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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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As kawera said two comments above yours: Their servers do not store unencrypted messages so they need to come from the phone. ---- That's why some people criticise Telegram: Their messages have to be stored unencrypted for their setup to work.
Exactly. Telegram's "Secret Conversations" are encrypted end-to-end but then they aren't synced (or even supported on desktop).
No linux version. I was almost convinced that this was going to be another Electron app (after slack went that route)
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?
Unrelated to market share & OS updates, there's the technical question. There aren't many Win32 APIs which are present in Windows 8, but not Windows 7. Thus it's not that likely that Windows 7 wouldn't be supported by a Win32 app (which this is), unless they go out of their way to make it so.
[1] http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/lifecycle
[2] http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_os.asp
[3] https://www.netmarketshare.com/operating-system-market-share...
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:
Still pleased to use it, I don't like the Skype client for Linux.
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Microsoft doesn't support Windows 7 any more, why should WhatsApp?
You are misinformed. Microsoft even supports Vista, not to mention 7. [1] In addition, if XP support deadline extensions are anything to go by, then these Windows 7 end-of-support dates will get moved several times until they stick. Beyond that, Windows 7 remains by far the most popular Windows version, exceeding the combined market share of Windows 8, Windows 8.1 & Windows 10. [2][3] Unrelated to market share & OS u…
According to Wikipedia I'm not: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_7#Support_lifecycle
"Mainstream support for 7 ended on January 13, 2015."
I think it's reasonable that businesses don't support an OS version beyond the OS's provider's own "mainstream support".
> Thus it's not that likely that Windows 7 wouldn't be supported by a Win32 app (which this is), unless they go out of their way to make it so.
Possibly, but listing support on their website means they support it, and why should they do that if, again, Microsoft itself does not?
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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.
Not really. Extract the web.whatsapp tab into its own window and now you can command-tab to it. ---- Plus, on my OS at least, I can even search for the window by its title. That, combined with workspaces, is an organizer's godsend.
Do you mean alt+tab in Windows?
This is not an independent app. It is still tethered to the phone, and can't work without it :(
If both would allow similar technology they not only would be fighting over the same market, but would be easy target to anti-monopoly bodies.
Is this a rip off from ChitChat? https://github.com/stonesam92/ChitChat
White background with a list of users to the side. Isn't that a ripoff of well, half of messaging apps.