The Desktop client main window is still very confusing. Why not be accurate and user friendly by CLEARLY stating what is happening?
Write “Uploaded” and “Downloaded”, Write “Name changed on server” or “Name changed locally” instead of cryptic info that could be interpreted in ANY way!
Normally, if you go on the settings you see when things are up and downloaded. On the main window you just see the activity stream for your account. In the account settings you can check what you are notified about.
You could ask to add the current client activity to this view. Feature requests for the desktop client are handled here: Issues · nextcloud/desktop · GitHub