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Immersive/ guided view not the default setting?
So, today, people use mobile devices for fun Internet use.Full size monitors, less so.Why isn’t the immersive/guided/panel view option defaulted into the use settings?Guided view is the only reason I PUBLISH on GC.
I hope that this will be the beginning of a long and beautiful friendship, but I hope guided view will be defaulted for user settings.Until then, I’ll add a how to page at the beginning of my comic.Check it out:https://globalcomix.com/c/lotus-in-the-depths-part-1-/chapters/en/1/2/1
I deleted my previous post because I felt it was a little too grouchy which was not my intent.
Rather than making a blanket default be guided mode, perhaps the site could automatically detect a mobile user and set that with a popup that gives them the option to disable it the first time they visit.
Because right now 85-90% of my readers are using desktop devices and forcing guided mode may be something they're not looking for. And the end of the day, I offer both standard and interactive options so the reader has the most choice how THEY want to consume my content.
(All of this may very well shift the other direction when the mobile app is launched.)
Hi. 85% use desktop? How do you know?
Also, immersive view requires the creator to setup all the panels for the whole release, so that could be an argument for defaulting.
A pop-up would be the best alternative!
BR
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I'm currently a professional subscriber so I get more detailed analytics that includes the breakdown by device.
We'll add a choose mode modal to the reader sometime soon!