Claude for Desktop
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Claude for Desktop
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#2can someone tell me what the difference is to the webclient? Seems like a webview to me. No local caching/store.
Re: Claude for Desktop
#3can someone tell me what the difference is to the webclient? Seems like a webview to me. No local caching/store.
Kids these days insist that they need the "app" of something, even when it's literally the exact same thing as the webpage.
Between this phenomenon and the refusal of many to close tabs in their browsers, I can't help but wonder if a huge percentage of the populace have never heard of or used Bookmarks on their web browsers before.
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#4can someone tell me what the difference is to the webclient? Seems like a webview to me. No local caching/store.
but this can start with Windows and sit in your system tray, sending you popup reminders!
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#6can someone tell me what the difference is to the webclient? Seems like a webview to me. No local caching/store.
Kids these days insist that they need the "app" of something, even when it's literally the exact same thing as the webpage. Between this phenomenon and the refusal of many to close tabs in their browsers, I can't help but wonder if a huge percentage of the populace have never heard of or used Bookmarks on their web browsers before.
I think it’s less about not knowing what a bookmark is and more about just having a more direct way to access it, where it’s more high-level than just in a tab. There’s just something mentally different about opening a program from your dock as opposed to from a tab, even if they’re both basically a website.
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#7can someone tell me what the difference is to the webclient? Seems like a webview to me. No local caching/store.
From what I can tell you're right, it's essentially a web front end made to compete with ChatGPT's desktop app.
The only real benefit is the hotkey (ctrl + alt + space) for starting a new prompt when the window is closed, but still running in the background.
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#8can someone tell me what the difference is to the webclient? Seems like a webview to me. No local caching/store.
Kids these days insist that they need the "app" of something, even when it's literally the exact same thing as the webpage. Between this phenomenon and the refusal of many to close tabs in their browsers, I can't help but wonder if a huge percentage of the populace have never heard of or used Bookmarks on their web browsers before.
Having a hotkey to access the app removes a lot of friction
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#9can someone tell me what the difference is to the webclient? Seems like a webview to me. No local caching/store.
From what I can tell you're right, it's essentially a web front end made to compete with ChatGPT's desktop app. The only real benefit is the hotkey (ctrl + alt + space) for starting a new prompt when the window is closed, but still running in the background.
chatgpt has that shortcut too.
option + space for mac, and alt + space for windows.
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#10An Electron app is anything but fast.