Alias to user

[tobiasKaminsky]

• Android @tobiasKaminsky @mahibi
• Desktop @nextcloud/desktop
• iOS @Ivansss
• Server @nextcloud/server-triage @nickvergessen

iOS already has the possibility to set a more descriptive name to the account.
If we do this on all clients, it should be also on server, and part of the profile page, or?

[blizzz]

--verbose

What is it an alias for?

[nickvergessen]

It was added to the iOS files app recently and now other clients are being asked by the community to implement it. So this issue is to coordinate the feature: (sorry for german screenshots)

[blizzz]

So, this is just another user-defined name for the account? i.e. "Private" instead of "Nextcloud"?

[rullzer]

I don't think this is anything server related. Giving your accounts there an alias seems only confusing to me

[blizzz]

I don't think this is anything server related. Giving your accounts there an alias seems only confusing to me

Well, it would be a short cut to name it once and all aware clients would use it automatically once authenticated. But whether this is really worth the effort… This would even imply you want the same alias everywhere. Otherwise you need options to override… Let's just the let clients the clients offer to set an alias.

[elsiehupp]

If the Alias is Apple-specific, it would make sense to sync the setting via iCloud. At the moment, that would only cover iOS and iPadOS, but it could be expanded to macOS if Nextcloud Desktop were ever to ship via the Mac App Store (which would confer other advantages and tradeoffs). That said, the macOS Finder is still quite different form the iOS and iPadOS Files app, so it might be of dubious utility.

[tobiasKaminsky]

@marinofaggiana can you share your idea behind this feature?