If you haven’t already, please provide feedback to Apple regarding page animation and progress bar. If they want this new animation then why not allow a toggle in settings. I’m not on the beta yet but will provide feedback.
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Books App Gets Redesign in iOS 16 and iPadOS 16
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If you haven’t already, please provide feedback to Apple regarding page animation and progress bar. If they want this new animation then why not allow a toggle in settings. I’m not on the beta yet but will provide feedback.
This is such a bad move, it’s like if the people in charge to redesign this app never used it. Hopefully, the progress bar and the number of page left in the chapter will be back by the end of the beta process
I liked the old page turning. It was beautiful. This new slide... is not. There needs to be a setting that lets me choose. For the beauty hating OCD monsters out there (whose opinion I totally respect, I promise) you can have your slide, and be welcome to it. But man, please don't take away that beautiful page turn.
The number of pages left in a chapter still appears for me, but only when I bring up the menu from the bottom. It’s a bit awkward, but at least it’s still there.
Since this is the first beta, I’m hoping we’ll at least see some small refinements before the final release. Like others, I also really miss the page turning animation, which showed brilliant attention to design details, right down to see the text through the back of the page. To be honest, I’m surprised it survived the iOS 7 war on skeuomorphism, but after eight more major iOS releases it seemed it was going to stick around.
Windows Phone did this years ago. Definitely helps with one handed use on large screens.
Gack, books is so crappy. It's almost as bad as the Home app, which I haven't opened since it first came out.
It keep unloading and reloading books from my library. Things vanish and come back. Books are local then need to be reloaded from the cloud. Bookmarks and positions are gone.
WTF?
It keep unloading and reloading books from my library. Things vanish and come back. Books are local then need to be reloaded from the cloud. Bookmarks and positions are gone.
WTF?
Skeuomorphic page turning is the only thing that sets Apple Books apart from the competition. Without that, it's just text on a screen.
I'll stick with Kindle, if I can't "lift the corner of the page" on my iPad Mini.
I'll stick with Kindle, if I can't "lift the corner of the page" on my iPad Mini.
As a librarian, it’s baffling to me that it’s still not possible to sort your ebooks by the authors surname. Sorting them by name sorts them by the first name.
It seems such a simple thing...and yet here we are many years on, asking why it's not the standard.
If it ain't broke ...
Changing for the sake of change is not good. It was fine before. :/
Changing for the sake of change is not good. It was fine before. :/
Thanks for the rich Infos. But the remarks that - „There's a single tappable icon at the bottom of the book interface to access the settings. It provides a distraction-free reading experience, but it's worth noting that it can't be tapped away.“ isn’t true with mine, rather Tape to open Settings and do same again to close for a full page reading.
Apple in iOS 16 and iPadOS 16 has overhauled the design of the Books app, simplifying the interface and adding some new customization tools.
In iOS 15, there's a toolbar at the top of the app that provides access to the chapter index, font adjustments, search tools, and bookmarks, but in iOS 16, everything has been moved to the bottom of the app.
There's a single tappable icon at the bottom of the book interface to access the settings. It provides a distraction-free reading experience, but it's worth noting that it can't be tapped away.
Tapping on the button brings up all of the available settings in the Books app. The top menu bar features the table of contents, while there's also an option to tap in to see all of your bookmarks and highlights.
The search interface is also available, and search does not appear to have been updated. There's a one-tap option for locking orientation, bookmarking a page, and accessing the share sheet.
Tapping on Themes and Settings brings up options to change the font size and the color of the background. There are a few new color options in iOS 16, including a lighter gray, a different shade of white, and a light yellow.
You can turn on vertical scrolling in this interface, and elect to activate Light Mode, Dark Mode, match the device settings, or match the ambient lighting with True Tone.
Tapping on Options brings up different fonts and the option to bold the text. There are easy to access Accessibility settings for adjusting line spacing, word spacing, and character spacing, along with toggling on full justification. Apple has also changed the way that pages turn.
All in all, the changes bring more customization options to the Books app on iPhone and iPad, and access to features like search and bookmarking still takes about the same amount of time despite the fact that they're now in a menu.
Article Link: Books App Gets Redesign in iOS 16 and iPadOS 16
I still think Apple should try the digital library idea for Books. Books seems like an app that has been neglected for 10 years. Hell, even on Ipads they don't talk about Books anymore, and that was one of the reasons the Ipad was originally designed.
I think Amazon won the e-books war because Amazon's platform agnostic approach seemed to make more sense to commit too. Amazon doesn't really care where you read your ebooks, as long as you buy them from Amazon.
iBooks can only be read on Apple devices. Which sucks when you're at work and on a Windows PC.
1. Calibre app on macOS.
I use both Apple and Amazon books, and keep copies of all books in both systems using Calibre to convert.
NB. 'Send to Kindle' now allows DRM free
2. Apple Books metadata on macOS, improved on Ventura?
Have they improved this on Ventura? As they removed options on Monterey that mean my main machine remains on Mojave. Flipping annoyingly.
I use both Apple and Amazon books, and keep copies of all books in both systems using Calibre to convert.
NB. 'Send to Kindle' now allows DRM free
.epub files to be uploaded up to their standard 50MB file limit. Though uploading .mobi files is being removed.2. Apple Books metadata on macOS, improved on Ventura?
Have they improved this on Ventura? As they removed options on Monterey that mean my main machine remains on Mojave. Flipping annoyingly.
I agree that at a premium price it should be a premium experience, but that shouldn't come at the expense of owning the book. It's more important to me that I can share the book with anyone or resell it than the feel of turning the pages.
There's something not right with the thought processes of people who claim they "can't" use both Apple Books and Kindle (or any other competing app) simply because they already own content on one platform.
You do know, don't you, that you can have more than one app on your device at one time? No? Oh dear...
Yeah page turning animation was nice. Also removing all controls in one big complicated submenu is not a simplification.
Hopefully, the next iteration will bring back the skeuomorphic interface.
Hopefully, the next iteration will bring back the skeuomorphic interface.
And they have removed showing remaining pages in chapter and total pages in book. One step forward, two steps back.
Bring back the page-turning animation, Apple.
For standardization purposes I prefer just Apple books.
I use both the Kindle app and the Apple Books app for reading. I like them both and buy for whichever app is offering the better deal. I would rate the kindle app higher despite apple preventing Amazon from allowing purchases within the app. These change sit Books help overall, But the Apple Bookstore (and books) could benefit from better access to reader reviews, which the Amazon kindle store has over Apple.
The addition of the screen orientation lock to within the Books app is a very welcome feature that helps bring it on par with the kindle app. Previously using the global orientation lock results in inconvenience with other apps. The little icon on the bottom right is a good solution too.
And I too love the old skeuomorphic page turn and progress bar. Tim Cook still working out his Forestall fears I guess.
The addition of the screen orientation lock to within the Books app is a very welcome feature that helps bring it on par with the kindle app. Previously using the global orientation lock results in inconvenience with other apps. The little icon on the bottom right is a good solution too.
And I too love the old skeuomorphic page turn and progress bar. Tim Cook still working out his Forestall fears I guess.