August

Azuki support + other miscellaneous fixes and improvements

This month hasn't quite gone to plan. While I've wanted to focus on improving Discovery functionality, I had to address quite a few issues that came up with changes to certain supported sites, as well as some outages and scammer attacks. As a result, I didn't finish all the features I had hoped for, but progress has been made nonetheless.

Check out the Changelog for the full list of changes ->

📋Changelog

🌐 Azuki Support

I've continued my work on adding more official sources, specifically manga sources to compensate for the overabundance of manhwa sites.

Azuki is another fairly new English publisher primarily focusing on manga, with some great titles in their ~300 series catalogue. They also have a unique model of being able to read all their series using a simple monthly subscription, as well as being able to read certain locked chapters, after watching an ad. So check them out!

➕ Series Details Add to Dashboard

With the release of Quick Search v2 and the new Add Entry UI, I am slowly updating the rest of the app to make use of it. Series Details page Add to Dashboard will now allow you to set all options you want, instead of simply adding it to the Reading list like it did before. This has been a highly requested feature, so I hope you'll enjoy it!

🎉 Other Updates

I've made other improvements as usual, which don't quite fit into one bucket or the other. You can find the full list in the changelog, but here are some highlights:

  • Advanced Search now allows filtering by when a series has been added to Kenmei - this month, last month or this year.

  • Various improvements to speed up app startup, with the addition of a splash screen to be more clear that Kenmei is indeed starting up.

  • Dynamic URL recognition for sites with rotating URLs, helping avoid "Page Not Found" when visiting said sites.

Find the full list over here ->

📋Changelog

📈Progress Overview

I didn't manage to achieve the feature releases I was hoping for this month - specifically to release Discovery functionality to the public. It is more likely to be in September, or even October, combined with some other massive changes. The scope from the previous month hasn't changed as a result, so I will continue focusing on that and the next evolution of the Smart Suggestion system

Here's the list of priorities:

  1. Smart Suggestions v3

  2. Discovery and Advanced Search v1

  3. Importing from MAL, Anilist and more

  4. Social Features v1

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