Remove resolution selection when sending image

[manuroe]

Do we still need this v when sending an image?

Element-Android doest not have it.
Plus, the implementation is currently buggy on iOS.

[ShadowJonathan]

Wait, is this Element iOS specific? for the longest time i just thought this was an iOS thing other apps opted out of.

If so, yes, but maybe pop it up when images start getting larger than 5 MB.

[ara4n]

I'd like to keep this - I use it constantly to decide how much bandwidth to burn on a given image.

[ShadowJonathan]

Even though it would be kept, it would make a platform discrepancy between mobile clients (like manu said), maybe make it opt-in configurable?

[pixlwave]

Might it make sense to move the selection inline with the image preview? Similar to how Android has an option there for whether or not to compress a video (element-hq/element-android#3264).

[niquewoodhouse]

Might it make sense to move the selection inline with the image preview? Similar to how Android has an option there for whether or not to compress a video (vector-im/element-android#3264).

Compressing things to some degree sounds really reasonable to me. The only issue might be that, as we support iPad, we might need to be aware of how things look on a 12.9" phone. From the link, I can't work out what defines when something is too big to be uploaded?

I'd like to keep this - I use it constantly to decide how much bandwidth to burn on a given image.

It sounds like in this insight, the user is deciding themselves, so it feels like the system decided when something is too big is maybe not appropriate? When I try to send an email with an attachment on iOS sometimes I get something like the below image, but not sure who is deciding what's too large.

maybe make it opt-in configurable?

To me, that sounds reasonable. There could be a data-friendly mode or something that could include a few things:

• Ask you to confirm the upload file size
• Don't auto play stuff
• etc

[niquewoodhouse]

After a brief design exploration of the issue we came to some solutions:

• Add a setting in a new section (Media) that is off by default

This follows @ShadowJonathan's suggestion that people can opt-into this if they want the resolution selection to persist.

• Alter the confirm screen to include file size option

Would give people (harder) access to the option if they needed it, but make the flow easier for most users who don't want to edit size.

We did consider some other ideas, but they expanding the work more than we probably require at this stage.

[niquewoodhouse]

Just thinking slightly longer-term for this, it might be that we have a low-quality mode that just auto-sends at small file sizes:

Or we have more detailed settings section that includes a low-quality mode option + an always confirm option for people who insist on picking the size themselves.

[pixlwave]

Just thinking slightly longer-term for this, it might be that we have a low-quality mode that just auto-sends at small file sizes:

Or we have more detailed settings section that includes a low-quality mode option + an always confirm option for people who insist on picking the size themselves.

Ok yep interesting ideas. Both sound potentially good options to me 👍