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iOS client version 3 misses cool features from version 2

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Description

Nextcloud iOS 3.0.0.76 is another impressive step with lots of cool features. Great Work!

What I am not getting into is the new media view. In my opinion there were many super cool features removed:

  • Select folder for media view not possible any more - the new media view now shows all files in my nextcloud that make the media view too crowded with unimportant things (e.g. screenshots just for documentation purposes). See also #1316
  • Scrolling dot not available any more - takes long to scroll through many images.
  • +/- can only show max. 4 pictures in a row. Thats even less than apple pictures and far less than 9 from previous version.
  • Sorting seems not to be straight forward. Pictures are sorted by date of modification of the file and not the date they were taken. To find now media when you only know the creation date but not when it has been modified is not possible.
  • Round corners make the shown part of the image smaller. Ok, this is not critical but I would chose useability over design visuals.

I am not understanding the use case that was assumed while designing the media view. For my use case the above list is kind of critical. I guess the things were removed for a good reason but I would highly appreciate more opinions and discussion on this.

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Research direction

Start by reviewing the new iOS media view and the related issue #1316. Compare the requested folder selection, scrolling indicator, grid size, date sorting, and image-corner behavior with the previous version. Done requires a decided, scoped direction for which changes should be restored or revised.

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Assessment

Tech stack
swift
Domain
mobile
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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