I know this gets posted very often in the suggestion and with merit. But I want to share with people what I envision at least. And get a good sense of how people would feel about this change. Once complete, I will remove the existing comic follows (both the old and newer that we have).
The current follows system is a mix of my custom work based on IPB's core follow system. I had initially used the IPB's core follow in hopes that it'll help me in development and implementation. But I was very wrong. My attempts to use it in the manner which we use it turned out to be very inefficient and limiting. So, it will be removed entirely. I'm not saying your follow list is going to be emptied, of course, they will be imported to the new system. I'm saying the new version will not use IPB's core follow anymore.
Phase 1:
The adherence to the language selection will obviously be supported.
This will be composed of 2 3 parts. The latest updates (like you see now in your follows) and list of comics. But the list of comics will contain information much like the old follows. This includes when it was updated and what you've last read. The comics will be sorted alphabetically and will have pages for those of you who have many follows.
Phase 1 will completely replace the "newer" follows. As it has no missing feature that the previous has, it shouldn't be any issue.
Phase 1.5:
Not a significant phase. But I'll also add export feature to export your current list.
Phase 2:
Additional sorting of the comics will be added. Including:
- by latest release
- by popularity (probably will be some form of follow count)
This cannot be done at the same time due to how we currently track comics. Or... lack of how we track comics. A lot of change will have to occur before the phase 2 can get started. This stage will also open additional doors to sorting via follows in comic search (I know that gets brought up lot too) as well as more accurate follow count.
End of Phase 2 will completely remove the old follows. As it has no missing feature that the previous has, it shouldn't be any issue.
Phase 3:
Option to remember what you've read.
This is per chapter. It will remember ALL the chapters you've read and mark it so. This applies to comic page as well (not the front page though). If there are chapters you've read already, they will be marked like this.
For your privacy, this feature will be off by default. So, we're not like youtube who remembers things you watched even if you delete your history...
Multiple follow list!
There will be a default: "My Follows" category which holds your follows. And then you can create additional categories. You can name each categories whatever you want, though I think i'll restrict you to alphanumeric characters (and space) in what you can name them for less hassle security reasons. So you can create categories like "Completed", "To read", etc. to organize your follows in your own custom setup.
Public lists. You can make your list public. It will be set to hidden by default.
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Follows for groups will be left as is. I have no plans for that right now. And I have enough plans.