It looks like a flash card widget that you can embed in your blog. Honestly I have no idea what the context is for needing this, perhaps the authors could point to a real-world use case? I don't understand what the "Forgotten" and "Remembered" buttons do, or why a new question pops up when I click one. It seems to loop forever through different cards in a random pattern. This page doesn't do a great job of explaining the project from a 50-foot level, and the homepage is even worse at that.
You get the question and then the answer; if you remember the answer, the question won't be re-asked for a longer time, if you don't, the question will be re-asked sooner.
It appears (?) to be a sort of global tool---you embed your flashcards into the text you are writing and the reader gets asked your questions in addition to questions from the math book they read last week or last month.
I found the docs as well. The docs jump right in and use words like "prompts", "prose", and talking about writing a bunch. I guess maybe this is intended for authors? The inspiration listed is a digital book (https://quantum.country/). Some context sure would be nice.
Agreed, none of the documentation does a good "elevator pitch" or summary of what the product is, or the intended audience.
The digital book is made by the same guy, Andy M. and Michael Nielsen. Orbit seems to be a platform to enable anyone to build similar content, with mnemonic content (flash cards basically) built in.
Yes, they really try hard to make it as obscure as possible. Here is my take. Imagine you publish an article on some complex subject matter - the kind that requires a pause and reflection after each sentence. Imagine that after a paragraph or two there is a widget where you can test your understanding of the above paragraph. It seems useful to me, but of course it depends on the actual implementation.
https://docs.withorbit.com/
It looks like a flash card widget that you can embed in your blog. Honestly I have no idea what the context is for needing this, perhaps the authors could point to a real-world use case? I don't understand what the "Forgotten" and "Remembered" buttons do, or why a new question pops up when I click one. It seems to loop forever through different cards in a random pattern. This page doesn't do a great job of explaining the project from a 50-foot level, and the homepage is even worse at that.