Adding Extra Parameters to Matrix.to links

[daniellekirkwood]

Your use case

As part of the the Threads project, we're discussing having extra parameters in the Matrix.to link so that client will know (and open) a Thread Panel, Thread List, or Timeline view (and then have the context for which they were sent a link).

This would be an improvement for Threads but needs discussion at a much higher level...

Have you considered any alternatives?

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Additional context

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[daniellekirkwood]

@janogarcia feel free to add extra info to this issue!
@gsouquet I think we discussed in standup today that you would raise this for discussion in the appropriate room.

[germain-gg]

This has been discussed in a public matrix room, https://matrix.to/#/!ekJXCOhsmAWQUMhDgn:riot.ovh/$1639752472393594TxiJX:matrix.org

It looks like people would be open to it and the path forward would be to open an MSC to extend matrix-org/matrix-spec-proposals#2312 which defines the Matrix URI scheme

[daniellekirkwood]

Internal document for future reference: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EKoRWfVxTTkDgAZxzTPh2x_BrCASIm43cwJWbixSL24/edit

We put the decision on pause and deprioritised this. I'll move it to Discussions for future reference.