Ethercalc / Etherpad square thumbnails do now show up on activity feed

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[brecke]

Ok, so here's the deal. This is no bug, but it is something we could enhance in the future. Here's what happens:

• User A created doc, and an activity is created
• That activity does not (and will never) have a preview. The doc doesn't have any content yet, so a generic icon is used, not a preview.
• User A edits the doc, and exits. Another activity is created, which will have a proper preview.
• Now we have two activities, a CREATED event (previewless) and an EDITED event (with a preview). Only the second is actually useful at this stage.

So we have two options the way I see it. We either:

• Use a blank preview because at the time of creation it has no content
• Erase the CREATED event as soon as an EDITED event is published

The problem with the former is that that preview will never be updated, so that is going to stay white forever. And that is misleading.

The problem with the latter is that it's too much work and probably too heavy for the benefit if has.

All in all, I am closing this bug and creating a superseding enhancement issue: #2122