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WhatsApp Desktop - WhatsApp, now on your desktop

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More than 1 billion people in over 180 countries use WhatsApp1 to stay in touch with friends and family, anytime and anywhere. WhatsApp is free2 and offers simple, secure, reliable messaging and calling, available on phones all over the world

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is also a popular desktop client that merges Whatsapp, Slack, Telegram, and Messenger into one.
Due to that, I see no reason to switch unless the WhatsApp team finds a way to add in features only they can.... Which I don't see happening.
Can say that Franz is a life changer – much recommended to anyone who is on multiple chat platforms.
FRANZ is my #1 chat app, All in one
Franz is my favourite. My whatsapp, slack and Skype are connected to it!
Yes! I'm another Franz user, see no reason to move away from the best chat client out there.
Essentially a wrapper of their web application. Two big obstacles right now: - Their architecture. Having to depend on my phone to have a Whatsapp conversation is archaic. Sometimes I don't have my phone with me, or it's simply not connected to the same network. - Phone numbers. Whatsapp is obsessed about phone numbers, and they uniquely identify sessions and accounts. The world is moving away from phone numbers, and Whatsapp should follow along. The experience is just not flexible enough. I basically switched to LINE and Facebook Messenger because of these reasons.
I don't see them as obstaclrs. 1. Verifying with phone is actually a good security hack, and really easy one. It's like magic password link(Slack). 2. People I care about are in my phonebook, and not on Facebook. Never have I ever added anyone to WhatsApp. Everyone was already there from my phonebook and they keep coming. I guess the only thing that is missing -
Totally Agree. Nice to see an official release but I could not find a single difference from ChitChat (Mac wrapper).
How is the world moving away from phone numbers?
Phone numbers change up and down, and they depend on a number of factors. Keeping them is hard if you change operators, and impossible if you change countries. Modern messaging apps rely on email addresses and other identifiers that persist much longer and that allow for more flexibility.
Interesting. I always thought phone numbers lasted longer than email addresses. Thanks for the thoughts.
Seems like it still needs the phone connection to be active for the desktop app to work. :/
You've gotta be kidding me
thats whack
Hunter
WhatsApp is . Holla.
Finally, no more half baked electron wrappers :)
This is just amazing. A massive, massive game changer. Did I say massive.
Hunter
massive.
It's about time!
It's great that they have an official desktop client, but it doesn't follow OSX UX guidelines. There is no way to close the chat window without closing the app - it should run in the background instead.
finally! I've been using Franz which is ok but the legit version is always better
How? It's just another wrapper.
sadly after downloading i see that in fact it is :( going back to Franz
would be good, if can add web video calling option
Can't say I've ever used Whatsapp, sad but true. I live in the US and I don't have any relatives outside of Canada or US so really no point in using the app my native iOS phone features.
On OSX, it's unable to run on background which I think is important for a messaging app. I have to always keep the window open for it to work. 😕
It behaves just like Whatsapp web but in another wrapper. Think I'll stick to Franz for now
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