steven C. The Interleaving Effect: Mixing It Up Boosts Learning. Scientific American. August 2015. Retrieved Sep 9, 2018, from https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-interleaving-effect-mixing-it-up-boosts-learning/ [2] Rohrer, D. Interleaving Helps Students Distinguish among Similar Concepts. Educ Psychol Rev (2012) 24: 355. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-012-9201-3 [3] Rohrer, D., Dedrick, R. F., & Stershic, S. (2015). Interleaved practice improves mathematics learning. Journal of Educational Psychology, 107(3), 900-908. [4] John Dunlosky, Katherine A. Rawson, Elizabeth J. Marsh, Mitchell J. Nathan, and Daniel T. Willingham (2013). Improving Students’ Learning With Effective Learning Techniques. Psychological Science in the Public Interest (Vol 14, Issue 1, pp. 4 - 58).

User reviews

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Pros
  • Helps users manage language reviews.
  • Prevents procrastination.
  • Great idea for a Chrome extension.
Cons
  • Requires Anki to be constantly running for full functionality.
  • No support for dark mode.
  • Image occlusion cards are often too zoomed in.
Most mentioned
  • Need to have Anki running.
  • Requests for dark mode support.
  • Desire for additional features like 'undo' function.
User reviews
Awesome!!!

excellent!
by Hao Liang, 2024-01-02

I'm giving five stars because honestly it's a good extension and a very useful one that'd help me get back into languages, the only thing is that I need to have Anki constantly running in order for the new tab thing to work... which is my one big downside. But otherwise from what I've seen, it's an amazing bit.
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Extension safety

Risk impact

AnkiTab requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

AnkiTab has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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