Hello, I am the development team for the Android app, so here's my answers to your questions.

ender89 wrote

1) You might want to consider scaling the pages to fit the window initially. It is a mobile app, so while some zooming and panning is probably going to be required, I've always found it nice to see the entire page first and then worry about what I can and cant read.

I agree that scaling consistently would be awesome. Getting this stuff to display properly in a webview and scroll to the top-right (which is not (0,0), so the width must be measured) is not trivial, much time was spent fiddling to get it to this stage.

Measuring the width is a train wreck. It doesn't just count pixels, since there are scale factors to be considered. I'm assuming each page is the same size, which they're sometimes not and that's generally responsible for some of the wonky behavior. If ICS has added the ability to scroll to the top right, then things will be much better, at least on that platform. Either way I intend to continue supporting Android back to 2.1 (API level 8) more or less indefinitely.

ender89 wrote

2) I love the icon, I really do, but I just think that maybe the link to lesbian comic book porn on my mobile phone could use some subtly. Its just so when my kid cousin gets tired of angrybirds, I don't get awkward questions about what akiko is doing to mari. or get known as the guy with lesbian comic book porn on his cell phone. I get the feeling that no amount of explaining would make it go away, and I would have to change my name and live out my shame in a different city.

This has been mentioned before (though it may have been in reference to this post?). I don't care either way. Changing the icon won't help against curious kids tapping whatever app comes under their finger. At least it takes several clicks to get from the icon to the tits. I am no artist; Mi_chan made that icon for me. If someone wants to make another to the Android icon specs, I will cheerfully swap them.

ender89 wrote

3) Swiping would be nice, along with the option to change reading order from left-to-right to right-to-left.

I agree, but there are reasons why this is challenging. First, wanting to pinch zoom, scroll in two dimensions, and tap the sides to turn the page required me to write some of my own click handling code for the (subclass of) webview. And it's really easy to confuse a swipe and a lateral scroll. Lateral scrolling is very common here because pages don't always fit on the device neatly. See the Gmail app on ICS for an example of this problem, if you have an email that scrolls horizontally it's tricky to get it not to swipe to the next/previous message.

Thanks for the pointer to Perfect Reader. When I first started this project, I went looking for a good open source reader which I would fork and strap the Dynasty Reader interface to, saving myself a great deal of trouble. Perfect Reader is free but not open source, unfortunately. Maybe I could contact the developer, but he'd probably want to know what site and ahem.

I'm adding support for the tags on the reader tonight. I may revisit the webview/scrolling/etc. on ICS and see if anything has been added to the API that would make my life better.

drpepperfan wrote

The individual page thing works in Chrome, but it didn't on IE. I guess that must have been the problem.

This is working for me in Internet Explorer 8. Which version wasn't working for you?

DeliciousBeans wrote

On Opera 11, the "Toggle Resize" button in fullscreen mode doesn't work.
(The reason seems to be that image.naturalWidth/Height is undefined.)

This should be fixed now. Thanks to the pointer to img.naturalHeight/Width, that was indeed the problem.

(For those with a high tl;dr threshold: IE defines clientWidth/Height on images, and does not define window.innerWidth/Height. It had special handling. Opera, unlike Firefox and Webkit, uses clientWidth/Height but does define innerWidth/Height instead of requiring the IE-specific hacks. It now has its own case.)

I took advantage of a long flight and a row to myself to read Konohana Link from start to finish and keep notes on the characters and goings-on. Hopefully it will help people keep track of what's going on in the series.

These are arranged by character, in order of appearance (except that I moved Kuze Ryoko/Yoriko up next to her sister for easier comparison). Notes under each character are in chronological order.

First a word on name changes. Three characters names appear to change, I think between chapters 5 and 6. They are:
- female lead in the play has her given name change from Mihiro to Mahiro.
- tall, black-haired director of the play changes from Nagatani Jun to Nagaya Sonoe -- I think. Possibly they're two different people, but it doesn't seem like it.
- "good twin" Kuze Ryoko changes to Yoriko.

Second, a note on hair colours. There's no colour artwork, but I use the words "blonde", "brown" and "black" when describing hair. I'm speaking here about the literal shades in the B+W manga "white", "grey" and "black" respectively.

Third, how to tell these two "tag-team twins" apart: thickness of the rims on their glasses. Evil twin Miyako's are wire-rimmed or frameless, good twin Ryoko/Yoriko's have thick frames.

Kuze Miyako - demure(-looking) brunette with thin-framed glasses
- tells taller girl with black hair (Jun) "for half a year, until I graduate, if you go out with me, I will teach you everything"
- kisses Nagatani Jun
- spots Chieri seeing them making out
- famous for messing around with girls, according to Sakijima Saori.
- turns girls' legs to jelly, so she doesn't get expelled. they protect her (also taking Saori's word for that)
- confronts Chieri about seeing her kissing Jun
- "Does being loved by as many people as possible make me cruel?" enjoys it when the girls she seduces discover they're not the only one and try to win her exclusive favour.
- claims to be making those girls happy. Chieri disagrees. Doesn't believe in 'true' happiness, soul mates, etc.
- seems like she secretly wants to have someone who loves her forever.
- Onee-chan of Kuze Ryoko
- wears fake glasses and styles her hair to look like Ryoko

Kuze Ryoko/Yoriko - brunette, long hair. framed glasses.
- in Chieri's class
- younger sister of Miyako
- Miyako used to learn about "things" (just sexual? other things too?) and "try them out" on Ryoko. The family knew, apparently?
- they had sex up until the second year of junior high
- claims it doesn't bother her that her sister is a lesbian, just wishes she'd settle down and date someone properly.
- treats Chieri to food, supposedly to make up for her sister [o rly?]
- thinks Chieri is "more of a handful than I expected"
- knows about Night, and follows her to the unconscious Saori.
- recently in on the secret of Saori's aplastic anemia.
- asked Chieri to call her Yoriko (first time her name changes, and also first-name basis)
- see also under Takahara her reaction when Takahara shows up.

Nagatani Jun -- called Nagaya Sonoe by the drama club? same person or different? - tall with black hair
- unwillingly kissed by her sempai, Kuze Miyako
- directing the play
- confesses her love for Mihiro/Mahiro
- Skypes with Naoko, who lives in another city

Naoko - blonde, short tails
- in Sweden. friends with Nagatani Jun
- flips when Jun tells her "a guy" (actually Miyako) confessed to her. Naoko begins to realize her feelings when she notices her own reaction.
- I note her physical resemblance to Mihiro -- petite, short blonde hair.

teacher with short brown hair
- teaches Chieri's class

Suzuki Chieri - blonde, slight ahame, long tails
- clumsy.
- went to a fancy girls school
- rides a motorcycle
- old friends with Chika-chan, who doesn't go to this school
- wants to meet "cute guys", at least initially.
- sees Kuze Miyako and Nagatani Jun making out
- thinks Miyako's hair is pretty
- feels her heart beat faster when Saori takes her hand.
- runs into what looks like Miyako (but is actually Ryoko)
- in the same class as Ryoko
- dazzled by Saori's speech to open the cultural festival
- was confessed to by a girl at her old school (Chika-chan? Takahara?) and invented an excuse to get her dad to transfer her schools -- claims not to have been disgusted or freaked out by the confession, but to hate the other girl.
- annoyed Saori lied to her about Night being a secret, when Night is more like the student council's mascot.
- recently in on the secret of Saori's aplastic anemia
- sleeps with (literally) Saori in the infirmary. no moves made.
- panics on waking up next to her in an unfamiliar place
- gets pressed into service in a too-short maidlike costume for the festival because Michuru (not Saori) is ill (jumped in the pool in the wintertime, apparently?)

Fujikoshi - man with puffy black hair
- male lead in the play. tries to kiss female lead, she refuses.
- generally a toolbag.

Mihiro/Mahiro - blonde with short high ponytail in the play, loose chin-length otherwise
- female lead in the play. doesn't want to kiss male lead, no kiss in script (or possibly edited out by Jun?)
- a first year, "star rookie" of the drama club
- lies about having her boyfriend coming. in fact "someone" (a woman? no gender pronoun...) who went to the same middle school as her.
- "I was happy when you said you liked me, sempai. But I've never gone out with anyone before, I don't know much about love or romance. So, well, I know it's unfair of me to say this, but... " "Mahi--" "Can I give you my answer after the play is over...?"

Sakijima Saori - messy brown hair. longer locks over her ears, barely shoulder length.
- looks after a stray(?) dog around the school, female named Night. told Chieri it was a secret.
- takes Chieri's hand and shows her around the school
- a first year. very popular, on the student council with a landslide vote.
- has aplastic anemia. occasionally collapses, and needs blood transfusions semi-frequently.
- addresses Meiko without honorifics.
- sleeps with (literally) Chieri in the infirmary. no moves made.

Mega Meiko - long brown hair, back part tied back.
- on student council.
- in on the secret of Saori's aplastic anemia.
- addresses Saori without honorifics.
- looks out for Saori, but doesn't seem jealously protective of her; leaves Chieri to care for Saori.

Takahara - mysterious blonde who turns up in ch08
- Chieri recognizes her and is not pleased to see her.
- says "Nagasaki-san skipped school again yesterday" -- that must be Chika-chan?
- Chieri blames her "if you hadn't interfered like that--" "you would've been able to stay good friends with Nagasaki-san even now, you mean?" "grrr"
- then Ryoko/Yoriko smushes a waffle into her chest "accidentally", drags her away, and accuses her of being the one that chased Chieri away from her old school.

general notes:
- school is co-ed
- cultural festival is a big deal and starts the day after Chieri arrives

general conclusions on what's going on
- Meiko protective of Saori but not jealous; left Chieri to take care of her.
- Saori popular and much-admired, stunned Chieri who still seems taken by her, but hasn't resolved that into attraction.
- Yoriko/Ryoko protective of Chieri, not clear what she feels towards her.
- Name changes are confusing.

Speculations
- Miyako, while giving her tough-girl "that's the way the world is", "I don't believe in soul mates" speech seemed to hint at past heartbreak driving her to it. For my money, she actually loves her sister but denial or rejection have led her to do what she does. Ryoko/Yoriko tells Chieri they stopped having sex in her second year of junior high... but it seems like there's more to that story than "it just stopped happening".
- Naoko seems to resemble Mihiro. Possibly Jun is transferring her unrealized feelings for Naoko onto Mihiro? Not very likely but I wouldn't put it past Kurogane Kenn.

Graph of attraction. Format: Attracted -> To Whom. Those marked with a * are my speculations.
- Naoko -> Jun
- Chieri -> Saori*
- Ryoko/Yoriko -> Chieri*
- either Takahara or Chika-chan (whichever confessed and she supposedly hated) -> Chieri
- Jun -> Mihiro (only one with a directly witnessed confession)
- Miyako -> Jun (though with Miyako... who knows)
- Miyako -> Ryoko/Yoriko* (entirely my spec, see above. I'd bet on this one, though)

I note that not one of them is two-way. The one closest to being mutual is probably Chieri and Saori.