Linear listing

[jofwu]

Someone on Reddit requested a way to line up the books in a list instead of around in a circle.

I went with the circle because it looks more fun, it uses space better, and it keeps the arrows easier to follow. But there's certainly nothing wrong with a list style.

Mostly I assume this would just take a LOT of work for you to build out a whole separate viewing mode. Telling it where to list the books and how to space them. Getting the connection arrows pointing to/from the right spot with arcs that look good.

This isn't something we need to do, and certainly not a priority, but I figured it was at least worth a mention.

[jofwu]

Okay, I said this wasn't needed or a priority, but I think the "donut" view is probably one of the biggest complaints.

I expect it wouldn't be too make the books line up in a list rather than around a circle. Not sure how complicated the math would be to make the connections work. I imagine books listed down the middle. (cosmere logo might need to go away) Arrows on the left. (I figure the math would simply have it use a bigger radius the further their distance is.) And series/planet labeled to the right?

For the UI, I imagine two abstract buttons for the view options: a rectangle and a donut shape.

I know this thing isn't a top priority at the moment. Probably needs a lot of discussion and feedback from other staff before we made this "official" in some way. I just wanted to record some thoughts I've had over the last year or so.