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Actually, after messing with it some more, it is better than it was, but the font weighting is still not near as accurate as it used to be.

Additionally, the "randomness" of re-visualizing is still not very random. It only changes two or three words and gives you two or three different options instead of really mixing things up like it used to.

Thanks for the work... it is appreciated. I'm just giving my feedback.

Cool... it looks great so far. Thanks!

Just checking to see if there is a timeline for a fix to handle the tag weights better? Also a more random re-visualize if the first result doesn't work. Both of these issues used to work better before the algorithm changes.

No pressure... I appreciate the hard work put into a good product. I'm just curious if there is a timeline for fixes as the current state is way less useful for me.

thanks!

Thanks for the info. I can understand some reasons for the change in algorithm (better shape), but in my opinion, the side effects so far really hurt the product compared to before... at least for how I want to create word clouds.

Maybe you could have a checkbox if users want to make algorithm adhere more strictly to shape or to font weight. Just an idea. Thanks for all the work/time.

In the past (several months ago), I could create a list of all the words I wanted in my cloud. Tagul would then create the cloud for me. Often, one or two words (or many) would not be quite in the place/font/etc that I wanted. I could click the visualize button and it would re-imagine the cloud with different pacing and word placement. I could try this several times with pretty distinct results (within the paramenters/shape/fonts/etc that I had set).

Now, when I click on the visualize button, half the time it just returns the same cloud... or only moves one or two words. Then, when I try it again, it may just revert back to the first cloud. It doesn't seem to be re-imagining the list of words in different ways. Not sure if this is making sense?

Did something change? It doesn't "mix things up" as much as it used to.

What is going on with the font weighting? It doesn't even seem to be close to working. I had made some word clouds several months ago and the font weighting seemed to work correctly at the time. I went back to one of the clouds and added a few more words. When I updated the cloud, all the weighting seems off. Did something change? I can't seem to get it to work like it used to.