(New) App Feedback
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Don’t know if this has been reported, but the “keep the screen on while reading” option is not working since the last update. Tried reinstalling the app but the issue persists.
Using the app on an iPhone 13 mini iOS 18.0.1Also, a suggestion for a future update. It would be nice if all the parts of a new book could be shown (I’m talking about the unreleased parts). It’s a bit of a hassle having to go to the website to see how many parts are missing.
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Is there any way the app could have the calendar page available? It seems like a shortcoming having to check what's coming out by opening my browser instead of checking in the app.
In addition, it would be nice to be have an option to go from the volume info page (after long pressing on a prepub chapter to open the volume info) directly onto the series page instead of having to search for the series. Sometimes a chapter is on a new volume and I want to check if I've kept up or if I missed a chapter that was in the previous volume.
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@chocolatkey The #1 thing I'd like to see if doable is an text to audio built in.
I usually listen while working, so only novels that have a published epub really work for me. I understand making it able to copy paste into something like 11 reader is a copywrite risk but it'd be nice if that functionality was built into the app.
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The app doesn't paginate anymore, but shows me the whole prepub part in a single vertical scrolling column. This has been going on since I cleared the app storage and app cache 12 days ago to resolve a login problem. (Android 14, Pixel 6A)
I haven't noticed anyone else commenting about this. An I the only one seeing it? Is this behavior expected?
Edit: Never mind, I guess it's a reading option. There's a horizontal/vertical toggle to the right of the reading progress bar. Never noticed that before!
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I don't think I've ever used the old app, but the iOS one logs me out, which obviously should never happen. The offending behavior also happens on the website, so I created a separate thread.
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While reading Manga on the app, there's a bar that should be covering up the 'read on j-novel.club' but is actually out of place, about a couple lines under its supposed position, which in turn covers part of frame, which results in not being able to see some speech bubbles. I'm currently using a Samsung 10 ultra with Android 14, the most recent version of the app (3.1.1)
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My biggest complaint is that it is difficult and inconsistent to resume reading a LN chapter/part. The app seems to have an unpredictable timer or condition after you switch focus, after which the app dumps you back on the home screen instead of returning to the most recent in-progress part.
I tried to test a few conditions (5, 10, 15 mins, lock screen, switch to several other apps) to get the app to go to the main screen, and it was consistent in re-opening the in-progress chapter. But then after another short while of inactivity (maybe 30 mins to an hour?), it opened to the chapter part for a brief moment and switched back to the main screen.
There needs to be a dedicated "resume reading" shortcut (maybe even in the main navigation tabs at the bottom) that when clicked, shows you all unfinished recently read series chapter parts, or, the next available part to read (if available).
Having to scroll through or search the series list to pick up reading when I come back to the app is very high-friction.
Even if the app returned to the last read chapter part 100% of the time on resuming focus, it still doesn't help you continue reading other unfinished, in-progress volumes (or next available unread volumes), so I will reiterate that a dedicated "continue/next on your reading list" type view is a necessary addition.
This is on Android (if it matters).
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I have only one complaint.
Something about the app has changed that now causes screen readers to no longer work properly. This is very unhelpful for the visually impaired.
Due to the change, screen readers now cannot read individual words properly (Kingdom being read as Key-mon for example). Screen readers will also skip over whole sentences or paragraphs at times.
I thought this was just a screen reader issue, but I have tried multiple different screen readers. None of them have worked.
This is on Android.
