Yet Another PWA JNC Client

Crimson Wise

@hopebestman Well, on my release a couple of weeks ago I upgraded some libraries I was using internally, including one for the UI, and I think that broke things down. If it's the same issue, for now, copy/pasting the credentials should work.

I still need to look further at the issue.

Tube

Having problems signing in here as well. I wrote manually the password, the site says "Signing in", throws me at the front page, and is still not logged in. No error message, nothing. This issue was present already before the update on JNC site a month ago but at that time I had no energy to see if I can make it work. Thanks to the new official reader I'd like to give this a try though, but can't log in.

EDIT: Running up to date Firefox, tried with Chrome too. Are there some browser settings that are necessary for this to work? Third party cookies maybe or something?

Crimson Wise

Well, rather than wasting time looking at the bug on the library component, I've just replaced the fields with standard HTML input fields.

Please try again and let me know if you have issues. Firefox's password manager seems to work.

Tube

~~Nope, still does not work and redirects me to the front page when I try to login, still giving only "Sign in" in the profile icon menu in the upper right corner.~~

The reaction to me logging in is the same with real credentials and with a made up email address and password. It does require email@address.com form from the email and if I enter just a random string as the email it will not redirect me to the front page upon clicking "sign in". It asks me to enter a real email address. I tried crtl + F5 both on front page and login page if that helps at all.

~~I tried this with Firefox Beta and Chrome on Android too after my previous message (previosly Windows 10) and the behaviour is to my eyes similar.~~

EDIT: Well, this is embarrassing. I had remembered my password wrong on JNC and kept entering the wrong one to Crimson Reader.

On a completely unrelated note I have a feature request: could the site tell me if my credentials seem to be incorrect?

Shiny

Is it just me or can it normally take like 15 minutes before a new release shows up on the client due to how the cache works?

Crimson Wise

@shiny up to 30mins, although you can pull down to force refresh everything.

TUSF

@crimson-wise Have you considered using Service Workers to periodically check for updates and send notifications (For those that want em) when a followed series is updated?

Additionally, probably checking the Calendar (if there's an API for that?) to schedule cache refreshes when a new update is expected?

Crimson Wise

@tusf said in Yet Another PWA JNC Client:

@crimson-wise Have you considered using Service Workers to periodically check for updates and send notifications (For those that want em) when a followed series is updated?

Hmm, I won't use it myself so not sure if the effort is worth it.

Additionally, probably checking the Calendar (if there's an API for that?) to schedule cache refreshes when a new update is expected?

Yeah, there is one. Thought about it when Shiny mentioned it, and since I'm already checking the times on that API in a few places, it should be straightforward, will take a look.

I personally already know the times when parts get released so I just open the app at that point.

Shiny

@crimson-wise said in Yet Another PWA JNC Client:

Yeah, there is one. Thought about it when Shiny mentioned it, and since I'm already checking the times on that API in a few places, it should be straightforward, will take a look.

I personally already know the times when parts get released so I just open the app at that point.

Checking when new novels are released (usually on the hour) would be great. It might need to check again a few minutes later as well unless the release was slightly later due to clock mismatch.

Shiny

@Crimson-Wise Hopefully you are ready for the APIocalypse: https://forums.j-novel.club/topic/5142/developer-psa-labs-j-novel-club-is-your-new-friend

Crimson Wise

@shiny There were a few APIs there I wasn't aware of, so I can give it another try.

Geezer Weasalopes

@shiny said in Yet Another PWA JNC Client:

@Crimson-Wise Hopefully you are ready for the APIocalypse: https://forums.j-novel.club/topic/5142/developer-psa-labs-j-novel-club-is-your-new-friend

Now I understand why they posted that in a member access section rather than staff only.
I hadn't been aware that there were homebrewed apps running around to access the site.

admin

@weasalopes Yup! I mean it's inevitable when you run an open API like we do. Someone built like a windows app client for us, etc...
We don't officially support them but if people want to put in the time to give additional reading options we're happy to help.

Crimson Wise

@weasalopes There are a few readers. I wrote this client as an alternative to the (somewhat glitchy) old app, before the beta for the new app was even available.

There are tools to manage downloads for JNC epubs IIRC, and so on.

@admin said in Yet Another PWA JNC Client:

if people want to put in the time to give additional reading options we're happy to help.

And I appreciate it!

alfonso_rd_36

@crimson-wise said in Yet Another PWA JNC Client:

@weasalopes There are a few readers. I wrote this client as an alternative to the (somewhat glitchy) old app, before the beta for the new app was even available.

There are tools to manage downloads for JNC epubs IIRC, and so on.

@admin said in Yet Another PWA JNC Client:

if people want to put in the time to give additional reading options we're happy to help.

And I appreciate it!

So? Will you migrate to the new API? I love the reader you've built (I even have the official beta app, but rarely use it) and I'd love to keep using it until the heat death of this universe

Crimson Wise

@alfonso_rd_36 Thanks! Ironically, I'd move to the new official app if the usability on the read parts improve. The paginated reader seems to be mostly fine now on the v1 app.

And yeah, I'll give it a try. I was surprised that the contents for light novel parts is available on the new API. Was expecting to be DRM'd somehow, same as manga, but it isn't.

I'll probably need to rearchitect how I handle the home tab however, since I can't download everything as I was doing before ;)

(And to add, I am myself a heavy user of my reader!)

Freyr

I use your reader for everything. Much better readability then the official app on an iPad. I also like how you do page numbing since I can use the number to compare how big difference parts are whereas the official app has a percentage which is not helpful.

Crimson Wise

@freyr That is a good point actually. How does the official app handles the iPad's landscape orientation? A single column filling the whole screen?

My reader came from an EPUB reader app I was implementing for desktop around that time, so I had to handle a lot more window shapes. I pretty much use my phone these days however so I completely forgot about it.

Freyr

@crimson-wise I actually broke my iPad last week… so I am using my iphone until I get a new one.

I nearly always read on a iPad in portrait which works very well in your app as compared to the official app.

I don’t remember what landscape looked like in your app, but on the official app I do remember it handling landscape badly though that was while ago.

Crimson Wise

@freyr Got it, thanks! Well, the official doesn't have margins yet so that's a bit of an annoyance.

My app tries to keep an A4-shape for columns. In landscape you'd end up with a couple of columns I believe. (Or you may also end up with a lot of margin if wide enough but two columns don't fit... which helps with readibility IMO, at least with bigger screens.)