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Ticket #109: [Feature request] AVIF/HEIF support... discussion

Anonymous — Mon, 04 Dec 2023 16:47:16 -0000

Originally posted by: ollm

Here is the compile version for Windows with AVIF support https://mega.nz/file/DSZCTZYA#Zk2TDM_wfS1RbH-30qDP-oknMQaH7hllb4N92oHGnY4

Ticket #109: [Feature request] AVIF/HEIF support... discussion

Anonymous — Mon, 04 Dec 2023 16:47:16 -0000

Originally posted by: paconaranjo

How can I compile for Windows with these changes? Thanks.

Ticket #109: [Feature request] AVIF/HEIF support... discussion

Anonymous — Mon, 04 Dec 2023 16:47:16 -0000

Originally posted by: ollm

I have added AVIF support https://github.com/ollm/OpenComic/commit/8a0d2741793598f3728a52ba1e24f90c34100375, I can't add HEIF support at the moment until Chromium supports it.

Ticket #91: Support light novels (epub) discussion

Anonymous — Mon, 04 Dec 2023 16:47:14 -0000

Originally posted by: ollm

I have just published the latest beta version with preliminary support for the EPUB format: v1.0.0-beta.5

At the moment there are only basic functions to read epub, currently it is not possible to interact with the epub since it gave errors with the click/drag/touch events that OpenComic already has.

There is also a new menu to customize the display of the epub:

Anything that doesn't work as expected or any bug, please comment here, with an example file if possible and related.

Ticket #85: Suggestions to consider discussion

Anonymous — Mon, 04 Dec 2023 16:47:13 -0000

Originally posted by: ollm

Most of the following features are now available in the beta version of the app (v1.0.0-beta.3)

Provide a portable version for Windows.

The portable version is available in beta version

Ability to make our own custom keybinds/hotkeys/shortcuts.

Custom keyboard and gamepad shortcuts 0a4a459

Allow for quick drag-and-drop files/folders into the app window to open them (perhaps even consider using a modifier key like CTRL to permanently add the files/folders into the app instead of just opening them).

Drag and Drop support 91933a9

Allow searching within the app.

Search and filter in library/browsing 8393903

When a compressed file instead of having all the images on its root (like ‘images.rar/images.png’) contains just 1 folder with images inside (like ‘images.rar/random-folder-name/images.png’), currently if you add such a file to your library you will need to ‘browser twice’ in order to get to the images because OpenComic will add the entire path. I suggest OpenComic to ignore the ‘images.rar’ from the path and only add the ‘random-folder-name/images.png’ to the library, that way when we go to our library we will not see and have to open a ‘images.rar’ folder that will in turn show another ‘random-folder-name’ which is the one to have the images inside, instead we will only see and have to open a ‘random-folder-name’ to start immediately seeing the images inside of it!
This behavior however is welcome when you add folders and not compressed files because you can for example add to OpenComic a ‘folder1’ which contains another ‘folder2’ with some images in it and later on decide to add another ‘folder3’ which also contain some images into the ‘folder1’ path. In this particular case OpenComic would detect and pick up the new ‘folder3’ that was added into the already existing ‘folder1’ path displaying both the ‘folder2’ and ‘folder3’ under the ‘folder1’ path, so you would click the ‘folder1’ displayed in your library and then it will show you 2 different folders (‘folder2’ and ‘folder3’) that you can navigate to to see their respective image files.

Ignore single folders in browsing 7507563

Introduce ‘fixed zoom’ rules that images would follow at all times like 'fit width' 'fit height' ''fit to window' ‘show original image size’ or even let us enter a manual Zoom % value that we can work with to alter the original image size.

Show image in its original size 30df2fc

Let the user choose the size of the cache that OpenComic can use, and allow to manually clean it with a push of a button or automatically on a scheduled basis or when closing the app.

View size and remove cache and temporary files from settings 8114336
Max cache size and max cache old fe679d4

As a closing thought, what are the image filters or scaling algorithms OpenComic is using? I’m asking because I’ve notice a slight downgrade on image quality when using OpenComic compared to others. Sure OpenComic is fast on opening and switching images but I would not mind losing some speed for some increased quality.

OpenComic does not use any image scaling algorithm, it simply sets the image size and Chromium/Electron resizes it, although I have made some changes to zooming to prevent Chromium/Electron from blurring the image.

Blurry image when zooming 0732f3f

You can see all changes in the Changelog 📝

Have a couple of additions I'd also like to throw in and not sure if it's better having two separate issues so I'll put them here for now.

It's best to open a ticket for every feature/bug request (Even for those of @mspykerez), since otherwise I can't close the issue until everything is implemented or discarded.

Ticket #85: Suggestions to consider discussion

Anonymous — Mon, 04 Dec 2023 16:47:13 -0000

Originally posted by: shrublet

Have a couple of additions I'd also like to throw in and not sure if it's better having two separate issues so I'll put them here for now.

Favoriting folders and a favorites collection (could be put on the sidebar since it's a little empty with just Comics/Language)
Marking as read/unread to keep track of what's been completed/hasn't. Could probably have a small check to signify completed chapters/books.

Besides that, I'd like to second a lot of what mspykerez has said and believe their suggestions are incredibly valuable features. Custom keybinds, search, and fixed zoom are especially useful from a usability standpoint.

Ticket #64: Option to centre first image of a chapter when turning on blank page discussion

Anonymous — Mon, 04 Dec 2023 16:47:12 -0000

assigned_to: ollm

Ticket #64: Option to centre first image of a chapter when turning on blank page discussion

Anonymous — Mon, 04 Dec 2023 16:47:11 -0000

Originally posted by: frykauf

Only the first image, when the side-by-side mode is enabled.

Ticket #64: Option to centre first image of a chapter when turning on blank page discussion

Anonymous — Mon, 04 Dec 2023 16:47:11 -0000

Originally posted by: ollm

Like this:

Only the first image? or would you also like in the others?

Ticket #16: Quick tutorial as packed comics? discussion

Anonymous — Mon, 04 Dec 2023 16:47:11 -0000

assigned_to: ollm