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Installing a new (replacement) device recently, recreating my library and collections (I preferred "shelves", but it's cosmetic, I guess), brought a couple of wishes to mind:
1) Show which collection a book is included in on the Library page
This could be a toggle on/off thing like the Library views themselves. But there doesn't seem to be any way of knowing this info currently; listing the book title doesn't tell what collection(s) the book is in, and listing the collections doesn't tell what books are in each. It's probably only useful when adding new books or configuring a new device, hence the toggle suggestion, but I find adding books and setting up collection to be a very cumbersome process as it currently stands.
2) Give us back the page slider at the bottom of the Library page
Again, this could toggle on/off. The situation will vary from user to user, obviously, but as it stands I find the Library page very hard to negotiate successfully. I always thought I had fairly steady hands - there's no visible tremor in my fingers - but for me swiping is erratic at best. A single vertical swipe produces either no page turn at all, or puzzlingly contradictory ones (forwards on one swipe, backwards on the next, seemingly identical, swipe); horizontal swipes above or below the listing produce nothing, and across the listing as often as not will open the book I swipe over. Last night I resorted to tapping the page number and typing in the next one, but that quickly becomes tedious if your Library is more than a few pages long. I was setting up collections - working through the booklist methodically and creating new collections as necessary, which always took me back to page 1 of the Library, so either an easier way to navigate the pages or an internal bookmark that returns you to the Library page you last left would be really helpful.
Small stuff for many, I'm sure, but I think they would genuinely help in the usability stakes for straightforward users. They'd certainly help me. ;-)
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