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No linux version. I was almost convinced that this was going to be another Electron app (after slack went that route)
I recommend Franz ( http://meetfranz.com/ ). Does Whatsapp, works on Linux, mac, pc. Supports Slack, WeChat, HipChat, Facebook Messenger, Telegram, Google Hangouts, GroupMe and Skype.
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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.
Chrome has that sorted already on android, where you can run up a site with a home screen link, different icon and separate listing in the task list. Given the work they've recently put in on full screen mode on desktop it looks like they're maybe a couple of versions away from having something similar on 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.
Microsoft doesn't support Windows 7 any more, why should WhatsApp?
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.
Also, Hangouts would not need phone tethering
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Their servers do not store unencrypted messages so they need to come from the phone.
I guess they could do an "untethered" desktop version but they don't really want to. Solve syncing of history etc but it's doable. But they just love living in your pocket. It's all about owning you, and that's easier if they stay with you all the time.
No linux version. I was almost convinced that this was going to be another Electron app (after slack went that route)
I recommend Franz ( http://meetfranz.com/ ). Does Whatsapp, works on Linux, mac, pc. Supports Slack, WeChat, HipChat, Facebook Messenger, Telegram, Google Hangouts, GroupMe and Skype.
No linux version. I was almost convinced that this was going to be another Electron app (after slack went that route)
I recommend Franz ( http://meetfranz.com/ ). Does Whatsapp, works on Linux, mac, pc. Supports Slack, WeChat, HipChat, Facebook Messenger, Telegram, Google Hangouts, GroupMe and Skype.
Edit: Tried it out. It's visually pretty but it wouldn't even let me add my Slack account (we use SSO, maybe they haven't updated for that). And then when I clicked the Send Email to Franz, the email was prepopulated with some social "download franz!" message.
Is anyone qualified to comment on what this will do with my OS X address book and similar data should I open it? 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)
I recommend Franz ( http://meetfranz.com/ ). Does Whatsapp, works on Linux, mac, pc. Supports Slack, WeChat, HipChat, Facebook Messenger, Telegram, Google Hangouts, GroupMe and Skype.
No linux version. I was almost convinced that this was going to be another Electron app (after slack went that route)
I recommend Franz ( http://meetfranz.com/ ). Does Whatsapp, works on Linux, mac, pc. Supports Slack, WeChat, HipChat, Facebook Messenger, Telegram, Google Hangouts, GroupMe and Skype.