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alex-e

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    Comment #19746780

    Do you think it's possible to build an immediate UI wrapper on top of Win32 and Cocoa?

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    Comment #15373826

    I'm trying to solve this right now with eul[0]. It's not an easy task. [0]: https://eul.im

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    Comment #15364497

    > Too bad most email clients have removed plain text rendering these days. I also haven't found a good mobile plain text email client yet. eul [1] only has plain text rendering. It…

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    Comment #15090931

    You are right to be cautious. Like the home page says, the binaries are not signed yet, that's why Windows is complaining. Documents are being verified right now, getting a code si…

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    Comment #15081269

    There's a new native desktop app for Slack, Skype, WhatsApp, etc: https://eul.im/slack It's only 4 MB and can handle tens of thousands of messages in one chat without lag.

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    Comment #15053292

    The more services the better. But not right now.

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    Comment #15051344

    Hi, eul is a very lightweight and fast native desktop client for Skype, Slack, Gmail, HipChat, VK, Facebook, Jabber, Telegram, and Signal. Right now only the first four are support…

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    Comment #14980012

    I am :) Right now I'm working on setting up the company.

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    Comment #14979567

    Speaking of the bloated slack client, there's a new native desktop app for Slack, Skype, and many others: https://eul.im It's only 4 MB and uses ~100 MB RAM.

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    Comment #14799295

    In about 6 hours.

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    Comment #14783381

    You are right. On the other hand it would be nice to have all protocols supported in one app, so one day IRC support will definitely be there.

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    Comment #14783365

    Yeah, I know about this. The fix will be live soon. It's not a virus, nothing is being sent anywhere. It's just poor implementation from my part.

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    Comment #14783358

    You are right. You can't even copy text right now. These little UI things will gradually be implemented very soon. Are you a member of multiple Slack orgs?

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    Comment #14782433

    Yes, this will be fixed asap. I was testing the Linux build in a VM that doesn't support hidpi, sorry about that.

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    Comment #14782427

    WhatsApp is very tricky, but not impossible.

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    Comment #14782420

    How much would you personally be willing to pay?

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    Comment #14782304

    It doesn't run on El Capitan? What kind of an error do you get? Can you send more details to support@eul.im? Thanks

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    Comment #14782085

    Thanks for pointing that out, I need to update whois data. I'm using an 8 year old throwaway name registrar account, because my primary registrar doesn't support .im domains. I sho…