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Unread message notifier in launcher icon in Linux
On Ubuntu 19.04, the mattermost desktop client does not indicate unread messages in the launcher (I mean adding a little pop-up symbol to the icon as shown in this post about Windows #194).
I don't know if that is intended (no comparison on other systems). For thunderbird a similar thing exists, but I wouldn't know how to implement right away. I suggest a permanent "red dot" indicating new messages, or optionally a counter.
6 votes -
Add a file download progress bar
You constantly need to check Explorer to see if file has finished downloaded or not, very bothersome. A progress bar / download indicator will be very helpful.
33 votesThanks for the comments! Indeed, this feature proposal was for downloads, not uploads. Reopened with proper status.
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Add an option to hide the menu bar
In the desktop client, it could be useful to have an option to hide the menu bar by default (Signal desktop has this, also an Electron-based app), since it's not used that much in day-to-day usage. It could appear when pressing alt (Signal does this, as well as Firefox). Ideally I'd like the application to be more in-line with Gnome design, using a headerbar, but I realize this would be larger thing, and may not be desirable in a third-party application…
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Add support for Mattermost Custom URL scheme on macOS
Hello,
MacOS recently added support for custom URL schemes which allows other apps and browsers to open permalinks to content in the native app (rather than in the browser).
The use case would be that when you get an email to a Mattermost permalink, and you click on it in Safari, it'll open in the Mattermost app rather than a new tab in Safari.
The instructions to adopt custom URL schemes can be found here:
Thanks a lot for a great product!
Firas
4 votes -
allow users to add reactions to room join/leave announcements.
Adding reactions on channel join/leave announcements is hilarious in Slack. Please add this.
1 vote -
Miniature (icon) Mugshot in leftmost Direct Messages pane, shown before name
In the “Direct Messages” leftmost pane show a miniature mugshot, in addition to the persons name shown. The same mugshot /image as shown in message conversation list view.
Sometimes the name is not know or remembered, but the face is not easily forgotten (unless your blind) and might be recognized, when initiating a conversation.
My list contain about 100 developers, many with similarly sounding names and it would ease when trying to find the right developer.
When having many contacts often the names becomes very similar i.e John A Smith, John B Smith, John C Smith.
Which of those is…
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Linux desktop app: start hidden in tray without creating window itself
Instead of creating the application and minimizing it application start must be done without creating window itself.
Lack of this option I have discussed here https://forum.mattermost.org/t/solved-linux-mattermost-desktop-start-minimized-from-command-line/6321/18
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Add notification timeout option
I've seen other thing saying there is a timeout option for notifications but I'm not seeing one in the Linux desktop app. Should it be there? If not, I'd really like a way to make the notifications to be persistent until I interact with them or Mattermost.
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Add badge for new messages that's visible in a pinned tab.
When you've pinned a tab on your browser the badge that appears to show new messages within the client isn't visible. At best you have to hover to see a (*) that denotes new messages.
There should be an immediately visible badge on a pinned tab for unread messages.
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Have the ability to jump directly to the first message in a channel
When a user needs to scroll up through a lot of history, it can take a lot of time and effort. It would be much better if there was a button or ability letting users to jump directly to the first message in a channel.
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Parse channel search string to allow more powerful queries
I use the channel switcher with Ctrl+K a lot. Recently I joined two groups that have some overlapping members:
Group X has members aa, bb, me. Group Y has members aa, cc, me.
Now, it is quite tedious to search for them efficiently. If I search for "bb" and "cc" I will hit direct messaging with either of the two. And if I search for "aa" it is even worse: I get the two groups, plus direct messaging.
I suggest to allow for a search expressions as follows: "a b", "a c". I expect this to find group channels where…
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Can we save a chat
- idea is we can use this as attachment in other messaging tool like emails
- this will be helpful in official purpose, so if required in future
1 vote -
Copied sheet (excel, google sheet) data and paste on mattermost format Markdown table
Paste read data type and apply markdown by default like google sheet, office excel format to markdown
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CMD/CTRL+K should allow to switch to conversation from other team
When you are part of two or more team and you have unread channel in another team you've currently selected, you can not switch to it with CMD/CTRL+K. Since there is no keyboard shortcut to switch team (already discussed in various place), this would be nice to display the conversation from the other team in the conversation selection popup!
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Improve the UX of the very first screen
The first impressions of an app are critical. This is the screenshot that I have when I have first installed the Matermost desktop client on Ubuntu. I think it will be the same for all platforms:
Almost everything on this screen is unfriendly to a new user especially a non-technical user.
1. The title
It just says: 'Add Server'. Nothing like 'Hi!' or 'Welcome to Mattermost!' or anything that displays some kind of enthusiasm for welcoming the user. This is where Slack shines - friendly, quirky (perhaps later annoying) messages.
2. Server Display Name
Even as a fairly technical…
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Add shortcut to close current channel/direct chat
Hello!
It would be great to have a shortcut to close current channel or direct chat.
It could be CTRL+F4 or CTRL+W.
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Implement custom team shortnames
Currently the team list shows the first two letters of the team name, if no custom icon is provided. It would be great if these two letters could be configured, so that they can be different from the first two letters of the team name.
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Date and Channel Name
When we type a message it shows time but not shows date. Please add date with time and if possible also add channel name with time and date.
We copy the message for our reference. It would be more helpfull if Date and channel name added with time.
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Include of preview of message in each notification
Please add setting of notifications 'Include of preview of message in each notification'. This option is needed for personal data protection when you screen sharing with any application like skype.
On one of your site webpages it says that "Mattermost offers alternative ... to Slack’s SaaS-only workplace messaging service". In Slack's this option exists in Notifications settings.34 votes -
Enable different spellchecking languages for each server
I switch between a German and English server a lot and one of them always has all of my messages underlined red, so being able to set the language on a per server basis would be great!
3 votes
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