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Join the Discord channel? Discord is a proprietary chat platform for video games with no Linux client. Really?

by Sir_Cmpwn 11y ago

cjbprime 11y ago
There's a web interface. It's no worse than having a Slack channel.
- lucideer 11y ago
  Slack supports IRC and XMPP so it's at least mildly worse.
- Sir_Cmpwn 11y ago
  Having a Slack channel is no better.
- frakkingcylons 11y ago
  Discord doesn't have search. That's a non-trivial issue.
  - spicyj 11y ago
    The "Reactiflux" community sent enough messages as to make search on Slack's free plan effectively useless (since old messages would expire within minutes or hours). I understand that Discord plans to add search.
    - chambo622 11y ago
      Does Discord have a limit to how many messages they store?
      - foota 11y ago
        No
treyp 11y ago
This is likely because React moved to Discord too after Slack did not want to bump up their maximum user limit: https://facebook.github.io/react/blog/2015/10/19/reactiflux-is-moving-to-discord.html https://facebook.github.io/react/blog/2015/10/19/reactiflux-...
- beefsack 11y ago
  If only there was some open protocol to support large scale group chat.
  - funkaster 11y ago
    yes! with an open protocol and lightweight servers. Let's make one and call it Instantaneous React Chat.
coldtea 11y ago
Are they obliged to support platforms they don't care for?
sandGorgon 11y ago
Incidentally, why do people prefer native apps instead of browser based on the desktop? Is it because the tab is hard to find on the browser...or is there a specific advantage to the native client? I find it jarring when people use desktop clients over browser...especially when it is very likely that most of the engineering teams at these startups are most likely web based. Don't the desktop apps lag in features behind their web interfaces?
- jhgg 11y ago
  In the case of Discord, the desktop app is an Electron wrapper around the web app with additional native features. For example, the native client adds better voice support (i.e. push to talk w/o needing browser focus), native notifications and an in-game overlay.
voltagex_ 11y ago
I wonder if an ARC'd APK of the Android in Chromium would work for you.

Join the Discord channel? Discord is a proprietary chat platform for video games with no Linux client. Really?

cjbprime 11y ago

There's a web interface. It's no worse than having a Slack channel.

lucideer 11y ago
Slack supports IRC and XMPP so it's at least mildly worse.
Sir_Cmpwn 11y ago
Having a Slack channel is no better.
frakkingcylons 11y ago
Discord doesn't have search. That's a non-trivial issue.
- spicyj 11y ago
  The "Reactiflux" community sent enough messages as to make search on Slack's free plan effectively useless (since old messages would expire within minutes or hours). I understand that Discord plans to add search.
  - chambo622 11y ago
    Does Discord have a limit to how many messages they store?
    - foota 11y ago
      No

treyp 11y ago

This is likely because React moved to Discord too after Slack did not want to bump up their maximum user limit: https://facebook.github.io/react/blog/2015/10/19/reactiflux-is-moving-to-discord.html https://facebook.github.io/react/blog/2015/10/19/reactiflux-...

beefsack 11y ago
If only there was some open protocol to support large scale group chat.
- funkaster 11y ago
  yes! with an open protocol and lightweight servers. Let's make one and call it Instantaneous React Chat.

coldtea 11y ago

Are they obliged to support platforms they don't care for?

sandGorgon 11y ago

Incidentally, why do people prefer native apps instead of browser based on the desktop? Is it because the tab is hard to find on the browser...or is there a specific advantage to the native client? I find it jarring when people use desktop clients over browser...especially when it is very likely that most of the engineering teams at these startups are most likely web based. Don't the desktop apps lag in features behind their web interfaces?

jhgg 11y ago
In the case of Discord, the desktop app is an Electron wrapper around the web app with additional native features. For example, the native client adds better voice support (i.e. push to talk w/o needing browser focus), native notifications and an in-game overlay.

voltagex_ 11y ago

I wonder if an ARC'd APK of the Android in Chromium would work for you.