Support read/unread state tracking

paulrehkugler / xkcd

xkcd iPhone app

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Support read/unread state tracking #12

Open josharian opened 12 years ago

josharian commented 11 years ago

UI questions to consider:

Displaying state. Maybe a nice blue dot for unread?
Mark as (un)read. Maybe a left or right swipe, a la Reeder?
Mark all as (un)read. Maybe not supported, maybe support through edit menu (like download/delete all).
Initial state. Suggestion: All currently downloaded comics be marked as read.
Is this surfaced in the search interface? (I.e. can you search only read/unread comics?) Probably not?

josharian commented 11 years ago

Also: How will it interact with #4 (starred/favorited comics)?

paulrehkugler commented 11 years ago

It's reasonable to assume that starred/favorites will already have been read, i.e. the ui could reserve space for these (mutually exclusive): empty space (i.e. left padding), an unread dot, or a 'favorite' star.

josharian commented 11 years ago

the ui could reserve space for these (mutually exclusive): empty space (i.e. left padding), an unread dot, or a 'favorite' star.

Works for me. Presumably the backend would store them independently, and then there'd be some kind of trumping -- e.g. stars trump unread -- with the assumption that those collisions will be very rare.