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Introducing Threads in Beta!

April 21, 2022
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Trying to keep track of several conversations in one timeline at once
can often feel (and look) like long division! Cross-talk, replies,
and reactions make your timeline feel disjointed and messy. It's less
than ideal, especially if you use Element to enhance your
productivity.

Threads help you separate conversations from the main timeline.
Starting a new Thread opens the thread view where you can continue
your conversations without interruption from other messages or topics
pinging through in the timeline.

This new feature is in Beta and is available on all platforms. We'd
love for you to turn it on and check it out!

Please note; While this feature is available on all platforms, your
homeserver may not yet support threads. If this is the case you might
not see the Threads Beta in Labs, if you do, you'll see a warning.

How to use Threads

To start a new thread, hover over or tap the message that you would
like to discuss further and select "Reply in thread".

[Desktop---]Reply in a Thread on Desktop[Mobile---R]Reply in a Thread
on Mobile

Once selected, the thread panel will open where you can type your
message and press send!

To return to this thread later you can select the thread summary from
the timeline, or select it from the thread list - accessed by hitting
the thread icon in the top-right.

It really is that simple! :)

[Desktop---]See conversations in Threads on Desktop[Mobile---T]See
conversations in Threads on Mobile

What is Beta?

When we release a feature in Beta it means that we're ready to share
it with our audience and gather feedback. If you agree to enter into
the Beta, you're helping us to find bugs or make improvements before
we launch the feature fully, to all users.

For Threads, we're still working on improving the stability and
performance, and we want to improve notifications and badges for
greater clarity to your messages.

What's next for Threads?

There's a couple of things remaining before Threads can exit beta:

  * In our Beta experience of Threads your notifications and badge
    counts may not be totally accurate. While we can assure you that
    you won't miss any messages, we can't guarantee that the number
    of unreads is true.
  * Furthermore, notification badges and counts won't sync across
    platforms. If you're using both Web and Mobile for example you'll
    see notification counts for threaded messages in both places.
  * Some homeservers don't yet support Threads functionality; we will
    continue to work on improving our messaging and support for those
    impacted.

So that's it! You can find the Beta in Settings > Labs. Turn it on,
give it a go, and let us know what you think! We hope you enjoy it as
much as we do <3

For more info on the Threads Beta, check out our FAQ page here.

[dk-profile]Danielle Kirkwood

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