Hello friends,
Long time no see.
I'm happy to be back with some interesting news. I have continued my quest to redesign the Inkito website, starting with the reader.
Over the summer I've taken the time to finally apply the design shared in the previous project blog.
Here is the result:
https://prototype.inkito.io/comic-reader/jrej/shadesofmen/
Here you can see I opted to the top and bottom menu instead of just bottom one as planned. This allowed more space for the voting section.
I quite like the archive feature to visualize upcoming pages and swap between them. This will require image optimization for long series.
Finding the right input plugin took me a while. I did want a WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) editor but also keeping the Markdown features that are used a lot in Hive.
Also I didn't want a preview page as I don't find it very convenient...
Here is the spread reading mode and the white background mode. A default background color could suggested by the creator but it could also be saved in the user preferences.
Please keep in mind this is not optimized for mobile as those devices will have a different interface. Also I removed any interaction with the blockchain for testing purposes.
It's still a work in progress, and did notice some format issues with content from other creators but I'll sort this out going forward.
I'd love to have your feedback on this first iteration. Any ideas to make it look more professional? Inkito has a discord server now if you want to throw ideas around.
Next up, I'll work on the mobile version. I'll hit you up soon with some more content. I have scheduled daily development time on Inkito so things should be moving faster.
Thanks for passing by.
See you on the other side,
Jrej
