I tried using Mnemosyne (a Linux program that uses the same algorithm) years ago when I was in school, and did not find it effective. It was a pain to enter the cards, and a lot of my material was mathematical. Also, you needed to be really consistent. Take 2 weeks off and the algorithm behaved poorly.
Looking back, I think the problem was the lack of documentation on what to expect. There are always questions of how many cards should you do in one session, and how you should rate them.
A few days ago I started again, this time using org-drill. As with everything org-mode related, the experience is much better this time round. When it presents you a card, it has all the LaTeX rendered, and all images showing. Let's see if I don't get sick of it this time round.
Looking back, I think the problem was the lack of documentation on what to expect. There are always questions of how many cards should you do in one session, and how you should rate them.
A few days ago I started again, this time using org-drill. As with everything org-mode related, the experience is much better this time round. When it presents you a card, it has all the LaTeX rendered, and all images showing. Let's see if I don't get sick of it this time round.