Introducing WhatsApp's Desktop App

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Post by andersonmat » Tue, May 10, 2016, 10:28 PM UTC

Introducing WhatsApp's Desktop App
blog.whatsapp.com

Re: Introducing WhatsApp's Desktop App

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Post by jeffjose » Tue, May 10, 2016, 11:29 PM UTC

No linux version. I was almost convinced that this was going to be another Electron app (after slack went that route)

Re: Introducing WhatsApp's Desktop App

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Post by Tiktaalik » Tue, May 10, 2016, 11:35 PM UTC

Nice. Maybe with this I can convince my friends to move over to WhatsApp from Google Hangouts. The lack of desktop app support for Hangouts has been driving me nuts.

Re: Introducing WhatsApp's Desktop App

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Post by kawera » Tue, May 10, 2016, 11:37 PM UTC

jeffjose wrote: post #2

No linux version. I was almost convinced that this was going to be another Electron app (after slack went that route)

It is an Electron app from what I can see on OSX (Electron/React Native/Mantle/Squirrel). No voice calls though.

Re: Introducing WhatsApp's Desktop App

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Post by shoggs » Tue, May 10, 2016, 11:41 PM UTC

This just seems to be exactly like the Whatsapp Web running in the browser. I don't understand what benefit comes from the native client.

Re: Introducing WhatsApp's Desktop App

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Post by alexandrerond » Tue, May 10, 2016, 11:42 PM UTC

jeffjose wrote: post #2

No linux version. I was almost convinced that this was going to be another Electron app (after slack went that route)

Telegram forever ahead...

Re: Introducing WhatsApp's Desktop App

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Post by blackoil » Tue, May 10, 2016, 11:42 PM UTC

This is not an independent app. It is still tethered to the phone, and can't work without it :(

Re: Introducing WhatsApp's Desktop App

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Post by Tiktaalik » Tue, May 10, 2016, 11:43 PM UTC

shoggs wrote: post #5

This just seems to be exactly like the Whatsapp Web running in the browser. I don't understand what benefit comes from the native client.

With a desktop app you can easily and quickly command-tab to it if you want to use it. In contrast with a web app it's often awkward and time consuming to find the window/tab of the web app you're running amongst your other browser windows/tabs.

Re: Introducing WhatsApp's Desktop App

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Post by jackmodern » Tue, May 10, 2016, 11:44 PM UTC

Tiktaalik wrote: post #8

shoggs wrote: post #5

This just seems to be exactly like the Whatsapp Web running in the browser. I don't understand what benefit comes from the native client.

With a desktop app you can easily and quickly command-tab to it if you want to use it. In contrast with a web app it's often awkward and time consuming to find the window/tab of the web app you're running amongst your other browser windows/tabs.

Try fluidapp, solves that problem very quickly.

Re: Introducing WhatsApp's Desktop App

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Post by syn_33 » Tue, May 10, 2016, 11:44 PM UTC

Still tethered to a phone... i'll just keep using this https://github.com/Aluxian/WhatsApp-Desktop