If we could make different follow groups which be separate lists and the abiliity to switch comics from one follow group to another on the fly, I know a few catagories I would make besides currently reading every new chapter.
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Comics I already read, but I want to keep track of in case I want to read them again, or want to recommend them to someone else.
Comics I am behind on reading up to most current, and are lower on my reading priority list for the moment.
Comics that seem interesting and I might want to read/follow latter, but not now.
If we could have them optionally appear on the home page and comic page above the regular list (and things that appear in the follow group, not appear in the regular list too), that would be great. Perhaps collapsable tags with the follow group name next to them to expand or contract as we wish.(and for expanded/contracted to be remembered in settings too)
Being to make different follow groups and make them appear on the main page.
Started by truepurple, Feb 16 2012 06:07 PM
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I would also appreciate the ability to create shortcuts to specific pages on a comic in following, so I can go right back to a page without creating lots of bookmarks on my browser or links elsewhere, if you can please.
Edited by truepurple, 22 February 2012 - 05:40 AM.
Posted 22 February 2012 - 05:39 AM
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I think he means going back to the last read page. which isn't possibl atm I think (you can do it by using your browsers history though).
The follow system is a little too basic though imo.
Here is what it looked like on somemanga.com:
http://dl.dropbox.co...7/mangalist.htm
As you can see it displays your status on how much you have read or if you have finished it (the little book symbol) and how many new chapters there are (since you added it).
Furthermore, in the chapterlist of each manga, you had these little book symbols too, which show you which chapters you have already read (this is especially helpful if extra chapters are added inbetween)
The follow system is a little too basic though imo.
Here is what it looked like on somemanga.com:
http://dl.dropbox.co...7/mangalist.htm
As you can see it displays your status on how much you have read or if you have finished it (the little book symbol) and how many new chapters there are (since you added it).
Furthermore, in the chapterlist of each manga, you had these little book symbols too, which show you which chapters you have already read (this is especially helpful if extra chapters are added inbetween)
Edited by vimes123, 22 February 2012 - 11:06 AM.
Posted 22 February 2012 - 11:03 AM
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Nearly what I mean vimes, but your talking about something that sounds automatic, where as I am taking about something more manual. That way if you read past a point because your curious, you can still pick up at a earlier point of your choosing.(maybe when you read on, you were too tired to appreciate the story then) Also if it is possible to keep separate link points to a comic, then one could say preserve a link to a character guild page or key point for future reference while reading onwards and keeping track of how far you have read in.
Posted 22 February 2012 - 11:37 AM
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Nearly what I mean vimes, but your talking about something that sounds automatic, where as I am taking about something more manual. That way if you read past a point because your curious, you can still pick up at a earlier point of your choosing.(maybe when you read on, you were too tired to appreciate the story then) Also if it is possible to keep separate link points to a comic, then one could say preserve a link to a character guild page or key point for future reference while reading onwards and keeping track of how far you have read in.
It was also possibel to mark chapters as read manually with that system, by just clicking on the book symbol, it really didn't leave nothing to be desired
Edited by vimes123, 22 February 2012 - 12:14 PM.
Posted 22 February 2012 - 12:13 PM
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I suggested the book system in another thread since it is very practical and seems something commonly wished. Here it is used to know if a serie is completed or ongoing but i don't think both usages are incompatible.
I'm not sure the need to tag a page specifically is that necessary, that seems quite complicate for a peculiar usage and wiki are there for such needs.
I'm not sure the need to tag a page specifically is that necessary, that seems quite complicate for a peculiar usage and wiki are there for such needs.
Edited by kdom, 22 February 2012 - 12:53 PM.
Posted 22 February 2012 - 12:51 PM
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I suggested the book system in another thread since it is very practical and seems something commonly wished. Here it is used to know if a serie is completed or ongoing but i don't think both usages are incompatible.
I'm not sure the need to tag a page specifically is that necessary, that seems quite complicate for a peculiar usage and wiki are there for such needs.
yeah for something like that a browser bookmark would be more efficient imo
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Well, the "books symbol technique" wouldn't exactly solve the problem of having a different links into the manga. I guess something like that would come in handy if you frequently discuss manga in the forum and like to put reference links.
For that kind of thing booksmarks are actually great, but all the other issues raised here could be solved with the book symbol technique.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/38192717/SomeManga%20-%20Read%20Manga%20Online.htm
this is what the main page looked like btw. The little book symbols showed you exactly which updates you've read.
I copied this from the wayback machine archive. In the real thing you would see a closed book symbol if the chapter is read already.
For that kind of thing booksmarks are actually great, but all the other issues raised here could be solved with the book symbol technique.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/38192717/SomeManga%20-%20Read%20Manga%20Online.htm
this is what the main page looked like btw. The little book symbols showed you exactly which updates you've read.
I copied this from the wayback machine archive. In the real thing you would see a closed book symbol if the chapter is read already.
Posted 22 February 2012 - 03:15 PM
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The books symbols on batoto are used to diaplay if a series is finished or not, on somemanga they were used to display if the user has read all chapters / a specific chapter.
The way it is used on batoto makes it unnecessary to display the symbols on the new updates page (main page), since it will always be an open book.
The way it is used on batoto makes it unnecessary to display the symbols on the new updates page (main page), since it will always be an open book.
Posted 23 February 2012 - 01:15 PM
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Wiki is not a good substitute for a character guide page because they can reveal too much if you are not up to current.
Posted 24 February 2012 - 06:13 AM
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The best though is a name and a picture, like the kind occasionally found in character guides between chapters. Whether through bookmarks or text files etc, its messy that way. It would be nice if it were all wrapped up on site, that way it is accessible remotely too.
Posted 24 February 2012 - 05:12 PM
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Yes but that looks like a lot of work for something which is not really the point of batoto in my opinion contrary to the chapter read/unread feature which would be really helpful.
There are softwares which allow to make your own wiki/website quite easily if you are afraid of spoiler from the one existing.
There are softwares which allow to make your own wiki/website quite easily if you are afraid of spoiler from the one existing.
Edited by kdom, 24 February 2012 - 05:30 PM.
Posted 24 February 2012 - 05:29 PM
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The point of batoto is to show comics, and show them in the best way possible, this contributes to that. Making ones own wiki for keeping track of specific pages in a comic, is a absurd and relatively complex solution to what can be much more simpler .
Anyway, being able to keep track of where we are in reading a comic has already been generally expressed as a good thing by multiple individuals, and already shown to be possible on another website. This is just a different way to go about it, and a simpler way at that. So I don't get why you are so determined to shoot this suggestion down kdom.
Anyway, being able to keep track of where we are in reading a comic has already been generally expressed as a good thing by multiple individuals, and already shown to be possible on another website. This is just a different way to go about it, and a simpler way at that. So I don't get why you are so determined to shoot this suggestion down kdom.
Edited by truepurple, 25 February 2012 - 08:54 PM.
Posted 25 February 2012 - 08:50 PM
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We could do it like a video game saves system, having multiple save slot options, (preferably rename-able) What ever save slot you are on will over-write previous saves of that slot when you press "save". Considering this system has been used for video games from near the beginning of video game time, I really doubt such a system would confuse anyone.
I don't think pressing a save button would be that much to ask of people, but we could perhaps also have a auto save slot if it is a issue for enough people. The only problem I see is constantly saving links for every page a person visits might tax bandwidth unnecessary (not that a link address takes much bandwidth compared to pictures, but it all adds up) and it might save links to comics automatically that one isn't interested in having save points for.
I don't think pressing a save button would be that much to ask of people, but we could perhaps also have a auto save slot if it is a issue for enough people. The only problem I see is constantly saving links for every page a person visits might tax bandwidth unnecessary (not that a link address takes much bandwidth compared to pictures, but it all adds up) and it might save links to comics automatically that one isn't interested in having save points for.
Edited by truepurple, 26 February 2012 - 02:02 PM.
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About the feature of being able to remember specific pages in a manga, while it would be good to have that feature built into the website, an alternative you could try is to use this script with an extension like greasemonkey for firefox or tampermonkey for chrome. It adds a button at the bottom of the page which lets you remember that page and come back to it later.
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