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[โ€“] interurbain1er@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

3 minutes test.

Pro:

  • Seems to work. I can hear sound and it seems to be where I left off.
  • Downloading offline book seem to work which is a huge plus compared to the official app although I wish someone was considerate with space and built the option to store only X hours. I really only need to store enough for my next commute.
  • Looks clean, but to be honest that's not a very important factor since I mostly only use the app to press play.

Cons:

  • Library doesnt distinguish already read books and new books.
  • Can't group books by author and series.
  • I don't like the scroll down on the playing screen that switch to a chapter screen but scrolling up doesn't do the opposite. Seems like poor UX. 1) scrolling down is not a usual action to change screen. 2) Opposite action should have opposite result.

Edit: ah ok got it. It does work but not with the same sensitivity, you can scroll down but you need to flick up, most likely because you got screwed by the list of chapters which is most likely also scrollable (my list isn't long enough to require scroll so I can't test that). Anyway, I stand by my previous note: "opposite actions" and flick up is not the opposite of scroll down.

Promising beginning though.

[โ€“] shyguyblue@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

That's good to hear about local books. The official app can stream fine, but books tend to freeze and skip when playing an mp3...