element-hq / element-hq/element-web

Improve clarity in 'Export room keys'

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#20,164 2 comments 0 reactions 1 assignee Claimed by @amshakal View on GitHub
A-E2EE A-E2EE-Key-Backup O-Uncommon S-Minor T-Enhancement X-Needs-Design
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Description

### Your use case

![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/4626865/145856062-12246bc0-ec77-4c19-ac92-c698e728e6bb.png)

This screen is confusing users:

- Non legible, people aren't reading walls of text
- Scanning the labels misleads into inputting your old passphrase, when it's asking for a new one
- Easy to confuse with your account password, which, ironically would work on input

### Have you considered any alternatives?

_No response_

### Additional context

Thanks for raising @arthursinclair! Brief internal discussion:

https://matrix.to/#/!ZCWYLfAKXolsPWObuZ:matrix.org/$eRS0ag8vUqCV3uMpD9NZmW-WlWj3JJt_oAF2hjHb-SE?via=matrix.org&via=element.io&via=vector.modular.im

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