Supported Linux devices - clarification or extending support

[Half-and-Xat]

There was a suggestion I want to follow. Element has a list of supported environments. I think it becomes more and more unclear which Linux devices are supported and which not.

I quote the lists important parts:

• Last 2 major versions of Chrome, Firefox, and Edge on desktop OSes
• Latest release of official Element Desktop app on desktop OSes
• Desktop OSes means macOS, Windows, and Linux versions for desktop devices that are actively supported by the OS vendor and receive security updates

In the case of Firefox ESR this is extended further to allow it land in Debian Stable.

The question that was raising: what is a desktop device? One answer was (link from above):

[...] but we consider desktop devices to mean those you operate with a physical keyboard and mouse, or accessible technologies approximating those input methods, with a full sized screen. Touchscreens are not inherently supported but work to some degree. Pocketable devices are considered Mobile and not supported at this time, though we will never go out of our way to prevent them from working.

This all makes more questions than answers. The list itself never mentioned touch is suppported or not supported. And what is "Pocketable" for a category? If I plugin mouse, keyboard and external screen, I have a modern supported Debian Stable desktop environment with the same device that is considered "pocketable, not supported". Linux nowadays is everything, from phone laptop (with lapdock) to desktop to server - all in one device. And this year we will get a game console and a VR headset that also runs desktop Linux and tablets also exist.

To solve this terminology conflict I suggest to make one of the following two changes:

1. Make clear what exactly is considered to be supported or not supported. In this case the easiest would be to tell what kind of input method and screen resolution is supported or not supported. As example:
   -- Unsupported: Touchscreen input
   -- Supported: Screen size above x resolution
   This way it is clear that a laptop with touchscreen or desktop graphic tablet is not supported or a phone screen is not big enough to display Element desktop. Or if it has the resolution than people can argue "it is in the range of supported resolutions".
2. Instead of trying to make clear what kind of Linux device is supported or not, just support all devices that run Linux desktop OSes (360px minimum screen width and it works everywhere). Element desktop is already 90-95% convergent. That means there is not much change required to fully support touch input and little phone screens.
   In fact, I am using Element desktop for over two years on my pocketcomputer / linuxphone (480px width). There are just little issues as the currently not collapsible sidebar (room list), which "soon" will be hide-able again; little bit wasted space by hard coded spacers (not much an issue, but could be improved) and a few sliders that are not touch-sensitive (while others are). The settings menu is not really adaptive, but has 2D scrolling and so it is already fully accessible. Screensharing is not working yet, but this is probably an OS portal issue and could work on other devices.
   The benefit would be, that Element would just work on any Linux device with just a little extra effort. Low hanging fruits. There will be more and more devices that could benefit from it in the next couple of years.

Personally I would prefer the second solution, because I think Element desktop is capable to get fully convergent with little work. But to be more clear what screen resolution and input method is supported could help forming and discussing issues without the over and over again discussed conflict about supported Linux devices.