Great & sometimes funny bugs
First of all, thank you to the developers for continued development & maintenance of this app! 🙏
Reading consistency is simpler than a few months ago when sometimes the app logged me out while borrowing.
Appreciate the fix.
I Utilize Open Library Reader regularly to….
1) …. read available books,
2) …. update status of books or remove from shelves,
3) ….find & add “new” books to my shelves (possibly better via the open library web interface currently, however the app is ok to add some books; some unfortunately do not yet show up in the app search).
Suggestions for future updates:
1) Maybe we can see easier whether a book is available to borrow and read *before* we click on the book and get feedback that it were unavailable? For example, a simple green circle 🟢 for available and red circle 🔴 for unavailable could help.
Could be wrong for a reader app but if relevant:
2) How could we improve the search? 🔍
In my experience, the search seems quite strict and takes strings literal, therefore sometimes removing results the more words I give. I do not know how the search functions “under the hood” though. Idea: Maybe a looser “AI”-/ cosine similarity-based search could help here.
Thanks for reading my whole review; enjoy your day 🙏🥰
Reading consistency is simpler than a few months ago when sometimes the app logged me out while borrowing.
Appreciate the fix.
I Utilize Open Library Reader regularly to….
1) …. read available books,
2) …. update status of books or remove from shelves,
3) ….find & add “new” books to my shelves (possibly better via the open library web interface currently, however the app is ok to add some books; some unfortunately do not yet show up in the app search).
Suggestions for future updates:
1) Maybe we can see easier whether a book is available to borrow and read *before* we click on the book and get feedback that it were unavailable? For example, a simple green circle 🟢 for available and red circle 🔴 for unavailable could help.
Could be wrong for a reader app but if relevant:
2) How could we improve the search? 🔍
In my experience, the search seems quite strict and takes strings literal, therefore sometimes removing results the more words I give. I do not know how the search functions “under the hood” though. Idea: Maybe a looser “AI”-/ cosine similarity-based search could help here.
Thanks for reading my whole review; enjoy your day 🙏🥰
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Can’t use it if you can’t download a book
I am logged in. I have logged out, and logged back in. I have logged out, and deleted the app, and re-downloaded the app, and logged back in. No matter what I do, when I try and select the book, it says it can’t download it because I’m not logged in.
Login issue
There is an existing login issue that's blocking us from using the app. Please fix it
Not working
Though I am logged in, the app tells: This book requires you to be logged in. Please log in and try again.
A good idea, but poorly designed app
I really like being able to read from my phone, but the app is incredibly frustrating sometimes. It’s basically impossible to scroll through pages. The bar at the bottom has a tiny hit box and it doesnt scroll when you hold it. It also resets your progress through the book if another person checks it out (or sometimes just randomly for some reason). I’ve also been logged out for no apparent reason multiple times.
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