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Jin
Canada439 Posts
In my spare time I started the site http://www.9panels.com with 2 of my friends to read manga online. The site is almost functional and I wanted some feedback. All the code is written by us and none of us have any experience in making websites. Any advice/feedback would be appreciated! Thanks!  | ||
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PH
United States6173 Posts
As far as I know, there are only two really decent major online manga sites: onemanga and mangafox...so look to them as competition. | ||
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artofmagic
United States1951 Posts
I'm not an advocate for flash, and i believe all the features can implemented via javascript. However I do love how your flash manga-loader widget indicate when a page is ready to viewed or not. (Maybe you can try to implement a javascript version of the widget) -UI wise, it's simple and great. I do recommend changing font color and style. It needs a better color theme, and more emphasis on the important part (bigger font size for Manga name, and Chapter #) Also the submit info bar (in the flash in the main page) is taking way too much space. also is this built under php+mysql? | ||
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Jin
Canada439 Posts
On June 09 2009 08:02 artofmagic wrote: I enjoy the site. no bullshit but mangas! I'm not an advocate for flash, and i believe all the features can implemented via javascript. However I do love how your flash manga-loader widget indicate when a page is ready to viewed or not. (Maybe you can try to implement a javascript version of the widget) -UI wise, it's simple and great. I do recommend changing font color and style. It needs a better color theme, and more emphasis on the important part (bigger font size for Manga name, and Chapter #) Also the submit info bar (in the flash in the main page) is taking way too much space. Awesome advice. Thanks. Ya, there's a lot of code changes currently underway for the flash stuff. The bottom bar in the front is a little broken right now (not displaying correct date or submitter >_<). The reason we went with flash is because it gives us the option of viewing manga in full screen (and other customizable sizes) as opposed to js. The loading times are a bit faster too. But I will try and see what features can be done with js instead of flash. Thanks! | ||
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Shattered
United States267 Posts
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Tensai176
Canada2061 Posts
I feel there should be the 'normal' 'extended' '9panel fullscreen' options somewhere where it can be accessed anytime. Also when you finish a chapter, it's always great that the forward button brings you to the next chapter as opposed to repeating the one you read. Other than that, i love the site. | ||
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Gyabo
United States329 Posts
Also, the fast loading flash feature is awesome! | ||
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Jin
Canada439 Posts
On June 09 2009 08:17 Tensai176 wrote: So, heres the things I noticed. I feel there should be the 'normal' 'extended' '9panel fullscreen' options somewhere where it can be accessed anytime. Also when you finish a chapter, it's always great that the forward button brings you to the next chapter as opposed to repeating the one you read. Other than that, i love the site. There's a button on the menu bar on the bottom where you can choose modes. Our icons are pretty crappy tho, I don't think most people will even see it's there. Will fix that up. Thanks! | ||
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AeTheReal
United States108 Posts
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Wangsta
United States776 Posts
I dunno how hard it would be to implement, but having cookies to remember which mangas a person last read might be a nice feature, saves a few clicks | ||
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Jin
Canada439 Posts
On June 09 2009 08:36 AeTheReal wrote: Wow! I really like the manga viewer. Maybe it's just me, but I find the popping out thing the UI elements on the bottom kinda annoying. Perhaps just highlighting itself from mouse over is enough? Also, linking the end of one chapter to the next chapter is going to be a common request if you don't implement it. ya i think the linking is quite important too it's being worked on as we speak, hopefully will see it up in a few hrs | ||
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Cambium
United States16368 Posts
 Will use | ||
Ares[Effort]
DEMACIA6550 Posts
This site is amazing I hope you guys go a long way with this! | ||
Daigomi
South Africa4316 Posts
The only thing I would ask is that you add some sort of zoom feature. When I read manga, I used to zoom in so that the page filled the screen, and then scrolled down as I finished with the frames. This makes reading on small screens or from a distance more easy. | ||
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Jin
Canada439 Posts
We are trying to integrate all these recommended features. Hopefully if you will see them in the next few days. | ||
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Nytefish
United Kingdom4282 Posts
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ieatkids5
United States4628 Posts
On June 09 2009 09:49 Nytefish wrote: The manga viewer is so much better than the standard ones. I agree, simple and effective. I flipped through a couple pages, didn't notice any bugs or things that bothered me. | ||
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illu
Canada2531 Posts
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chaoser
United States5541 Posts
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frankbg
Canada335 Posts
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R3condite
Korea (South)1541 Posts
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rei
United States3594 Posts
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Jin
Canada439 Posts
On June 10 2009 07:53 rei wrote: wow this is awesome, how's big is your manga achieve in comparison to onemanga? Same size as onemanga right now, not as big as mangafox yet. We still need to see how much traffic our current server can handle before making the necessary changes. The feedback from TL.net has been great, and a lot of the requested features are getting implemented as we speak. | ||
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9diov
Singapore14 Posts
The main prob for me is the flash banner in the home page. I think it is just too big and obtrusive. IMO it is better if you could either make it smaller/get rid of it. | ||
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