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Adding cards one by one can get really tedious using the normal add page. Many cards will not require a full paragraph of text. One suggestion is creating a "quick add" button. This will bring up a simple set of two text areas, on the same page, which the user can fill out. Here is an example (please excuse my photoshop skills):



These text areas could either appear on clicking a link, as shown in the mockup, or they could displayed all the time.

The advantage to this method is that users will be able to add cards quickly, one right after another, without having to wait for a page load, and with the ability to tab between question and answer. Of course, this would require ajax submissions to be effective at all. Fortunately - as I'm sure you're already aware - jQuery makes ajax very easy :)

It would be extremely helpful to be able to study a deck in reverse. In other words, it'd be great to be able to switch the "Question" and "Answer" parts all the flash cards in a deck.

This is essential to any foreign language-based decks, as one needs to know vocabulary both ways. Not only that, but this is also a great feature of physical flash cards; don't add restrictions when porting flash cards to the website :)