If users want to add an additional device to their profile, they have to click/tap “Add Second Device” on both devices. In my opinion, it would be better if the feature was called “Add Additional Device”.
Compared to many other messengers, a DC profile can be installed on an unlimited number of devices at the same time. I think this change could highlight this advantage more. Some users may think that the current wording means that only two devices can be used.
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off-topic and background first: the wording “Add Additional Device” was considered that time [1], however, knowing that that vast majority of user only use one device, “Add Second Device” was regarded to be better understandable. as being more explicit, i do not remember the exact reasoning.
i also do not know about reports of users that have problems with the wording [2]
then on-topic: using the wording as sort of “advertisement”, to make the unique feature more outstanding, however, indeed was not considered. but looking at translations, help, external references already using the wording, existing users need to relearn, post that would get outdated, and maybe the term is not better at the end, i am sceptical of a renaming at the current stage. maybe we can reconsider when the function gets another iteration or so.
lots of other wordings were considered as well, from my notes:
add another device
add additional device
add second device
set up second device
link device
link a device
use Delta Chat on other devices
use this account on other devices
… and probably more. ↩︎very, very few ppl have more than two devices, and these ppl are power users that probably get that “second” just means “more” here. in other words, the wording targets not the power users, but the majority of users having one or two devices ↩︎
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