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Author SHA1 Message Date
Eric Eastwood 08254cbb49
Add a way to jump forwards and backwards to more activity in the room (seamless navigation) (#114)
Fix https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-public-archive/issues/46
Follow-up to https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-public-archive/pull/71

Summary:

 - Changes the "Jump to next activity in room" to actually continue you to the next 100 messages ahead. Previously, it only jumped you to the single next event in the room which meant a lot of backwards overlap each time.
    - Jumping this direction will also start your scroll position at the top of the timeline to continue reading seamlessly `?continue=top`
 - Adds "Jump to previous activity in room" to the top of the timeline to continue reading the previous part of the conversation.

[1]: There is a caveat with seamless here which is also commented on in the code:

> XXX: This is flawed in the fact that when we go `/messages?dir=b` it could  backfill messages which will fill up the response before we perfectly connect and  continue from the position they were jumping from before. When `/messages?dir=f`  backfills, we won't have this problem anymore because any messages backfilled in  the forwards direction would be picked up the same going backwards.

(need forwards fill MSC)
2022-11-02 04:27:30 -05:00
Eric Eastwood be837515fe
Show surrounding messages for a full screen of content (#71)
1. Add surrounding messages to the given messages so we have a full screen of content to make it feel lively even in quiet rooms
    - As you scroll around the timeline across different days, the date changes in the URL, calendar, etc
 2. Add summary item to the bottom of the timeline that explains if we couldn't find any messages in the specific day requested 
    - Also allows you to the jump to the next activity in the room. Adds `/:roomId/jump?ts=xxx&dir=[f|b]` to facilitate this.
    - Part of https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-public-archive/issues/46
 3. Add developer options modal which is linked from the bottom of the right-panel
    - Adds an option so you can debug the `IntersectionObserver` and how it's selecting the active day from the top-edge of the scroll viewport.
    - In the future, this will also include a nice little visualization of the backend timing traces
2022-09-20 16:02:09 -05:00