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Only Riot Web though :( Riot (both web and mobile) desperately needs to make room and user search more obvious. Everyone I give Riot to has issues finding me a

by meruru 8y ago

Only Riot Web though :( Riot (both web and mobile) desperately needs to make room and user search more obvious. Everyone I give Riot to has issues finding me and my channels. I get around this by asking their usernames and sending invites to the right channels.

baroffoos 8y ago
Have you checked recently? The mobile version has gone blue for me.
- meruru 8y ago
  Yes, I in fact just installed it. They changed the text in the "search bar" present in the homescreen, which is a great improvement (it now says "filter rooms"). However this feature is only useful for really heavy users with tons of rooms, yet it's displayed front and center while the global search option which is fundamental for onboarding is still hidden. The full redesign has been postponed because they are rewriting the whole program: https://github.com/vector-im/riotX-android https://github.com/vector-im/riotX-android But this issue I'm complaining about is also present on the redesigned Riot Web. Edit: sorry, I think I'm wrong. The current mobile version seems to already be the redesign though it looks mostly the same to me: https://medium.com/@RiotChat/riot-mobile-update-brand-new-riot-im-website-cc11534ad685 https://medium.com/@RiotChat/riot-mobile-update-brand-new-ri... I think it still needs a lot of work.
  - Arathorn 8y ago
    the recent mobile update is just a cosmetic redesign (getting rid of all the green!) You're completely right that RiotX is where the overall usability fixes are happening, including ones which would solve your problem here. Good news is that RiotX is evolving fast though - we're putting all our resources into it rather than Riot/Android, and then the same UX will be ported over to Riot/iOS. We're aiming to get a daily-usable RiotX into the app stores in the next 1-2 months. N.B. that the UX will change substantially from the current prototype at https://matrix.org/jenkins/job/RiotXAndroidDevelop/ https://matrix.org/jenkins/job/RiotXAndroidDevelop/.
    - meruru 8y ago
      Thanks for the clarification. Those are great news!
    - hawski 8y ago
      Right now is it generally recommended to use Riot or is RiotX stable/good enough? Also is RiotX like a beta channel, so when it's considered complete/stable will an update effectively replace Riot with RiotX for all current users?
      - Arathorn 8y ago
        RiotX is alpha right now, but should be usable day-to-day in a month or so. Once it has parity with Riot we'll replace Riot with it.

by meruru 8y ago

baroffoos 8y ago

Have you checked recently? The mobile version has gone blue for me.

meruru 8y ago
Yes, I in fact just installed it. They changed the text in the "search bar" present in the homescreen, which is a great improvement (it now says "filter rooms"). However this feature is only useful for really heavy users with tons of rooms, yet it's displayed front and center while the global search option which is fundamental for onboarding is still hidden. The full redesign has been postponed because they are rewriting the whole program: https://github.com/vector-im/riotX-android https://github.com/vector-im/riotX-android But this issue I'm complaining about is also present on the redesigned Riot Web. Edit: sorry, I think I'm wrong. The current mobile version seems to already be the redesign though it looks mostly the same to me: https://medium.com/@RiotChat/riot-mobile-update-brand-new-riot-im-website-cc11534ad685 https://medium.com/@RiotChat/riot-mobile-update-brand-new-ri... I think it still needs a lot of work.
- Arathorn 8y ago
  the recent mobile update is just a cosmetic redesign (getting rid of all the green!) You're completely right that RiotX is where the overall usability fixes are happening, including ones which would solve your problem here. Good news is that RiotX is evolving fast though - we're putting all our resources into it rather than Riot/Android, and then the same UX will be ported over to Riot/iOS. We're aiming to get a daily-usable RiotX into the app stores in the next 1-2 months. N.B. that the UX will change substantially from the current prototype at https://matrix.org/jenkins/job/RiotXAndroidDevelop/ https://matrix.org/jenkins/job/RiotXAndroidDevelop/.
  - meruru 8y ago
    Thanks for the clarification. Those are great news!
  - hawski 8y ago
    Right now is it generally recommended to use Riot or is RiotX stable/good enough? Also is RiotX like a beta channel, so when it's considered complete/stable will an update effectively replace Riot with RiotX for all current users?
    - Arathorn 8y ago
      RiotX is alpha right now, but should be usable day-to-day in a month or so. Once it has parity with Riot we'll replace Riot with it.