Use images for rooms too, not only DMs.

[Salamandar]

Description

Fixes #107

Shows the room image if available. For now it's only icons and all the rooms have the same.

Type of change

• [x] New feature (non-breaking change which adds functionality)
• [ ] Breaking change (fix or feature that would cause existing functionality to not work as expected)
• [ ] This change requires a documentation update

Checklist:

• [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project
• [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code
• [x] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas
• [x] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation
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[Salamandar]

Here's what it looks like

[rad4day]

I also quite like the current look of the UI. Could we hide this behind a slider in appearance perhaps?

[ncfavier]

Would love to have this merged!

[belkka]

Today I came to github only to fill a feature request on topic... but found this PR. I believe group avatars should be visible (isn't it their purpose?); it's so common and familiar for ~my friends~ potential users migrating from other popular messengers.

Current UI reminds channels in slack/discord spaces though — is it an actual motivation? In that case I do agree it's a nice feature, but I feel that:

• it's only reasonable in spaces, not in global "home" list. Spaces do feel like slack/discord servers and UI with no room avatars could be fine for them because

  • spaces/servers already have icons
  • there are usually not much rooms within single space/server (easier to navigate) and they share common theme & community (lower risks of choosing wrong room)
  • having clean screen is also good (BTW, some discord servers use emoji in room names to compensate absence of icons)

  But "home" space feels more like a usual "chat-oriented" (rather than "space-oriented") messenger (Telegram, WhatsApp...) — a place where divergent uncategorized chats (communities) are shuffled together. This factor makes visual distinction more valuable. I'd say rooms outside of spaces are kind of "mini spaces" themself.

• despite what has been said above, even with this PR being merged, space admins will be able to imitate slack/discord's look and feel if they like to... simply by not setting any room avatars and therefore keeping default hashtag icons!

I don't really want my matrix client hiding room avatars from me. And I really like Cinny, wish I could suggest it to my friends as a feature-rich alternative to messaging apps that do not respect privacy.

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[Salamandar]

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