group messages UI

[slr]

• includes #297
• requires miguelfreitas/twister-core#346

TODO

• [x] show usernames in group messages
• [x] ability to change group description
• [x] alias autocompletion for peers invitation form
• [x] new messages counters in direct messages modals for every peer and group
• [ ] work with nin's SASS
• [ ] mobile UI
• [ ] other

[slr]

[slr]

and in direct messages too.

[miguelfreitas]

Hey, great job!! Just returning from vacations and... merging :-)

[miguelfreitas]

I just don't know if we should give emphasis to the group alias (the *dfsdfsdf thing). It is a locally generated random string, so it is only meaningful if one wants to play with twisterd command line / rpc.

For normal UI users it has no use, we should just present the group description instead.

Ok, i know... we may have two groups with the same name... but then it is the user who is confusing himself, no? ;-) I don't know how whatsapp UI behaves when two groups have the same name, for instance.

[slr]

speaking about description — what's with name and avatar? as I remember group profile based on ordinary one, can we set these things?

also can we send status message like invitation one when peer leaves group?

I'll continue to work on it next week.

[slr]

@miguelfreitas @erqan guys?

[slr]

plus issue with rescandirectmsgs — is it should be separate button (in (G)DM's window(s) or network section or in both) for this or we should detect peer invitation in DM group and rescan DMs automatically?

[miguelfreitas]

Maybe we should try triggering rescandirectmsgs automatically when a given user joins the group. It shouldn't cause any harm (duplicated messages are detected and not delivered again) unless some bug exists.

[miguelfreitas]

any group member may change description, but we have to think on how to implement avatar. perhaps sending an encrypted message to the group with avatar encoded.

[slr]

ability to change group description

see miguelfreitas/twister-html#312

[slr]

new messages counters in direct messages modals for every peer and group

see https://github.com/miguelfreitas/twister-html/commit/50827a6691829e50b592819ab22168f751e5c23e