Find new messages in threads

[bastian-fenske]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. When users add messages to threads I got notified that there are new messages in the channel, but I cannot find them then.

Describe the solution you'd like Something like the "threads" view in Slack would help.

Describe alternatives you've considered

• Mark the blue [ 3 Replies ] buttons somehow (change the color, add a star, ...) and add always visible Buttons to navigate to the new, unread thread messages?
• Add direct links to the every first unread message of each thread in the top area of the left column - or maybe a down-buttons there behind the channel name to be able to navigate to the next unread message in that channel?
• In the channel that has new messages in threads add a box between messages and the form to enter a new message. Within that box, there are the links to the new messages and thes disappear after clicking them...?

Additional context I'm using the "Compact" view, because in the "Normal" view the threads doesn't make sense for me at all, because there they are cluttering up the channel anyways.

[bastian-fenske]

BTW: I think the "Normal" view is responsible that the threads are not accepted in our company - because with this view there is no benefit of the threads. Of course the described missing feature is also a blocker as well as that it is not possible to edit or delete messages in threads (editing works with the up-arrow trick).