The problem with the unresponsive boxes seems to be gone now, thanks. I have another suggestion to make: I wish there was a way to pull up the full tag list (or possibly even the full E6 webpage) for images. Often times I see something I like and have no way of finding the artist or something I don't know what to call.
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That's perfect, thanks!
EDIT: after trying the new update, the E621 button doesn't appear to work, and sometimes the previous button won't be there at all. Still on the Win 10 desktop app if it makes a difference. Tried to use the program on the web version on desktop but the buttons were unresponsive, and the mobile version had no start button, not sure if it's a result of my Firefox settings or what.
The "Prev" button only appears when the game is able to rollback to a previous picture. The randomiser and preloading features make the "previous" button a bit unsafe, this is really just a "oh I didn't wanna skip that last one" button, one time undo.
It isn't visible, but there is a lot of under the hood stuff to make pictures load before they are shown. Otherwise new pictures would constantly be loading as they are displayed (and it is still the case if you press "next" a bit too fast, depends on your internet speed and size of picture). If you play the game without skipping pictures, there is normally enough time so loads are done before displaying pictures.
The Itch browser doesn't seem to allow opening a new tab or window, only navigating to a webpage but then you would be out of the game and stuck on e621. I really don't think anything can be done about that.
If it's both really important for you to play in the Itch.io app, and to see the source, I can try to display the URL when used in Itch, so you can at least copy the URL and open in browser.
Yeah I was realizing how much preloading is being done based on the fetching at the start... it's really good, I rarely see them load because I have a good PC, internet, etc. It seems to load a bit faster than the actual E621 website sometimes. I kinda figured it was because of the Itch app, I understand if it can't be done, I just thought I'd help with testing and such. You don't have to add features just because of me lol, I can just use it on an actual browser.
It's definitely a good thing you made me aware it could be played on the Itch app!
Getting a big first picture (of gif) can lead to a pretty long wait at the start, but the picture will be fully loaded for sure. Then it's hoping for the best and preloading when possible! And if too late, still display what there is to display. Can't afford to make you wait while in game. But can't afford to preload absolutely everything either.
Thanks a lot for the feedback again! I probably won't add features that are too big now, but some things that are worth it, I can do!
For the unresponsive buttons, two main possibilities:
Javascript blocker is breaking the game, either needs the right permissions, or if not possible, need to disable the JS blocker.
JavaScript error because of using "incognito" tab. I am not sure what exactly breaks so I can't fix it at the moment.