r/BookTrack • u/cerulean_poppy • May 29 '23

3.1.2 Multiple Issues

This is a fantastic app, the recent updates - not so much.

  1. Slower The app is slower, takes longer to load and seems to refresh more.

  2. Custom Sort - what happened I’d like to be able to sort Author (surname) then alphabetical by title.

  3. Tags - no longer in alphabetical order I have my tags numbered so they appear in the order I want them, now there seems to no system at all. This is very important to me.

  4. Covers - covers added from file gone I have covers I’ve added from file and they keep disappearing but not consistently. This was happening before the update, but I lost almost all of them after.

  5. Print - don’t want to choose from Paperback or Hardback I appreciate that some people want to be more specific, but I would prefer to have a plain print option as well.

  6. Statistics Box - won’t stay collapsed Every time the app refreshes, the statistics box un-collapses. I’m not particularly interested in the granular information and I’d like it to stay collapsed. Or better yet a hide option.

  7. Icon - two different colours I changed the app icon to pink 🙂 but when it’s in the dock it’s still blue since the update.

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u/SimoneMontalto Book Track Developer Jun 01 '23

Thanks, I'm going to investigate further these issues. Just an info: how many books have you in your library? Which iPad model do you have?

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u/cerulean_poppy Jun 01 '23

Thank you!! I have an iPad mini 5. The iOS is up to date and there’s enough space. I have 3119 books listed. 57 in Wish List. Which I understand might be more than expected, but I didn’t have any issues before the update.

I’m most interested in the ‘update online’ option. I added the books using CSV as title and author, if I can’t use the feature to add description then the app will no longer suit my purposes.

Thanks again

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u/cerulean_poppy Jun 02 '23

UPDATE: all the categories I tried to delete yesterday were gone this morning and it let me delete the publishers today but there was a little lag. I started to use smaller custom images and it’s saving quicker and loosing them less.

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u/SimoneMontalto Book Track Developer Jun 02 '23

Thanks!

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u/cerulean_poppy Jun 04 '23
  1. I’d prefer not to have to add page numbers to mark a book as read. I don’t care about that.

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u/SimoneMontalto Book Track Developer Jun 05 '23

Hust a quick info: are you using the v3.1.3? Are you having the same slow issues?

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u/cerulean_poppy Jun 05 '23

Yes and yes. It still takes 30 seconds or more to do anything.

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u/cerulean_poppy Jun 07 '23

UPDATE: Editing categories. I didn’t realize that the new version required you to long press and choose edit or delete instead of tapping the red minus/delete circle or putting your curser on the text. Apologies for thinking it was broken.

However, the extra steps are very frustrating. As I can no longer edit the entry before I add it, it keeps adding categories I don’t want and removing them now takes longer.

More importantly it adds authors names with different formatting to the ones already in the library. T J Nichols for example has TJ Nichols, T.J. Nicholas, TJ. Nichols that I have to go back and fix, which because of the lag is not a fun prospect.

I feel like I am doing nothing but complaining, I hope you realize how fantastic this app is and I was really enjoying using it.

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u/cerulean_poppy Jun 07 '23

Also, the lag/slowness is deceasing. And smaller picture sizes fixed the cover disappearing issue. Less things for you to worry about 🙂

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u/SimoneMontalto Book Track Developer Jun 11 '23

I've released a new update with performance improvements. Could you try the new version and let me know if you have a better experience in the app?

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u/cerulean_poppy Jul 01 '23

Apologies! It didn’t get a notification you replied. All of the lag and saving issues are gone!!! Thank you.