nextcloud / nextcloud/spreed

Manually join a room after having a peek

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enhancement feature: api 🛠️
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Description

As a user I'd like to have a look at an existing conversation before joining.
As a user I'd like to be in control that whenever I open a link, I can decide when the room is entered and people are notified.

Currently when opening a conversation link, the current user is joining directly.
This ticket is about adding a step in-between, maybe a button "Join conversation" and maybe a command "//join" to actively join the conversation that is currently being viewed.
Posting a message would also automatically join the conversation.

This could have some privacy implications as it would allow people to view a room without getting noticed. Maybe this could be limited to public rooms or made optional ?

Pre-requisite for fixing https://github.com/nextcloud/spreed/issues/4717.
Might also help with dealing with password changes.

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Research direction

Start by tracing the current conversation-link flow that joins the user immediately, then review prerequisite issue 4717. Done means a user can view a conversation before joining, explicitly join through the agreed interaction, and have message posting join automatically, with the privacy scope decided.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
javascript
Domain
frontend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
38/100

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