Spreed: Edit chat messages

[sunjam]

Related to #774, but a different feature request. I'd like the ability to edit my chat messages in Talk. This is a common practice when dealing with typos, etc. and an expectation of common users.

Thanks for reading, and thanks for all your great work!

[nickvergessen]

That should work only in a limited case, otherwise it get's out of control:

• No command was triggered
• No mention was sent
• No participant read the message already

[DudleyDursley]

Would it be possible to let the admin decide this? So that you can deactivate editing/deleting messages all together, maybe set a time limit or let the users do it whenever they want.

[tiotrom]

I second that! It would be very useful!

[pasouf]

Yes ! now about the limited cases mentionned by @nickvergessen , editing is a common feature in "enterprise grade" chats, because you have to use a proper language and that means editing, ultimately if you feel like implementing those limits is mandatory, then you should also allow us to untick those limits in the configuration.

[Nyco]

Most messengers that offer the "edit/correct message" feature:

• allow this whatever the admin decides
• allow this but only for the user's last sent message (not the ones sent nefore)
• some messangers allow receivers to see the sender's original and edited messages

[agentlibre]

I believe this is an underestimated issue, which has a bad impact on a wider adoption for NextCloud talk. ⏩⏩⏩🚀

For several members within my organization, the lack of an editing/deleting feature in a direct message app is simply a no-go; I can't convince them that we should adopt NextCloud Talk for this single reason (despite other advantages, such as the integration with NextCloud Deck); they prefer RocketChat or Mattermost, where messages can be edited/deleted (and I understand this myself to some extend). 😥

For the record, I've found this issue mentioned elsewhere as well: https://help.nextcloud.com/t/talk-edit-just-sent-message-share-local-files/72756 🤔

I hope something could be done in a near future, this would be so great for the NextCloud environment and communities! 🤩🥰

[nickvergessen]

I hope something could be done about this rather promptly

Not the best way to communicate 🙈

I get the point, but for Person A having a grid view in the call is the most important thing, for Person B being able to moderate a call is the most important thing and for you it's editing of messages.

Please note that until a month ago the orientation line was more the chat messengers out there like Whatsapp, Threema, Signal, … and now the comparison line just expended quickly with Teams, Slack, Jitsi, … because of corona.
Feel free to help out and get involved. Any help counts, not only coding. But until then the items we can work on are rather limited.

[agentlibre]

I hope something could be done about this rather promptly

Not the best way to communicate see_no_evil

Yes, sorry, I've noticed this once the message was published and was happy to have... an editing option! 😉

I get the point, but for Person A having a grid view in the call is the most important thing, for Person B being able to moderate a call is the most important thing and for you it's editing of messages.

Sure, sure, just wanted to share this testimony because, in my case, this single factor has been decisive for some common (and rather Nextcloud-friendly) users.

Please note that until a month ago the orientation line was more the chat messengers out there like Whatsapp, Threema, Signal, … and now the comparison line just expended quickly with Teams, Slack, Jitsi, … because of corona.

Feel free to help out and get involved. Any help counts, not only coding. But until then the items we can work on are rather limited.

I perfectly understand the situation. I have no tech skills but I'm actively advocating FOSS and, first and foremost NextCloud, which is the best "gateway drug" in my opinion (also thanks to the AGLPv3 choice in addition to the wonderful software it is). That's precisely why I'm raising this issue: I would like to be able to convince more people to come on board (and truth be told, it could scale up very fast from where I'm standing) but I need the arguably basic features to be in place to do so.

I don't want to be a party pooper though: I greatly appreciate the work that has been and is being done! 🙏

[jasondaigo]

I used rocketchat mattermost and matrix just now during corona times. I only use nextcloud on private installation. Not implementing edit or delete seem a bit stubborn to me. In a Sega / Blackberry way (huge fan though) 🙂

[nickvergessen]

Feel free to help out and get involved. Any help counts, not only coding. But until then the items we can work on are rather limited.