Messenger Clients Enhancements

Windows & universal messenger clients get usability related improvements in this release

  • Mute Behaviour Enhancement

    • New settings introduced in preferences for handling messages in muted conversation
    • If the setting is ON
      • Messages coming in the muted conversation will be silently added.
      • Unread counter will be incremented against the muted conversation.
      • No sound will be played and no notification banner will be shown still (this is same as when the setting is OFF)

  • Reply Directly From Notification

    • Now users can reply from the notifications banner without bringing the messenger in foreground.

  • Mark as Read Directly From Notification

    • Now mark conversations as read from notification banner without bringing the messenger app in foreground.

  • New Message Behaviour

    • While reading older messages if new message comes, it should scroll to the new message automatically
    • Instead it will now show the indicator at bottom to notify user to scroll to the latest message
  • Notifications Tab Enhancement

    • New chats sub-tab introduced in notifications
    • Chats tab to have all important messages received in private and team chats
    • This tab will also have messages sent by the user on which other users have reacted
    • When multiple users have reacted on your message, then it will have latest user name followed by the list of other users who have reacted on it

 

  • Active & Pinned Chats Improvement

    • Chat with the newest message will be listed on the top in both active and pinned list