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Free and open source manga reader for Android
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Mihon Library Sorting development (suggestions) PLZ READ #1420

Closed jhoney0102 closed 3 weeks ago

jhoney0102 commented 3 weeks ago

I wanted to suggest some new app features that can contemplated, and possibly be reflected and be updated in the future.

For now, it seems like users can only set keywords for categories, and only sort my library under those generated keywords.

The issue i wanted to submit today is whether categorization of books can be a bit more specific? The thing about Japanese manga and Korean webtoons is that they are mostly updated daily, and yes there is a function to "sort books by latest updates", however i think it will be more neat if you can make subsections in each library so it looks cleaner.

I tried my best to draw out the feature... You'll get the gist.

1. Daily update sorting (Mon,Tues,Weds.. with probably a subsection of each in one page)

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If abovementioned idea could be developed further, it would be amazing, and will suggest good readability on locating books in my library.

Much appreciated.

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MajorTanya commented 3 weeks ago

First of all, thank you for enjoying Mihon. A few things before I address your actual requests:

  1. We really don't need to know what sources you use (and actually strongly prefer if you don't name/show any of them). It would be preferable if you could remove those source names as they're completely irrelevant.
  2. We don't need screenshots of your sources or your categories for what's in your request. Considering how much space those two screenshots take up on the page, it would be nice if you could remove those two from your issue.
  3. For future requests: Only request one (1) thing per issue, it makes our job of sorting through them all a lot easier. Also, put the actual feature you're requesting in the title, not some vague "Please read". It makes finding specific issues later on a nightmare. For this issue, leave it as it is, but do edit for points 1) and 2) above.

Your first suggestion, categorising by weekday of update, requires a sort of grouping of titles inside a category, which is not a concept Mihon has, nor one I believe would be added. You can refer to the new "Upcoming" feature introduced in Mihon 0.17.0 to see when Mihon has predicted new chapters for certain releases in a Calendar with a list of each title listed beneath. Do you have a good reason why that would not be sufficient?

Your second suggestion, categorising by extension/source, has already been denied before (see #1108 for example). If you need to look at things in your library from one source only, using the source name in the search box already filters for that source. If you wanted to make source-by-source categories, you could make the new category, search for the source name, select all the titles Mihon finds, then select adding them to the source's category you made. Consider this part of the request denied.

jhoney0102 commented 3 weeks ago

1.We really don't need to know what sources you use (and actually strongly prefer if you don't name/show any of them). It would be preferable if you could remove those source names as they're completely irrelevant.

Got it, sorry i'm new to all these github stuff, please understand my noob mistake. I'll be editing my post.

2.We don't need screenshots of your sources or your categories for what's in your request. Considering how much space those two screenshots take up on the page, it would be nice if you could remove those two from your issue.

Ok, i initially thought it would be quite challenging to verbally explain precisely what my wanted feature looked like, as English is not my first language. I've deleted the screenshots as well.

  1. For future requests: Only request one (1) thing per issue, it makes our job of sorting through them all a lot easier. Also, put the actual feature you're requesting in the title, not some vague "Please read". It makes finding specific issues later on a nightmare. For this issue, leave it as it is, but do edit for points 1) and 2) above.

    Sorted it, I've amended the title a bit more specifically. I'll leave this post as query 1) and forget about query 2). I've deleted the second question.

Your first suggestion, categorising by weekday of update, requires a sort of grouping of titles inside a category, which is not a concept Mihon has, nor one I believe would be added. You can refer to the new "Upcoming" feature introduced in Mihon 0.17.0 to see when Mihon has predicted new chapters for certain releases in a Calendar with a list of each title listed beneath. Do you have a good reason why that would not be sufficient?

A) The new calendar and upcoming feature definitely provides a good sense of when the new chapter will be released. However, the issue I'm struggling with is that I wish to separate categorisation more specifically. For example, let's say I mainly read two genre of libray. Japanese Manga/Korean webtoons.

Even within Korean webtoons, there are 2-3 different platforms. So, as of now, I've categorised them by platforms

eg. Category 1) Japanese Manga Category 2) Korean Webtoon Platform A Category 3) Korean webtoon Platform B Category 4) Korean Webtoon Platform C.

This is great so far, however, i wanted to sort again by daily updates within this categorisation (with a subsection if possible) eg. Japanese Manga (Mon: Manga A, B, C, D.... Tues: Manga A, B, C, D.....)

Korean Webtoon Platform A (Mon: Manga A, B, C, D.... Tues: Manga A, B, C, D.....)

Korean Webtoon Platform B (Mon: Manga A, B, C, D.... Tues: Manga A, B, C, D.....)

If you get what i precisely mean.

In the mihon library, so many books are just scattered in one big chunk of category page from various extension website. I thought it would be nice at least to be able to organize the books again in one page of category. (doesn't matter if i had to sort them manually or can be sorted automatically). However, I assume this feature would be impossible in the future updates then?

MajorTanya commented 3 weeks ago

As a side note, when you use the > you put it before the things someone else has said, and not before your own reply. I'm currently unable to look into this further but I'll leave the issue open.

jhoney0102 commented 3 weeks ago

Cheers. hope there could be an improvement. Wish the best, have a great day

AntsyLich commented 3 weeks ago

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