WhenAmazon buy Comixology , the cyberspace ’s premiere digital funnies site , fans were worried . As it wrench out , they had every right to be , as the “ revamp ” servicing wasabsolutely terrible — so terrible that Amazon had to promisesome ( very basic ) improvementsa mere week later . However , the Modern Comixology is still not as good as it used to be … but at least now a new rung of updates is on the way .
The digital cartoon strip store / reader releaseda Twitter threadof upcoming improvements to the service , include the long - await power ( rather , the recurrence of the ability ) to view double - Thomas Nelson Page spreads . you may read the entire train of thought here , but we ’ve reprinted it for your contraption :
1./ We ’ve been comb through your feedback , and keep on to be grateful for all the comics lovers out there . We understand that the current experience postulate improvements , and desire you to know that we ’re work firmly to get those out the door as rapidly as possible .
Screenshot: Amazon/Gizmodo
— Comixology ( @comiXology)June 15 , 2022
“ 1./ We ’ve been comb out through your feedback , and continue to be grateful for all the comics lover out there . We sympathize that the current experience needs improvements , and want you to know that we ’re crop hard to get those out the door as quickly as potential .
“ 2./ It ’s been a while since our last update , and we want to deal some updates on what our squad has been working on these retiring few month and announce some Modern features that are come soon .
“ 3./ In the amount weeks , we ’re launch a beta version of the web reading experience that will admit double - Sir Frederick Handley Page spread , fresh rapid climb in / out functionality and perpendicular scroll while reading . It wo n’t support Guided View yet , but we are working on that next .
“ 4./ We ’re also excited to announce that you will presently be capable to filter your library in the Kindle app to make it easier to hide all your comics , or alternatively , only show your comics . We ’ll let you know when this launch .
“ 5./ Also , we ’re aware of issues customers are face when searching for comics and getting non - comics / graphic novel / manga results . While we work to correct this , verify to start up your hunt fromhttp://amazon.com/comixology?tag=gizmodo08c-20orhttp://amazon.co.uk/comixology .
“ 6./ For New Releases – we ’ve fixed an upshot where mental object from 90 publishers were not seeable in the All New Releases gadget at the bottom of the Thomas Nelson Page . you’re able to retain using the publishing company filter to contract down your results from select publishers .
“ 7./ We ’ve also added a new section called ‘ research More New Releases ” on the New Releases pageboy , which indicate all weekly releases in alphabetic order by title .
“ 8./ After these New Releases updates , you will originate to see improvement to the Comics Deals paginate to help make it easier and faster to navigate our choice of discounted title .
“ 9./ And for those in the UK , customers can now quickly make a purchase and/or adopt a Good Book within the New Releases and Homepage without tap into the Koran item Sir Frederick Handley Page . but tap on a Christian Bible , and a pop - up window will seem to help you quickly get the rule book .
“ 10./ While far from a staring tilt , these are just a few affair we ’ve been working on . We know there ’s a lot more that ask to be done to improve the Comixology experience , and we have many more enterprisingness we ’ll share soon .
“ 11./ Stay tuned for more updates on Twitter and Instagram . See you at San Diego Comic Con ! ”
Mostly , it sounds like it ’ll be easier to voyage the app , the entrepot , and your own comic library , but these changes still are n’t going to make for Comixology to the level of convenience and ease of exercise it had prior to Amazon ’s purchase . If you insure out the responses to the Twitter ribbon , you ’ll see there are still many , many melioration foiled fans are waiting for . You ’ll also remark that there ’s no timeframe for when these updates will become usable , so … sell with it , I pretend ?
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