[Rejected] Allow volume upload, one-page manga need it.

[Tcof]

I know about the rule: Do not arbitrarily combine several chapters into a single release.
but consider there are also rule: Chapters may only be split into parts if the source material was also split in the same way. Chapters that have been split up by the translators for any other reason may be recombined into singular whole chapters.
I think there are a case that need to reconsider base on circumstance

Which happen because i reading this manga. i mean for lot of one page manga, release 1 page at a time, each "chapter" leave you enough of a note for you to stay, to discus, etc... but not every time, what about sometime they do long arc ? here is example, this, RAW, author upload it in a place where there are shit load of page, you read the next page, just scroll down. now it was volume release. But not work the same here in mangadex.
And i telling you it very annoying experience

1. first, imagine read one page of you manga, then next page you have to load, for every chapter. especially for who have slow internet, that just pause your flow of reading
2. Credit page. it was normal, for chapter that like 20 page. but what if you see credit page every page, like watching ads for every 10s of a youtobe clip. Now imagine that and double the ads, (no joke, currently happen with the manga above)
3. and sometime, idk about you but i have to reread the previous page, for recheking someting i not sure or detail, and then you have to repeat that whole thing again and load every page that you roll back

 

[Madologist]

1 page manga, 2 pages credits

You posted the same link twice, btw.

 

[undeed]

better than my bad suggestion, still in the same spirit

 

[Tcof]

1 page manga, 2 pages credits

You posted the same link twice, btw.

yeah, because it is mean to mention that same manga.

 

[kouyo]

The issue you describe (the excessive credit pages), despite not being mentioned in the site rules, is something that we actually police, so you can report chapters like that, and we might actually action on them.

The rest of your complains essentially come down to having a slow internet. Addressing this by making changes to site’s upload conventions isn’t the solution, as we aim to stick to the source as much as possible, because otherwise the content on the site will be a nightmare to manage (even more that what already is), and that is something that neither you, our contributors and us want.

I'd suggest you try enabling data saver on your user settings. It will lower the quality and resolution of the images, but it will also improve your loading times, maybe also try a VPN.

 

[Tcof]

The rest of your complains essentially come down to having a slow internet. Addressing this by making changes to site’s upload conventions isn’t the solution, as we aim to stick to the source as much as possible, because otherwise the content on the site will be a nightmare to manage (even more that what already is), and that is something that neither you, our contributors and us want.

i don't exactly have low internet. just to express it. But a next page, mean a new load, new loading to enter new address, so to take time for the image to show up, is not instantly compare to preloading picture, new load at least take some time. The problem is more of you have to load for every single page you read, and then roll back to reread detail, then the previous page is gone.
I suppose if the site work in a way to preload, and keep it for reread back and forth, it would solve at least half of the problem

 

[kouyo]

There is certainty some optimizations to be done and the developers are aware of that, but my understanding is that the current codebase makes working in those rather difficult.

I've also commented previously on other threads that our reader is the one most complicated piece of code in the site, and tinkering with it isn't particularly easy.

On my devices, I don't notice any significant loading times. At most, it takes about a second to load all pages in the example you provided. This suggests that either your device is on the lower end or your connection to our site is poor.

It would be helpful if you could share details about your Internet connection or specs of the device you use to browse MangaDex.

 

[Tcof]

There is certainty some optimizations to be done and the developers are aware of that, but my understanding is that the current codebase makes working in those rather difficult.

I've also commented previously on other threads that our reader is the one most complicated piece of code in the site, and tinkering with it isn't particularly easy.

On my devices, I don't notice any significant loading times. At most, it takes about a second to load all pages in the example you provided. This suggests that either your device is on the lower end or your connection to our site is poor.

It would be helpful if you could share details about your Internet connection or specs of the device you use to browse MangaDex.

my internet is fine, it also take 1 or so second, but the problem is that it is not too heavy to load, the problem is you have to load way too often.
imagine watch a YouTube video and an ads load after few second, click "skip", then 5 second later another ads, skip, 5 second later, 5 second, ads, skip,... repeat...
try to reading a whole cohesion flow of story, that get in the way very heavy. and at least in youtobe because at least you can load every add get the whole video then watch then, with the manga here, roll back to the previous page is load new page

 

[kouyo]

Like I said before, if your main complaint is the excessive credit pages:

[...] (that) is something that we actually police, so you can report chapters like that, and we might actually action on them.

We also won't change our upload conventions for something like this:

[...] as we aim to stick to the source as much as possible [..]

In theory making the changes you suggest will also be bad for tracking your progress, so there's that too.

Unfortunately, it seems like this is an issue we can't resolve without risking alienating the uploading groups and potentially causing unintended consequences.

Mind you I already tried to amend the rules previously for reducing the amount of extraneous content on chapters, and it was turned down fairly quickly by management:
https://forums.mangadex.org/threads...m-allowed-extraneous-content-rejected.2326047

On contrast, something like this:

better than my bad suggestion, still in the same spirit

Might actually be more feasible than changing the rules, but I can't promise anything.