Bolt ideas

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Content behaviour

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Native App Views of Front Page improved Presentation

What problem are you facing? App Defaults to Dual Page View on Native however this makes the front page when using landscape display strangely What improvement or new feature are you hoping for? Center display for page 1 / default single page view...
Jon VanZomeren 3 months ago in Content behaviour 0 Future consideration

Optimise app memory when minimised: loading animation every time the app is reopened.

One painful drawback of Bolt is that you can’t minimise the app for a moment without it reloading when you go back. Typically I would start reading an article in the magazine, jump back to WhatsApp to reply to a message or check Google Maps, or so...
Fabian 8 months ago in Content behaviour 1 Future consideration

Automatically go to your latest edition on app open

This would allow you to configure your app to always open straight into the latest edition, rather than to the app home screen.
Benji Weiser about 1 year ago in Content behaviour 0 Future consideration

Highlight how far a user has progressed through an edition

Similar to remembering a users position within an article, this would remember a user's position within an edition's table of contents and highlight it for them so they know how far through the edition they were in their last session.
Benji Weiser about 1 year ago in Content behaviour 0 Planned

Ability for users to choose whether or not they want to view double page spreads

If you're taking advantage of our double page spread feature for editions, your users will see both pages in a PDF, if on a large enough screen. This is controlled within the CMS so the behaviour is the same for all users. This would allow your us...
Benji Weiser about 1 year ago in Content behaviour / User customisation 0 Coming soon

Ability to have timelines and storefronts in the same tab

Currently timelines and editions are separated in separate tabs, timeline tabs or storefront tabs. This would allow you to combine them.
Benji Weiser about 1 year ago in Content behaviour 0 Future consideration

Live activities that update on your lock screen in real-time

You may have seen live activities in apps such as Uber, Bolt and Deliveroo. They appear on your lock screen and update you as something is happening in real time. This could be applicable to; sports results, election results and more.
Benji Weiser about 1 year ago in Content behaviour / Content interaction 0 Future consideration