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Ryan Hoover
@rrhooverΒ Β· Founder, Product Hunt
Franz is also a popular desktop client that merges Whatsapp, Slack, Telegram, and Messenger into one.
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Chris Messina
@chrismessinaΒ Β· π PH Community Member of the Year!
WhatsApp is now on desktop. Holla.
Antonio Bustamante
@antonio_bustamanteΒ Β· Designer, Engineer at Kite
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 β¦Β See more
Shiv
@shivkanthbΒ Β· Make, break and ship.
Seems like it still needs the phone connection to be active for the desktop app to work. :/
Dennis Kromhout van der Meer
@denniskvdmΒ Β· Bitbucket Product Manager, Atlassian
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.