FAKKU Reader Help, Feedback and Bug Report Thread

Smooth scrolling has been changed to be always on, which is why the option is hidden now.

As for that page 2 issue, I can confirm its existence and am working on a fix.

The bug is global on all the chapters now. Books and doujins too.

So there's no way at all to turn smooth scrolling off? Because I really dislike it.

Yes, you can't turn it off right now. Basically, every additional option the reader offers needs to be supported in the code, which naturally makes it more complicated. The reader is a pretty complicated beast as it is, so eliminating options with next to no use by users will allow keeping the codebase more clean and lean.

What is it specifically that you dislike about smooth scrolling? Smooth scrolling has been shown to be helpful for keeping track of things like multi-line text etc, and accuracy-wise it is the same as non-smooth scrolling (eg. 1/2/3... down key presses will scroll the exact same amount in both). Sure, it takes slightly longer to move to the target, but it also speeds up if you scroll a lot so it should never take too long to scroll around.

Also, if there's anyone else here who has specifically disabled smooth scrolling, now's the time to make your voice heard.

It's partially that it's slower as you mentioned, and partially familiarity. What I mean by that is that when I press the down key once I expect it to scroll down as much as it does on every other web page on the internet, and the fact that it doesn't makes me feel less in control of the reader and it's annoying. I Suppose I should note that I'm left-handed, so I use the arrow keys to scroll rather than the scroll wheel.

The keyboard navigation issue has now been fixed - you should no longer get stuck on page 2 after scrolling down. Sorry for the trouble.



Most browsers tend to have smooth scrolling on their own these days, though. The distance might be slightly different from what they scroll by default but disabling smooth scrolling is likely to be the "unfamiliar" case for users these days. And as mentioned, smooth scrolling is actually exactly as accurate as non-smooth scrolling in terms of keypresses - you'll end up in the exact same place whether it's on or off with the same presses.



This probably isn't relevant to you, but just in case someone doesn't know, WASD doubles as arrow keys for the purpose of scrolling in the reader. (I personally use either the scroll wheel or arrow keys though.)

It struck me as I was experimenting that I'd probably be content if I could change the sensitivity of the keys in the reader like you can with the other control methods, and that that option isn't already there strikes me as an oversight.

I was actually thinking the same thing when looking at it just now. I'll probably add that in soon.

And Keyboard Scrolling Speed is now an available option!

Not that this a big issue at all, and I am sure no one is really affected by this but if I am using an iPad with a keyboard attached the keyboard keys don't turn the pages at all.

This is a big issue, @Daiz will get it fixed ASAP

Do they function at all, ie. can you scroll with them? Or is it just page changing that's affected? If yes, what iPad are you using exactly? Do WASD keys have the same issues? What keyboard are you using with your iPad?

The research disagrees with you on that:



Beyond that, if you feel it slows you down, have you tried adjusting the scroll speed / sensitivity options in the reader? Because you can certainly make the scrolling faster through those.

If i am just on the FAKKU webpage I can use the keyboard to scroll just fine, once i open a chapter the scrolling and page turns do not work.

I am using a 10.5" iPad Pro

I am using apple's Smart Keyboard

Well, unfortunately I have some bad news: I did some research into this and turns out it's not really possible to support physical keyboards on mobile devices in the reader. Basically the reason is that on iOS and Android physical keyboards only give detectable key input to web apps when you're manually focused on text fields, which means there's no practical way for the reader to detect and react to them. I have no idea who decided that gimping keyboards on mobile this way was a good idea, but with it being the case, you'll just have to make do with the touch controls.

Well that's slightly inconvenient but nothing that takes greatly away from the reading experience, thank you for looking into it!

Well, looks like there's enough demand for it still, so Smooth Scrolling can now be disabled again.