v2.14.1

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Note

Due to release changes, existing users (v2.11.5 and below) might need to manually update the app.

Added

• EPUB : Collapsible tiles for side list. Collapsible / un-collapsible TOC side list in epub #190

Changed

• UI Enhancements.
• Replaced checkboxes with toggles.
• Better Settings.

Fixed

• Unable to open folders ending with supported extension names.

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Full Changelog: v2.14.0...v2.14.1

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This discussion was created from the release v2.14.1.

[omodia]

First of all, thank you for putting so much hard work and effort into this app.

My thoughts on the new UI.

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Pros

1. Giving the option to remove arrow icons in location list.

Cons

1. Replacing checkboxes with sliders (A major downgrade)
2. The new settings tab is cluttered.

• Previous version's settings tab was easier to read, access and looked better compared to the new settings UI.
• I mean, from the Default Location option to the Other Settings last option.

3. Lot of unnecessary words in app settings.
4. Drop down list for themes.

Mixed Thoughts

1. Tabs in settings for theme maker, settings, shortcuts, about.

[omodia]

Lot of unnecessary words in app settings.

Previously, they were concise.

1. Example,

• Disable location list numbering (Brief yet concise).

2. Drop down menu for themes,

• I liked it at first. But after some usage, not so much.
• First, it is easier to access themes directly rather than from a drop down menu.
• Second, It is better to see and access the theme names and themes at a glance.
• Third, majority will only have 3 - 5 themes, including the default themes. Drop down is unnecessary even when ther are 10 themes as it would not take space.

[omodia]

I am sorry to say this, but the new UI feels like a major downgrade.

[xeolod]

I feel the same.

[zeoint]

Me too.

[omodia]

Anyway, I think you should have chosen hover over pop-ups rather than writing down the words.

Like when the mouse is hovered on the open button (The current folder has 0 images).

[mienaiyami]

Lot of unnecessary words in app settings.
Disable location list numbering (Brief yet concise).

Other settings

That is just one example, if you look at other options in "Other settings" they are very long and also very unsymmetrical (which I too didn't like much). You know what all of the options do because you have been using this app since there were no options at all.
I have received suggestions outside of GitHub about how settings UI is not much informative and cluttered in most places or that there is too much text which needed a short label of sort.
If that wasn't enough, I have seen people use this app without these options and asking me to add some features which already exist. Only conclusion from it was that most users don't even read these (and I can't complain, I wouldn't read options if it had too much text).

My final decision was to title all those text in 3 or 4 words and the description is actually same as the text in v2.13.1. In previous versions, the text was long and still not enough to explain in most cases, and I had to include more description in "Usage and Feature" which itself have a lot of text and most users avoid it. In almost all options, title is enough to know what setting it is and if it doesn't there is description below it.

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Main settings

Same reason as above, you know what these options do because you have been using this app for long time. Few options here are self-explanatory but others like "file explorer option", "PDF scale" or "custom stylesheet" needed more description, and as you said

Anyway, I think you should have chosen hover over pop-ups rather than writing down the words.

was not working out great.

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Tabs

I added this because for a long time I was annoyed that to get to certain option I had to scroll through too many unrelated things like going to "shortcut keys" or switching between "theme" option in settings and "theme maker". In current version I separated these in their own tabs. Each tabs do different things and are not related to each other.

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Toggles instead of checkboxes

For options that you can turn on and off and to apply it you don't need to confirm by clicking buttons like "Save" or "Submit" (it reflects instantly), generally "Toggle" button is used for those, for example, check windows settings, your web browser's settings or any other app that you have. Almost all will be using toggles unless its build in a language where its harder to code a toggle.
There is not default toggle element (unlike checkbox) so developers usually use some UI library or make their own. Older versions of app didn't have many options that you could turn on or off and I didn't want to use any third-party UI library so I would have to make it myself, which at the time was not very practical to make for just 3 or 4 options.
I never expected this app to be this big as I just wanted to make a very basic app with few features to make reading manga better. When there were more options, I decided to make toggle element but there had been many issues for some time so i decided to fix those before working on the UI.

If there is some UI improvement they can use, please do mention.

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Drop Down Theme

Yes, I do think it was bad idea and most users probably won't have enough themes for it to be preferred over simple buttons.

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It might bugging you because you have been seeing same UI for a very long time.
Maybe the issue is that description is too big and titles are small, or the secondary text color is too distracting?

[omodia]

If you bring checkboxes back and no drop down menu, then some below suggestion.

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[mienaiyami]

Checkboxes

checkbox.zip

This might not be same as before, but you can replace toggles with checkboxes with this file.

1. Extract this and place the .css file somewhere (not inside the app folder).
2. Navigate to custom stylesheet option in settings and select this file.

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You might not like this settings changes but try thinking from perspective of new users. Unlike you who have seen each option added one by one they will see all the options and it will be hard for them (not just assuming, I have in fact received reviews from people I know who started using this app recently).

[omodia]

Many thanks for going out of your way to make the checkbox file.

[omodia]

You might not like this settings changes but try thinking from perspective of new users. Unlike you who have seen each option added one by one they will see all the options and it will be hard for them (not just assuming, I have in fact received reviews from people I know who started using this app recently).

True. I get this. I would also be overwhelmed when I see lot of settings as a new user.

As you said, Since I am here from the starting issue of the app, I did not think about the perspective of a new user.

[omodia]

• Got used to the tabs based settings menu, tabs indeed look better than normal one.
• I feel that the tabs are missing something, a margin or something else.

[zeoint]

Thanks for providing checkboxes. I also like using checkboxes in the app.

[omodia]

Extract this and place the .css file somewhere (not inside the app folder).

A doubt. Can I place it in a sub-directory of the app folder by creating a new folder inside the app folder.

[mienaiyami]

Before v2.15.4 everything other than only few selected files was deleted when auto update starts. Now it can be placed inside userdata folder .
Thanks for reminding me, I forgot to edit description for it in settings.

[mienaiyami]

Only userdata folder is not deleted, rest is still deleted.

[omodia]

Thank you for providing an option to change to checkboxes in the app settings.