Feature Request: Only one notification for multiple messages received at once + Timestamps

[shaaati]

After being offline (flight mode / no internet connection) my device rings/vibrates multiple times, depending on how many messages have been sent by others in the meantime.
Being in a quite active group my device vibrated for about 30 seconds this morning.

I can see the point of being notified that not only one but multiple messages have been received but this should be reworked to a less annoying way (e.g., ring twice for multiple messages).

Additionally, all messages that get then received are displayed with their receiving time.
I would prefer having them displayed with the sending time, which can also be seen by looking in the message details.
Maybe a menu entry to switch between both options would be a good idea because I can imagine people who like it the way it is handled now.

[generalmanager]

I personally like the current implementation, because I know exactly how many messages I get, which is often an indication how urgently somebody wants to talk to me. However that would probably change if I had several large groups with a lot of activity.
How about a maximum of 2 notifications per user or group. That should keep the ringing short and it's still distinguishable - for example I get 2 rings in 1 burst, 1 ring, 2 rings in one burst.
This way I know I got multiple messages from 2 people or groups and a single message from somebody else. And if I use the new custom notification feature from #366 I even know who wrote me one or multiple messages.

And because of #366 we also can't limit the total number of rings - only the number of rings per user/group. Otherwise it would be impossible in the above example which ringtones to play if the users/groups have individual ones but we could only play 2 ringtones for all messages.

The second part is a duplicate of #597

[fd0]

I second this feature request. At the moment, I seem to always receive messages in bulk batches of 2-6, and having multiple notification sounds at once is very annoying.

[shaaati]

I understand @Lindworm's explanation regarding #366 and would in that case like to see his proposal.
One problem left: How should the ringing behave in case people with different notification sounds also message me in group conversations?

[generalmanager]

@shaaati
In #354 there was also a request for group notifications. So if you didn't set a group notification, it would use the default sound. Otherwise you wouldn't know if the person texted you directly or the group. And you could also not limit it to two rings when more than two people replied to the group.

[jeremymasters]

I would rather see one ring for a message, two rings for more than one message.

[mawed]

I just wanted to create a feature request for some similiar situation.
For when in a group some other people are writing really intense, then the amount of vibrations is really disturbing. So a limit of notifications in an amount of time would be nice.

For example, 3 vibrations in 5 minutes.
So if 4+ messages come in in 5 minutes (and I leave my phone wihout reading the signal messages), there should only be 3 vibrations.
After the 5 minutes (or if I read the messages) the counter restarts.

Maybe this is to special, maybe not.

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Closing first part in favor of #3165.
Second part duplicate #597.