I’m documenting Delta Chat for our users (they are not ready to use regular documentation …
I’m stumbling over the fact that the settings are very differently organized on at least the Android app and the (Linux) desktop client.
Is there a reason for this? I would strongly prefer to have the settings organized and named in the same way on all platforms.
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the wording should be mostly the same as all system use the same translation files, however i totally agree, the sorting can be improved a lot, esp. for important settings as “Send copy to self” (EDIT: related: Rename "Send copy to self" setting)
I think it is about consistency not about changing sort order, I also had troubles with some friend in desktop, while trying to point to some setting that in android was in advanced settings
I would be fine with copying the ui/ux of android for the desktop. So having the categories as the first screen, then selecting Chat/Media, Advanced…
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