Let someone get to a public channel with just one hyperlink
Yesterday I tried to share a link to a public channel on mattermost with people who had never visited the site.
Unfortunately when they clicked it they were redirected to the default home page, and not even for the home page for that group. I then found out later that I could get someone there with two hyperlinks (1) an invite link for the group and (2) a direct link to the channel.
I think it would be much easier for someone to be able to click just one hyperlink and be redirected to the page you intended. It would be a better user experience, and a better first impression for someone who has never seen mattermost.
Vincent Allen
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Great suggestion Vincent! This is in fact fixed in v5.1 release coming on July 16th.
With that release, when the user clicks on a link to a specific channel outside of Mattermost, and goes through the account creation process, they will land on the channel they intended to view.
More details are included in this ticket: mattermost.atlassian.net/browse/MM-9479
If you see any issues with this functionality on the v5.1 release, let us know!