KISS Settings.

[moshpirit]

I've just installed Riot and Settings are very frightening! So long and full of complex stuff. Which is something we must avoid for regular users, since they are not that into software and want things as simple and clear as possible. I propose to follow a different schema:

Right now:

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User settings

Profile picture
Display name
Change password
Email
...

Local contacts
Phonebook country

User interface
{Lots of buttons}

Home display
{...}

Flair
{There's literally nothing here}

Background notification
{...}

Labs
{...}

#Ignored users
{...}

Cryptography
{...}

Devices
{...}

Advanced
{...}

Analytics
{...}

Other
{...}

Deactivate account
Deactivate account

The way I propose:

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User settings (including account deactivation and "phonebook country" and maybe "Advanced" (maybe renamed "Info about your connection"))

User interface

Home display

Background notification

Advanced settings (and inside there's these menus, but I agree if you want to show them like they're right now (as far as they're inside "Advanced settings"))

• Labs
• Cryptography
• Devices
• Analytics

Other

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It works by clicking the name of the setting menu to access to all the configuration. So, to change any User Interface configuration I would need to open the menu, and click on User Interface so I can see all these settings (the bunch of buttons I named above). Some good examples of how this works are AndStatus and Slide for Reddit.

This way, the user has more time to discover the menu without being so impressed about all of these configurations s/he doesn't know about. Fediverse is already frightening, so I think keeping things simple and clean would help a lot. And it's aesthetically way better IMO.

Also, including a searcher in the upper bar would be a nice feature as well.

[bmarty]

hi @moshpirit
Thanks for the proposal
I agree on the fact that settings are too long and two complex for regular users
The issue is open now, we will see what we can do to implement it.
Settings has to be improved also on iOS and on the web client, it needs a global rework then
Benoît

[moshpirit]

Also I would remove "Messages" from the drawer panel. It does nothing AFAIK

[bmarty]

I add Ignored users section in the description

[BoomMoolShot]

Tabs and swiping between them would also be pretty goos after opening one of the settings menus.

[Luraktinus]

the section method is not very great, please make something like a setting menu (see telegram for example)

[bmarty]

Apparently I have to add the parity-with-web label now :)