XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-11   
   From: this@ddress.is.invalid   
      
   Herbert Kleebauer  wrote:   
   > On 2/2/2026 12:55 PM, Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   > > On 2026-01-31 08:42, Herbert Kleebauer wrote:   
   >   
   > >> But what is the real problem with using "export chat" for archive   
   > >> purpose?   
   > >   
   > > No formatting.   
   > >   
   > > It is plain text, and only names attached photos, audios, videos, etc.   
   >   
   > But Whatsapp is chat not mail. If you talk to other people   
   > or make phone calls, do you always use a switched-on voice   
   > recorder so you later can replay the talk? An exported   
   > Whatsapp chat is mostly never used again, so the formatting   
   > doesn't matter as long as the all the information is there   
   > in case it is really needed at a later time.   
      
     I beg to differ. I/we regularly revisit (and even search in) old chats   
   in order to find/check information. Until now, we do that in/with   
   WhatsApp, so it's no problem, but when the chats get very big/old, one   
   might want to have a way to archive them 'offline', but with full   
   context and that context includes documents, media, links, etc..   
      
     For me/us, there really isn't a big difference between IM like   
   WhatsApp and e-mail. IM is faster with mostly shorter (but not   
   neccesarily short) messages, but often with documents, media, links,   
   etc.. E-mail is slower with mostly longer messages, but only with simple   
   attachments (if any), no video, ausio, etc.. All those are minor   
   differences, not essential ones, especially not for archiving and later   
   revisting.   
      
     So all in all, not being able to use WhatsApp itself for this   
   archiving/revisiting functionality is a disadvantage compared to e-mail   
   clients which *can* do these things for e-mail.   
      
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