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Scrolling may not work correctly on some Android devices. It freezes, slows down and can lead to the application closing

Tested on LineageOS 20 (Android 13)

Sometimes you need to have a look at all PDF's or video files to find specific file (ex. you don't remember name of the video).
Possible implementation: if search query starts with . (dot) we should search by file extension
Cons: It is difficult to find files with names starting with . (dot)

We already have a nice confirmation dialog, but we still use Telegram's showConfirm() which is less convenient and requires to maintain additional code. We should create a new "confirmation dialog" component and switch to it.

As a Privacy First organization we need to be sure that our users are fully aware of how our product works and how it protects their private data.

We need to test our main feature to be sure that everything works as expected on different devices and with all kinds of data
(files)

Debugging showed that the Telegram browser prohibits copying. Error: "You do not have permission to perform this action."

"Upload error" with all sorts of files (Ex.: PDF, JPEG, etc.) when uploading from GoogleDrive to Seal via Android.
Seal app behaves in a strange & random way: some files are uploaded successfully after 3-4 attempts.
Detected this bug during manual tests of Seal app.
Could NOT identify clear patterns & reasons of this bug after multiple attempts.

We need to somehow show a poster/thumbnail for mp4, mov, and other video files. First we need to extract poster/cover image locally before uploading the file to storage. Then we need to save extracted image on indexed DB or, maybe, on remote storage and show it as a poster on "Files" and "File details" screens.

We can scan audio file before uploading and try to get album cover. We should put obtained cover as a preview and place a "Play" button on top of it.

It will be convenient to import wallet for example on the second device just by scanning the QR code

Gif's makes the app laggy. We can improve UX by turning off "autoplay"

We need to provide an ability to share a wallet address using QR code or by copying to clipboard or by share menu on device

We need to have at least a simple about page in the app to provide basic information for our users

Having tried to share the file with friends using a QR code, it turned out that the code is not read by many devices when the dark theme is used in Telegram. In this case, the QR code becomes white and the background is gray, making it extremely difficult for scanners to recognize it.

The classic black on white option works great.

Possible solution: a white background for the image for a dark theme and a classic black color for the QR code itself.

Show a warning about the PERMANENT nature of the storage before the first upload (after the user selects a file to upload)

We need to have an ability to view details about selected file. Use Gdrive panel as a reference

This will not trigger file list reloading and will improve overall user UX and app performance.

It might be useful to see how much storage left (free or paid) before you starting to upload a file. It might look like this:

On some desktops user can not scroll the file list using mouse scroll. You can only do this using tiny scroll bar

Tested only on Debian Linux.

To help our project contributors do good work, we need to add a file with contribution guidelines.

Example: https://github.com/github/docs/blob/main/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md
Useful link: https://opensource.guide

We need to be sure that nervous users will not crash our server and damage the database by clicking buttons 1000 times per second.

Proposed implementation:
"queued" - yellow dot, "stored" - green dot.
Replace “CID:” text on file card

We don't need the ability to scale the "page" (application) in Telegram WebApp

We can update this information on action (e.g. upload file) or by request (tap on the info panel).

Positive: Fewer calls to the storage provider's API
Negative: Won't update in real time if you upload data from another device using the same account

We need to save state of the page for better app performance/UX .

Get rid of On-boarding screen with "New wallet" and "Import wallet" options. Just create a new wallet right away and show a message: “If you want to use your existing wallet use Import button on the Settings page.

Pros: -1 one step for user to start using the app
Cons: If you want to import wallet you will have 1 extra step

We need to have an alternative storage providers such as an IPFS.
Maybe we should consider a self-hosted solution as an option or even offer our own cloud storage.

We need a separate wallet backup page with these backup options:

• QR code (scan it using other device)
• Show mnemonic/private key ("paper" backup)
• Copy mnemonic/private key to clipboard
• Save to encrypted file (protect it with password)

Upload button does not allow to use "more" action on the last file in the list. We can fix this by replicating how Telegram's "New" button works

To give people instructions for reporting security vulnerabilities in our project, we should add a SECURITY.md file to repository root

We need to have a wallet balance somewhere. At least FIL balance should be shown.

We need to make settings screen in a traditional way for mobile apps. See attached refs.

This how it should work from the beginning

Import takes time on some devices. We need to make sure that the user feels good while waiting.

We need to adopt best practices for open-source development as early as possible. The good start is to create a templates for different types of issues:

• Bug
• Feature
• Enhancement
• For discussion
• QA

This will improve collaboration and will allow us to have standardized and clear issues.
We need to follow best practices of open-source community and can easily borrow this one from any project.

We need to encrypt local storage (wallet private key/mnemonic) for better security

In fact, it's already too late, but we can still catch up by start covering our app code base with tests right now.

A bug in the storage provider library prevents the progress bar from being implemented properly. We need to submit a Bug report for Lighthouse SDK.

We can show a full-width preview for image, video and audio files on file details screen. Limit preview block max height for 1:1 or smaller. Stop playing video/audio before navigating.

• Preview Image (jpg, png, gif, etc)
• Preview Video (mp4, mov, webp, + all other supported formats by webkit)
• Preview Audio (mp3, ogg, m4a, + all other supported formats by webkit)

For better UX, we need our application to be internationalized.

We found that problems with uploading files in the previous version of the application were due to the fact that browsers on mobile devices do not support uploading multiple files at a time. But it also became clear that everything works fine on the desktop version of Telegram. We need to determine the platform on which the application runs using the Bowser library and allow the upload of several files at a time if we are on a desktop. This will improve the user experience for some of our users.

We need to understand how many users are using the app. As a privacy first company we need to do it without revealing of ANY user data.

There is no reason to use Python on the server side, it's just legacy code that needs to be rewritten.