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It's search.
Even in Element, last time I checked, search was incredibly half-baked and mostly useless.
I know you don't want to use Signal, but it actually has searches that function.
Back when encrypted search was being developed for the Electron app, I think someone had it working in a standalone browser as well. Perhaps that was with the help of a browser add-on; I don't remember for sure. I suspect github.com/t3chguy would know, as he seems to be active in discussions of that feature. It might be worth asking him about it.
You cannot compare Signal to Element at all.
Like, at all.
Signal has no search for Groups, there are no public groups or channels. Signal has a monopole server that is supposed to be OpenSource but nobody can run their own one.
Strange reply.
Etc
Yes, search on Signal is fundamentally less complex than on Element because there are no Groups or Servers to search.
You are talking about searching in local messages I guess, which is unrelated and should work everywhere.
Telegram, Signal and Element are 3 different products. Signal is very restricted but encrypted. Telegram is way less restricted, the desktop client is somewhat standalone but has no encryption which is bad. Element is way more complex and allows encrypted and unencrypted.
More weird assertions.
Signal has groups.
And I asked, is "Telegram (the messaging app) is closer to Element (the Discord-like app) than Signal (the messaging app), because it has channels?"