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Franz - Messenger for WhatsApp, Telegram, Facebook, Slack & Hipchat

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Lukas Gauster
Really cool stuff! Will try it out. Also, I love to see Grape in there ;)
Stefan Malzner
Maker
@gausterlukas We are using Grape as our company message service. So, definitely a must-have for Franz :)
Louis de Vaumas
That's a great idea! Do you intend to support custom HipChat urls? We use hipchat.ourcompany.com (self-hosted) but I can't put in this url.
Stefan Malzner
Maker
@louisdv thank you very much for bringing this up! I honestly haven't thought of that yet. I will look into this. Anyone else using HipChat as a self hosted service?
Shane Mileham
iMessage support? This is great, but I typically switch from Messenger to Messages, so is it possible for the desktop app to read and send iMessages? If so I'd absolutely use it.
Stefan Malzner
Maker
@shanemileham unfortunately it's currently not possible to offer iMessage support.
Adam C. Engst
@smalzner @shanemileham Would it be possible to use AppleScript to talk to Messages in the background?
Stefan Malzner
Maker
@adamengst @shanemileham this is definitely a very interesting idea 👏
Shane Mileham
@smalzner @adamengst - If Franz adds this, I'll definitely be using it and telling all my friends :) Let me know if/when you add support. Thanks for the idea Adam!
Adam C. Engst
@shanemileham @smalzner And to up the ante, I would certainly review Franz in TidBITS if such a feature appeared. :-)
Dakota Younger
Uh...can we make more of these and less Trump sh*t? This made my morning (I don't get out much).
Patrick Thompson
@dakotayounger Oh you mean actually useful apps that will be used for more than a quick laugh? I completely agree.
Fabrizio Rinaldi
Kudos, this looks really neat and handy! I've used it for a little while and here are my 2cents: * Cmd+W should only close the window but keep Franz running in background and fetching new messages * The app could really use a manu bar item indicate new unread messages (like we do with http://www.boxyapp.co) * Maybe it could also lose the native top bar, it kinda gives aways the webapp nature of the app Congrats, I'm really seeing myself using this daily :)
Oliver Lukesch
Looks like a decent way of getting rid of my tab-chaos. Any chance you could take the active sessions from Chrome and pull them into Franz so I don't have to re-login?
Stefan Malzner
Maker
@oliverlukesch thanks, thats a very good questions. It may be super convenient to use chrome sessions but every Franz tab is sandboxed which allows you to use multiple instances of a service without them interfering each other. However, Franz stores those sandboxed sessions. So, once you've logged in (and haven't disabled the "remember me" option) there is no need to re-login several times.
Raja Simon
Cme'again how come whatsapp support ? They didn't provide any API. Is it ?
Stefan Malzner
Maker
@rajasimon technically, Franz is nothing less than a web browser that has been optimized for the supported messaging services. He does not need access to any API since he only uses the provided web services like web.whatsapp.com
Fedotov Maxim
Would love to get Viber support
Stefan Malzner
Maker
@doutatsu currently Franz is limited to services which provide a web interface. Hopefully Viber is providing one in the near future.
Dhruv Agrawal
Amazing product. Can think of just improvement right away: Keeping the application session ON on closing the app window using the red "x" button like most Mac Apps. That is something I don't like about Chrome apps - also the WhatsApp app on my dock :)
Can Kutlu Kınay
Yeah I also pressed cmd+w to surprisingly discover Franz is quitting.
Ariella
Just downloaded it! Currently liking it a lot. I'm a project manager and use different tools to communicate with different team members and external clients. Sometimes it's a lot to have Google Hangouts and Slack and Skype open. I would love if LINE could be added.
Eric Wu
@ariella_cg Agreed! if they can add LINE support will be great!
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