World of Where - 3.8.1

The latest version does not show statistics for countries (area, population, GDP etc.). The previous versions used to show these statistics upon hovering the cursor upon the countries. This fact that this feature has been removed has not been mentioned in the list of changes for this version. Though it is a good program, i am sad to see a useful feature be removed. I wonder whether it is a bug which might be corrected or a deliberate change.

Also, i agree with another reviewer that the color of countries should be made to change in every test. After multiple tests you subconsciously start relating country with their colors.

Another problem is in the flag tests when you get the answer wrong, the font color of the country simply changes color to red. The correct answer is not otherwise displayed anywhere. So in a test with many countries on the map after some time it becomes difficult to figure out which name just turned red. If the name was popped up or something then it would be easier to spot, but simply changing the font color when you have many other 'red' countries makes it very hard to spot in maps with numerous countries.

This is so great! I really want to buy it, but I'm totally poor right now. Next paycheck, though!

A couple things.

1) This would take much more programming, and I'm not even sure it's possible, but if the maps were able to randomize colors, that would be great. I found myself, on the third time through the Europe test, saying, "Oh, Albania is the teal one." If I didn't have that crutch, that would be great. Also,

2) The custom tests allow you to uncheck items you don't want to be tested on. But you can't be tested on those custom tests. For example, in Europe, the custom test function allows you to uncheck anything you don't want to be tested on. So in the European Union countries, you can deselect any country. This is a cool feature. But it would be much more useful if THAT were the test. In other words, that should be a custom test in itself: just EU countries.


Still, this is an excellent app. We've all seen footage of Americans that are embarassingly bad at geography. This is a great solution.

If only there were an app that was general world knowlege, i.e., What language is spoken in the Phillippines?

But thank you for this app!

I don't recall the specific percentage, but a surprising number of American high school students couldn't locate Canada on a world map. My knowledge of world geography wouldn't have been very flattering to me either, so I was happy to see an app like this appear. After testing every day I have at least a general idea of the layout of the middle east, Europe, Asia, etc. Even this basic knowledge makes world affairs and news much more comprehensible. We should all try to get as much perspective as possible on matters of history, geography and politics. This is a step in the right direction I think.

sometimes the country title at the top of the flag window does not correspond with the country. I have seen this occur several times and it is a bug that therefore requires fixing. in the middle east, for example, i click on syria and then another country and syria remains the name at the top of the flag window.

minor thing but since there is no really good practice feature here, i rely on the flag window to tell me the correct country name.

This product certainly has a weakness, expressed by other users, regarding test answers not registering your selection correctly. This, in my opinion, is a generally minor flaw.

All together it is a very good application - providing an enjoyable way of learning geography on a Macintosh.