platform feature overview

[r10s]

this table does not honor all the great work already done! if we'd add all this as "3x ✅", the table would be mostly green :) (⚡=new)

feature	android	ios	desktop
all media view	✅ (pr)	✅ (pr)	✅
clear chat	✅	✅ (pr)	✅
screen reader support	✅	✅	❌
rtl-language support	✅	✅	❌ (issue)
other accounts unread badge	✅ (pr)	✅ (pr)	✅ (pr)
create quotes	✅	✅ (pr)	✅ (pr)
display quotes	✅	✅	✅ (pr)
jump to quote	✅	✅	✅ (pr)
search globally	✅	✅	✅
search in chat	✅	✅ (pr)	✅ (pr)
search in help	✅	✅ (pr)	❌
search in html-messages	✅	✅ (pr)	❌
create chat on forwarding	✅	✅	❌
create contact on group create	✅	✅	✅ (issue)
jump to global search result	✅	✅ (pr)	✅ (pr)
open chat at "last seen"	✅ (pr)	✅ (pr)	✅
delete message from gallery	✅	✅ (pr)	✅
prev/next image in gallery	✅	✅	✅
"show in chat" from gallery	✅ (pr)	✅ (pr)	✅
open profile from memberlist	✅	✅	✅
staging area	✅	✅ (pr)	✅ (pr)
message multi-select	✅	✅ (pr)	❌
chat multi-select	✅	✅ (pr)	❌
mark all/multiple chats as read	✅ (pr)	✅ (pr)	✅ ⚡ (issue)
attach multiple images/videos	✅ ⚡ (pr)	❌ (issue)	✅ ⚡ (pr)
attach multiple files	❌	❌ (issue)	✅ ⚡ (pr)
background notifications	✅	✅ (pr)	✅
select wallpaper image	✅	✅ (pr)	✅
multi-account	✅	✅ (pr)	✅
take photo for self-avatar	✅	✅	(maybe not applicable)
take photo for group-image	✅ (pr)	✅	(maybe not applicable)
share to delta	✅	✅	(maybe not applicable)
share from delta	✅ (pr)	✅	(maybe not applicable)
edit images before sending	✅	✅ (pr)	❌
send voice messages	✅	✅	❌
mailing lists, impersonation	✅ (pr)	✅ (pr)	✅ (pr)
show html-mails	✅ (pr)	✅ (pr)	✅ (pr)
show status	✅ (pr)	✅ (pr)	✅ (pr)
show stickers	✅ (pr)	✅ (pr)	✅
copy link from message	✅	✅ ⚡ (pr)	✅
display verified by	✅ (pr)	✅	✅
.xdc app picker	✅ ⚡ (pr)	❌ (issue)	❌
prepare .xdc as draft	✅	✅	❌ (issue)
clone group	✅	✅	✅ ⚡ (issue)

this table is not meant as a roadmap, there are items that require lots of work and are postponed for good reasons. also, this is no wishlist, so, unless planned for the near future, "3x missing" does not make sense as well.

also, this list is not complete, eg. not all features are regarded to be synced on all platforms and experimental things are mostly missing

[Simon-Laux]

"take photo for self-avatar" and "take photo for group-image" could be done on desktop when a webcam is available.
I saw that suggestion recently somewhere. It's probably a 1-2days effort to implement, but I currently think it isn't worth the maintenance effort.

[adbenitez]

sticker support could be added to the list, android and desktop have some support for them already

[x011]

Voice messages for Desktop would be nice and it's long due.

[Raiden-GH]

The item "attach multiple images/videos" is outdated. In DC-Desktop it is now possible to send multiple images/videos. However, the videos are sent as a file.
Perhaps the items "markdown", "chat audit log" and "attach multiple files" could be added. DC-Desktop is currently the only version that has these features.

[r10s]

i updated the table wrt "attach multiple images/videos" and added "attach multiple files" (which is possible on android as well), thanks for the hint.

markdown and chat-audit-log are experimental features that did not make it into list of things we officially support and care for (yet :) - i added a hint above. the list is mainly used internally to keep track of things, therefore, conditions are a bit underspecified

nb: ArcaneChat supports markdown as well

[Simon-Laux]

delete message from gallery

this is available in desktop, unless there is some bug with it.

[r10s]

this is available in desktop, unless there is some bug with it.

thanks for the pointer, i updated the list.

but there is indeed a bug, i filed an issue: deltachat/deltachat-desktop#4452

[WofWca]

edit images before sending

What is this about?

[WofWca]

create contact on group create

It is possilbe: deltachat/deltachat-desktop#3594, but perhaps the UX is not ideal

[r10s]

It is possilbe: deltachat/deltachat-desktop#3594, but perhaps the UX is not ideal

thanks, i updated the table. anyways, that part became a little less important by chatmail, where you anyways cannot "just" add an email

[Raiden-GH]

Maybe the item "forward to multiple contacts" would also make sense in the list. So far, this is only possible in DC-Android.

added "attach multiple files" (which is possible on android as well)

That's right. I meant selecting and sending files directly in the app, as is already possible with images.

[r10s]

you're right, attaching multiple files in android is not possible from within the app - i somehow thought that's implemented, but it is for images only. i corrected the table