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Edit: I downloaded and successfully launched this on Windows 7. It seems like a standard Electron app. Now I wonder if the Windows 8 requirement is purely for tech support reasons, or if there's some specific feature that would fail on Windows 7.
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.
This is not an independent app. It is still tethered to the phone, and can't work without it :(
This is not an independent app. It is still tethered to the phone, and can't work without it :(
Their servers do not store unencrypted messages so they need to come from the phone.
edit: on the plus side, looks like it's just their web app repackaged using Electron. Still not sure what all these helpers are for though
No linux version. I was almost convinced that this was going to be another Electron app (after slack went that route)
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.
Still tethered to a phone... i'll just keep using this https://github.com/Aluxian/WhatsApp-Desktop
Windows 8 minimum? Is this an UWP app or what's the reasoning here? Edit: I downloaded and successfully launched this on Windows 7. It seems like a standard Electron app. Now I wonder if the Windows 8 requirement is purely for tech support reasons, or if there's some specific feature that would fail on Windows 7.