Sync page position

[gerroon]

Hi

I am not sure if this issue possible but it would be neat if we could sync the current reading location of an article across devices.

thanks

[Strubbl]

Sounds like a nice feature. But is it easy to compare the scrolling position of the displayed text on a e.g. a smartphone to a notebook display?

[gerroon]

@Strubbl

Maybe floating point based page position percentage might work?

[di72nn]

Basic floating point values do not even give accurate results when screen orientation changes in Android app (because of text and images reflow). But these are still not bad results.

[ghost]

Related to wallabag/wallabag#2643.

[azrdev]

As a first step, it would be nice if reading progress is saved in a way so it's not overwritten if I do a "full sync" (or should I rather file this as a separate bug?)

[di72nn]

"Full sync" is inherently destructive for data that is not synchronized. So synchronizing the reading position will make the "full sync" problem nonexistent.
I don't think it's worth fixing it on its own since it's extra work and "full sync" is kind of a "last resort" function for when "fast sync" with "article sweeping" is not enough.
Anyway, if you really want to get it fixed for some reason, a separate issue is due.