Help users know when new releases are available
rosszurowski opened this issue · comments
Several people have asked for a way to be notified when new releases come out. This makes a lot of sense. New chapter release dates are based on the schedules of mangakaka, manga publications, scanlators, and so many factors, so they can vary pretty wildly.
Some apps (eg. MangaStorm) can send you a push notification whenever a new chapter is released. Others (eg. MangaDex) rely on you visiting the site/app to see anything new.
I'm philosophically opposed to the interruptive nature of push notifications (software shouldn't demand attention unless its critical!), but could see a balance being struck between a couple approaches:
- No notifications. We could just not do it. You gotta check manually.
- No notifications, but show release schedules. Many series do release on a regular cadence. If we know that the last 30 chapters have come out on the last Friday of a month, maybe we could just show "Releases on the last Friday of a month" somewhere.
- Digest notifications. At the end of every period (day, week, month) we send a round-up of new chapters that have been released.
- Real-time notifications. As soon as a new chapter is detected, send a notification.
Similarly, notifications could come through a couple different channels:
Not sure what the best approach is in all of this, but this issue is for tracking this work.