I’ve noticed that if I open a new text for a few seconds and then close the text before advancing to the next page of the text (i.e. I return to the main menu with the button at upper left) that the daily word count increases by the amount of the page I previously viewed whether or not I actually read it. I was surprised when I realized this was happening. In theory I could reach my daily goal just by opening and closing the text over and over.
Is a page of text supposed to be counted as having been read just by displaying it and without advancing to the next page? I’m curious if this behavior is by design or it is a bug.
It’s not obvious to me what the correct behavior should be, I just want to understand the logic to avoid having text counted that I don’t want to count (another example, if I back up and look at something on the previous page I probably don’t want to count that page twice. I haven’t tested that but suspect it will count again).
Sometimes I open a text to see if it is too simple and then don’t read it. I probably will have to stop doing that.
Yes, this can happen if you lingered on the page long enough that the system thinks you could plausibly have read it.
When going back a page, if you are on it quickly just to check one thing and then go forward again, then it shouldn’t contribute to your word count. But if you stay there a long time then the system will assume you are re-reading the whole page and therefore will count it again.
There is a conflict here between wanting the system to stay out of your way, and accurately counting the number of words you read. Readlang errs on the side of staying out of your way for a more distraction free reading experience.