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by jgtrosh 2044 days ago
Hey, great idea.

Just one thing: the two-level horizontal scroll doesn't work consistently for me, and just seems a bit weird. I feel like the top level navigation should be left to the obvious top links. I don't really see the point of visualising all the sections as a continuous whole, whereas the individual lists make sense to be scrollable.

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Hey jgtrosh, Thanks for the valuable suggestion. I know exactly what you are referring to. The ui behavior is similar to mobile app, where I implemented kinda “force touch” in order to scroll right within that section. And regular scroll does page Navigation. I admit it’s takes some time to get used to. Regarding top navigation, I’ll need to research on what’s a better ui experience for mobile users.

I did experiment with list based home screen, but I thought the information density is low for mobile screens. However for tags and authors it’s list based as you suggested.

That being said, I’m planning an update in near future to include public domain audio Books where I can reform Home screen section behavior better for new users.