Order of articles is unclear on a tablet/open foldable when the feed contains articles with and without thumbnails

9aaron commented 4 days ago

Checklist

[X] I have used the search function for OPEN issues to see if someone else has already submitted the same bug report.
[X] I have also used the search function for CLOSED issues to see if the problem is already solved and just waiting to be released.
[X] I will describe the problem with as much detail as possible.
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App version

2.6.33

Where did you get the app from

Google Play

Android version

15

Device model

Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold

First occurred

Today (although haven't used the app before)

Steps to reproduce

View a feed containing articles with and without thumbnails, for example https://theconversation.com/au/articles.atom on a tablet or opened foldable device

Expected behaviour

Each card takes up the same amount of vertical space on the grid

Current behaviour

Cards of articles without thumbnails take up less vertical space on the grid. This results in the order of articles becoming unclear upon scrolling down. Screenshot from top of feed: Screenshot_20241118-200546 Screenshot from lower in feed: Screenshot_20241118-200606

Logs

No response

spacecowboy commented 3 days ago

This is a side effect of not wasting in any space.

Making all the items the same size will create weird gaps and unused space because some have images, some dont', and they have different amount of text

spacecowboy commented 3 days ago

You can get closer to what you want by only showing titles in items. This is available in the settings

9aaron commented 3 days ago

Yes, only showing titles helps with order but I prefer to see thumbnails for a visual cue/preview of what the article is about.

Personally, I would prefer a uniform grid even if it introduces some extra space in the form of padding/placeholder thumbnails (perhaps of the feed logo), not sure what others think.

It would even be an improvement to have a setting to display date and time on all articles, not just those published in the past day, to be able to see the order.

Also I would have thought the vast majority of articles (at least for news article-type feeds) would have more than the 'Max lines' setting of lines so each article card would have that number of lines of text.

Thanks for the response anyway, happy for this to be prioritised/deprioritised as you see fit. Just keen to give feedback as I think the app is fantastic and will be my reader moving forward.

spacecowboy commented 2 days ago

Try switching to one of the other article styles and see if you like that better?

9aaron commented 2 days ago

What styles are you referring to? Show/hide thumbnails, show only title etc? I explored those prior to raising the issue. The only setting that helps is setting 'Max lines' to a higher number because it reduces the relative difference between the height of an article card with vs without a thumbnail.

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