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I just noticed that you can uncheck a box that says "display letter frequencies" on each puzzle. Does anyone really do these puzzles without displaying the letter frequencies? That's unthinkable to me.
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I turned off letter frequencies for a few months. It's sort of a new challenge I guess, and you can still view the box summarizing the frequencies on the side. For the most part I noticed very little of a difference in solve time with the letter frequencies on or off. -
I don't pay much attention to them. Part of MY approach to solving is to try to see if I can fit the most frequently ocurrinng letters in generall (E, T, N, etc.) , in the most likely places of words with certain letter sequence.
In fact, it would help my speed a bit if they were to remove the box with the stats to the right of the puzzles, so that each line could fit more words and I wouldn't have to waste time scrolling down to see the whole thing.Last edited by Descifrador; 05-27-2020, 12:06 AM.Comment
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Wow, that amazes me, azhang and descifrador -- I'd be utterly lost without those little numbers. As you may have noticed, Mohamm has sometimes left comments in the form of cryptograms, and I usually try to solve them when he does, but it takes me forever. (Of course, not having the autocomplete makes it harder too.) I agree, though, Descifrador, that having to scroll is a big pain on the longer puzzles. Sometimes I Ctrl-minus to shrink the screen.Comment
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Autocomplete is such a time-saver. Quotes that I can solve in 20 seconds or less here might take me 2-3 minutes to solve printed. I do wish though there was an option to turn off autocomplete for the purpose of practicing printed cryptograms.
Just in general, I find playing on 80% zoom makes almost every puzzle fully visible, although the smaller size may not be ideal for everyone. Also plugging into a TV to solve seems fun, I might have to try that sometime.Comment
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ok, I will do itComment
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