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Alexander Flatter

All-in-One Messenger - Your messengers in one place. Easy and free Chrome app.

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All-in-One Messenger helps you manage all of your message platforms in a single one. It is convenient if you are tired of switching between the apps. It gives you desktop notifications and your response is just one click away.

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Ben Tossell
How does this compare to Franz or Rambox?
Alexander Flatter
Maker
@bentossell First of all, both Franz and Rambox are great apps. Our take on this topic is a little bit different, as All-in-One Messenger is a Chrome app. This means that Chrome is required, but it makes the app size a lot smaller. In addition to that: * The app passed the review of the Chrome webstore * Facebook Messenger calls (video/audio) just work. * You can use multiple Google Hangout instances. * It runs on Chrome OS. * It updates automatically.
Ben Tossell
@aflatter cool. I'll be sure to give it a test run :)
Lukasoni
@bentossell i like that the app doesn't need any permissions (camera and mic are optional) :)
Eugene Dobry
@aflatter but how is it substantially different from Franz?
Alexander Flatter
Maker
@bedobry Hi Eugene, the basic idea is the same, it's a multi messenger based on the concept that all popular messaging platforms provide a web client. Our app piggybacks on Chrome, which makes it a little bit slimmer and also makes our target audience a different one.
Alexander Flatter
Maker
Hello hunters, we've worked on this for the last couple of weeks and it's slowly gaining traction. It started as a side project because we all loved the idea so much as we're wrestling with many different communication platforms each day. It's very interesting to see that while mobile apps tend to become native, a lot of these platforms are using the web on desktop computers. That's what allows All-in-One Messenger to provide the same experience as intended by the platform provider. There's currently around 4.5k users and we have received a lot of positive feedback, especially from Chrome OS users. Developing a Chrome app allowed us to focus on things like getting audio and video to work properly (for Google Hangouts and Facebook calls) instead of setting up a cross-platform build and deployment infrastructure.
Cathy Trainor
@aflatter This is a really good idea! It's always nice to have everything in one place. Really looking forward to trying it out.
Rotem Yakir
@cathy_trainor Can you please contact me at rotem@guggy.com Thanks!
bdrrr
@aflatter Great tool. Really enjoying it. - Any chance you'll add Linkedin Messaging? - Also, would you be able to add a "new message badge" to the icon toolbar, the same way WhatsApp windows app does it?
Alexander Flatter
Maker
@brudrrr Glad you like it! As for the "new message badge": I can definitely see how this is useful. We're already working on this, but we might face the limits of Chrome Apps here. As for LinkedIn: their messaging feature is connected to their website and can not be used separately. This is a problem for us because we would have to remove the navigation bar etc. to fit it into our app. We have been avoiding these things as they tend to break stuff. I've added your request to our issue tracker, maybe we can work something out.
Alaric Calmette
How does this app is better than just opening a new chrome window with one tab by application?
HenrikWenz
Maker
@alariccalmette thanks for your question! Actually I used this method before we created All-in-One Messenger. Every time I closed Google Chrome I had to manually open these tabs again. This felt quite annoying. In addition to that All-in-One Messenger allows you to: - use multiple accounts at once, - manage desktop notification settings in one place, - manage audio settings in one place, - reorder messengers, - rename messenger tabs, - and select your messengers via System Shortcuts (e.g. CMD-Tab).
Alaric Calmette
@henrikwenz Oh didn't think about the settings unification. Cool feature!
Sharon Profis
@henrikwenz @alariccalmette You mentioned shortcuts - is there a way to switch messengers via keyboard? CMD-Tab opens the system switcher.
Alexander Flatter
Maker
@sharon_profis Hi Sharon, you should be able to use the following shortcuts on OS X: To switch to a specific tab: ⌘ + 1 through ⌘ + 9 To jump to the next tab: ⌘ + Option + Tab or ⌘ + Option + Right arrow To jump to the previous tab: ⌘ + Option + Shift + tab or ⌘ + Option + Left arrow On Windows/Linux/Chrome OS, it's a little bit different: Jump to the next open tab: Alt + Ctrl + Tab Jump to the previous open tab: Alt + Ctrl + Shift + Tab Jump to a specific tab: Ctrl + 1 through Ctrl + 8 Does that help?
G G
Memory hog, 1.6gb ram, huge memory hog. Using FluidApp creates a Mac app that uses Safari to do the same thing create a web app. Safari uses less memory and you can have any website setup as an app. Good effort, poor choice to use chrome.
Alexander Flatter
Maker
@androidlove Hi Carlos, thanks for your feedback. Web browsers today claim a lot of memory and as such this is also true for each of the messengers you use in our app. I'm not sure though how you got to 1.6GB, I for example use 5 tabs which corresponds to around 500MB of RAM. Did you use the Chrome task manager to get that number? Which messengers do you use?
Patrick Thompson
@androidlove I'm definitely not seeing anywhere near that amount of mem use.
Reony T
@androidlove @aflatter I unfortunately am seeing the same thing, 1.5 GB with only 4 tabs. See screenshot of task manager: https://jumpshare.com/v/SoXLeDTy...+
Alexander Flatter
Maker
@megaroeny @androidlove Thanks for your screenshot, it's especially interesting to see that Gitter is the top offender. Google Hangouts uses more memory than other platforms as expected. We will collect more numbers. I still don't think that this is a huge problem: Chrome rendering processes use as much memory as possible to improve performance (why not use the memory if it's there?), but it should also release memory if it's needed for other applications.
Reony T
@aflatter @androidlove yeah honestly it's fine with me. Just wanted you to be aware 🙃 Thanks again awesome product.
HenrikWenz
Maker
If you have any questions or support requests about the All-in-One Messenger App feel free to ask us anything. E-Mail: feedback@allinone.im Support: https://chrome.google.com/websto...
Leo Melo
Just installed. Looking good so far 🙂 I've been using Franz for some time now and I could even say it has changed my life (in a great way). I like the idea that this app is bundled with Chrome, that is a worthy plus for me. @aflatter: One thing I really liked about All-in-One Messenger is the right click. Even though it doesn't have a "copy link address" option, it allows to copy text which most links in IM are also, so that it wonderful, none of the other services have a right click menu at all. Would it be too much of a hassle to add support for IRC? It would be lovely to be able to bundle that one with all my other IMs.
Alexander Flatter
Maker
@leomeloxp Hi Leonardo, thanks for your feedback! We thought about adding support for IRCCloud, would that help?
Leo Melo
@aflatter Yeah, that would be one solution. I don't currently use any web based IRC client so can't really suggest a preferred one. Keep up with the good work o/
Lukasoni
One app that unifies them all. Really great approach and wooow for Chrome! :)
Cody McLain
Congrats! It seems like a great software, can't wait to try it.
Mario Fraiß-Kollmanitsch
Hi guys! What about security and encryption? How are saved credentials stored?
HenrikWenz
Maker
@mfraiss All-in-One Messenger does not store any of your login credentials. The only data that is stored are cookies and the browser cache. Each messenger lives in its own context, which can not be accessed by other messengers. This is what makes it possible to use multiple accounts (of Skype for example) at the same time. It also has the nice benefit of preventing cross-domain tracking of Facebook etc. as you don’t have to be logged-in with your main browser. Overall, using All-in-One Messenger does provide a couple of advantages when it comes to security.
Mario Fraiß-Kollmanitsch
@henrikwenz Hi and thank you for the very detailed explanation. Do you agree, that the quality of you product would be more and more better if you work towards the community? If so, wouldn't it be nice if you make your chrome plugin open-source and free? I assume this could leas to more trust in your work and a drive concerning user base.
HenrikWenz
Maker
Hey @mfraiss we are a big fans of open source development! But for now we have no plans of making All-in-One Messenger open source because the past has shown, that people start flooding the chrome webstore by submitting malicious versions of your app. Nevertheless we plan to open source specific modules of the app. I already open sourced the boilerplate the app is based on a while ago. https://github.com/HaNdTriX/gene...
HenrikWenz
Maker
@mfraiss I forgot to mention, that everybody is able to debug the source code. Since all of it is written in JavaScript you can actually see what All-in-One Messenger is doing, while using it.
Alain Ekambi
The space is becoming crowded but I like the innovations. Nice !
Mark Verlijsdonk
Hi @aflatter ! Nice product! When I'm using it though, I can't seem to cmd+tab to my chrome browser, is this because it's a chrome extension basically?
Alexander Flatter
Maker
@markv86 Hello Mark, this is unfortunately a bug in Chrome and we hope that it'll get fixed soon. https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chro...
Mark Verlijsdonk
@aflatter Hmm that's too bad. I'll stick with Franz 2.0 till then. I love how snappy your application is though :). Hopefully they'll fix the bug soon.
Patrick Thompson
@markv86 @aflatter Use ⌘+` instead, for now.
Melanie Amini
So...i just started using this. I added it as a chrome ext and at first was a little confused on how to find it after download. I found it quick enough but keep that in mind as most people wont be as "savvy" as me - i'm trained to look out for the tiny details (i build startups). BUT once i began using it, i fell head over heels in love. I really like the synchronicity of the product and how it sits so nicely on my task bar (windows). It's really easy to use. Simply, anyone who is thinking twice about it, just download it and use it - you'll thank (me and) the founders later ;)
Alexander Flatter
Maker
@themelamini Hi Melanie, thanks for your encouraging words! We're painfully aware of the "How to launch" topic and unfortunately Chrome removed the app launcher a couple of weeks ago. You should be able to launch the app from your start menu too. Feedback of Windows users is especially important to us, feel free to contact us via feedback@allinone.im!
Melanie Amini
@aflatter so, day two of using the all in one messenger and I don't even notice I'm even using it. ITS THAT NATIVE to Windows 10. I launched by searching my windows and i found it easy enough. Any specific questions you have or want me to check out and give feedback on?
Alexander Flatter
Maker
@themelamini Awesome, thanks so much! Maybe we should show instructions when the app is launched for the first time to explain how to find and launch it. What do you think?
Corey Abramowitz
I've been waiting for something like this. Too many channels to contend with, need a client to just manage them all. Can't wait to use this bad boy!
Reony T
Could you by any chance, add AIM? I know, it's so outdated. But it's what my "outdated" dev team decided to use, and me being the lonely more "advanced" designer got stuck with. 😅 I swear, I'm just gonna make us a Slack team soon. *end rant* This looks fantastic, gonna try it right now. Thanks!
Alexander Flatter
Maker
@megaroeny Hi, glad you like the app! We have investigated adding AIM and decided not to do it for now, because it has some weird behaviours and we want to ensure a good user experience. Sorry for that.
Stefanie Amini
Hey guys! I've been using this now since you launched and love it! but i'm soon going to buy a second laptop fro travel, specifically a Chromebook. Doe this work on chrome OS?
HenrikWenz
Maker
@stefamini yes it does!
Stefanie Amini
@henrikwenz awesome! Thanks
Avi

I can't say for sure since I just uninstalled Rambox but I feel it consumes significantly more battery power than using Rambox or Franz. My Chrome which runs at 10 energy impact value at idle was running at 71 with 2 slack windows opened in All-in-One Messenger.

Pros:

Nice idea, saves some disk space

Cons:

Energy hogging

Adam Lazarus
Resource utilization-wise, how does this stack up against Franz or Rambox, or just multiple chrome tabs?
Alexander Flatter
Maker
@adamlaz Hi Adam, in comparison to Electron-based apps such as Rambox and Franz, our main process is more lightweight and the app’s download size is much smaller. Apart from that, each messenger does still have its own process and uses the same amount of memory as a corresponding Chrome tab or Electron web view. Did you notice any issues in this area?
mco
Does this support multiple profiles protected by some level of authentication that protects all of the connected IM services?
HenrikWenz
Maker
Hey @marcuscoh All-in-One Messenger doesn't support profiles. But every messenger tab is isolated. This means you can use a multibe Skype/Google/Telegram/etc. accounts at the same time!
mco
for shared workstation scenarios, it doesn't work. trillian was the closest it came. i guess i have to stick with it.
Alexander Flatter
Maker
@marcuscoh Hello! May I ask for your use case? Wouldn't adding a user to your operating system help?
mco
@aflatter yup. that's the way i'd get around it if i needed it. still would like to see some type of protection through a standard like openid which would be used to decrypt the locally stored credential info.
Patrick Thompson
I've been using Franz since it was shared here on Product Hunt, but this is a great take on the same concept. Making it a chrome app makes sense! My only complaints are: 1. There is currently no tweetdeck support. If that was added it would be perfect. 2. Every time I relaunch the app HipChat asks me if I want to enable desktop notifications even though they already are enabled.
Alexander Flatter
Maker
@unseenvision Hello Patrick! Just a heads-up: Tweetdeck support will ship with our next release!
Steven Hambleton
Does the product have a Twitter account?