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Re:Ask HN: Is there still a place for native desktop apps? by lytedev on Sunday May 17, 2020 @02:53PM (#23214292)
ooh I'll have to check out ripcord!
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Re:Ask HN: Is there still a place for native desktop apps? by ivanfon on Monday May 18, 2020 @05:48AM (#23220359)
I've found it's great for Discord, and pretty good for Slack (although I've been using Slack in my browser now that it's become critical during WFH).

Unfortunately it's proprietary, but there's another native client called gtkcord3 [0] that seems to be progressing well.

0: https://github.com/diamondburned/gtkcord3

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Re:Ask HN: Is there still a place for native desktop apps? by thewebcount on Sunday May 17, 2020 @03:56PM (#23214851)
I use it daily. It's OK. It's better than having a full electron app/browser running, but it's fairly incomplete. (For example, in Slack I can't find a way to set my status.) I also have to reauthenticate every Monday morning which means launching Slack in a web browser to grab my credentials. It's a pain.
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