Current

The missing Facebook app for Mac

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The missing Facebook app for Mac

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Looks like a great tool for those that live on Facebook chat. I avoid it and am always signed off. When I'm logged in, I get messages from old friends that immediately goes into small talk. It's good to catch up with people but not I'll save the small talk for IRL. Curious what some younger PH folks think about this and Facebook chat/messenger in general. @orbuch, @tzhongg, @michaelsayman, @vral, @arix, @gwenbrin?

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12yr ago

@rrhoover I'm using Facebook chat more and more for anything and everything - this seems to work really well for it. Don't really like the web view for the main site though.

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12yr ago

noplace

@rrhoover I actually hunted this last night too but guess someone beat me to it! I absolutely love Current - super convenient for me since I have to be on Facebook chat 24/7. Love how it gets rid of the constantly open Facebook tab and newsfeed which helps me focus a ton more. And Ryan, you can just log off chat but still talk to people (that's my strategy). @appden is the creator. Also, it's currently #2 on the App Store for the Social Networking category!

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12yr ago

Current

Maker

@juanbuis @rrhoover I'm definitely looking for ideas on how to improve it, so please feel free to send me some suggestions. :)

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12yr ago

Current

Maker

@tzhongg Thanks Tiffany! I'm really hoping to unseat FaceTime from its (corrupt) throne. :)

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12yr ago

Ramp

@rrhoover @orbuch @tzhongg @michaelsayman @vral @arix @gwenbrin Current helps me use Facebook Messenger productively. I have all notifications turned off in my life, so I just open chat windows with the people I'm doing business/development with. This helps me focus while using Messenger on the conversations that actually matter. The collection view kills it:

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12yr ago

Auxy

Was really hoping this would allow me to do FB messaging quickly without having to open the browser, but pretty disappointed that it's more or less just a wrapper for web views which still opens a lot of small browser windows. Perhaps it's not possible to do native messaging with the FB API though?

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12yr ago

Current

Maker

@lenberg I hope you'll at least give it a try, and let me know what you think are its shortcomings by using web views. :)

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12yr ago

Ramp

@lenberg the separate chat windows change the game. It also uses up significantly less RAM than the /messages tab.

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12yr ago

Ramp

I'm a HUGE Facebook power user (100+ conversations/day). Since downloading the Current beta a week ago, I haven't used Facebook in the browser at all. It saves so much RAM and is a complete game-changer for the way you think about using Facebook.

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12yr ago

Current

Maker

@davefontenot I think you're my heaviest user so far! I really appreciate you as a beta tester, and I know you're helping to make Current a much better product. :)

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12yr ago

This just seems like something Facebook would block if it got popular. Their services, no revenue stream (unless there's something between the companies unannounced).

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12yr ago

Current

Maker

@singer we have no secret deal, but I'm getting lots of positive reviews from Facebook employees. I'm not after their revenue stream. I don't block ads or insert my own, so I think we can coexist happily. Also, it would be technically very challenging for them to block Current, and would just turn into a cat and mouse game. :)

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12yr ago

@appden I understand you're not blocking ads, but you are offering an ad-free Facebook experience for a product that you charge for, no? That's what it appears to be from your site.

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12yr ago

Current

Maker

@singer The chat windows don't have ads, but I've observed that it actually increases engagement with Facebook as a whole.

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12yr ago

Two Best Free Alternative I've found and using myself: FB for Menubar: GO for Facebook: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/... FB Messenger: Goofy: http://www.goofyapp.com/

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10yr ago

Looks great, both product and the website walkthrough. At $1.99, I'll be interested to see how this sells.

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12yr ago

Current

Maker

@angusmclachlan thanks! It's the first website that I mostly designed myself. :)

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12yr ago

Looks nice. A lot of makeshift desktop apps for web services fail to impress however, so I'm interested how this will fare.

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12yr ago

@juanbuis Have you tried Grids for Instagram? That one is pretty good.

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12yr ago

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