Version v0.9.3

TabBook finally looks the way it should

In v0.9.3, TabBook gets another round of polish, this time focused on the small details that make it feel “right”. The Move and Delete controls are now simple, clean icon buttons without heavy backgrounds, and the titles are properly centered up to mid-sized screens. No more “something is slightly off” feeling when you look at your tabs.

Selection also looks less shouty and more intentional. Instead of a loud background, TabBook now uses a clear green dot to mark what’s selected. We extended that idea to finished books too: when a book is done, the green indicator appears in TabBook as well, so your “finished” state is consistent across the app.

Behind the scenes, the drag bar got a small opacity animation. It fades away instead of hanging around with extra color, so rearranging tabs feels smoother and less visually noisy.

Safer, clearer delete flow for books

Deleting a book is a big action, especially for new users. That’s why v0.9.3 introduces a proper delete confirmation popup for TabBook, with tailored designs for both mobile and desktop. It explains what’s happening and gives you a chance to say “Actually, no, not that one.”

For power users who know exactly what they’re doing, there’s a setting that lets you skip all delete confirmations. Once enabled, deletion becomes one clean action again – no extra dialogs, no friction.

We also tightened the interaction surface on phones: after tapping delete, it’s much harder to accidentally hit the add-book (+) button due to overlapping or cramped tap zones. Internally, double-tapping delete no longer triggers duplicate work, so the app doesn’t try to remove the same book twice.

TabBook behaviour that respects your gestures

Your gestures now mean what you expect them to mean. In this update, swiping to the right in TabBook clearly selects the book, while actually pressing the Move button triggers the move action. The separation between “I’m just interacting with the card” and “I want to move this book” is now much clearer.

That drag-to-delete flow also gained an extra layer of safety. After dragging, the destructive action can be shown as a red confirmation state, so you have one last moment to confirm before something disappears. It still feels quick, it just stops being scary.

While a book is being added, Simpleread now blocks additional add actions and keeps the overlay calm. You won’t accidentally queue up multiple overlapping add-book flows, and the UI stays much more stable.

Settings that behave like grown-up settings

Some settings previously relied on their own custom toggle widgets to switch features on and off. With v0.9.3, those are simplified. The toggle behaviour now lives more naturally in the setting titles themselves, and when a setting is active it can hide everything except its title.

It’s a small change, but it makes the settings page feel less like a lab of experiments and more like a mature control panel. When something is on, you see the label. When it’s off, you don’t need to worry about the internal wiring.

A remastered book info panel & smarter reading time

v0.9.3 also remasters the whole book info experience. Fields that didn’t bring real value have been removed from creation and filters: Series and Genre are no longer cluttering the UI or pretending to be more useful than they are.

The author field has been tightened up to avoid the weirdness that can come with contenteditable, and the description now saves in a cleaner, more predictable format. What you enter is what you get, instead of random formatting surprises.

The standout addition is a non-editable Reading time field for each book. Simpleread handles the logic and formatting for you, and you can’t accidentally edit it. On top of that, a new Reading time filter lets you browse your library based on how long books take to read — ideal for “I only have 20 minutes” moods.

Messages & handlers that stay out of your way

Some helper messages were a bit too eager. Warnings like “may or may not be fully compatible with Simpleread” or “Slow internet?” could pop up in situations where they weren’t actually helpful. In v0.9.3, they’ve been reined in.

Location-related errors such as “Location data is not available?” now wait behind a timer before appearing. If things resolve in time, you’ll never see them. If not, they’ll show up as a legitimate hint instead of a jump scare.

Lastly, the visibility handler has had its workload reduced. It runs less often, doing only what it needs to do, which keeps the UI responsive without burning cycles on checks you don’t benefit from.

Simpleread v0.9.3 is a quiet kind of upgrade — the kind where TabBook feels nicer, deleting a book feels safer, and book info finally lines up with how you actually use your library. It’s a release built on small decisions that add up to a calmer, more trustworthy app.