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I all cases of 'modern desktop chat app' you are talking about, I can use it by opening its website with any modern browser. Signal is the only one which requi

• berdario 10y ago
  If you open them in a browser when you're offline, you won't be able to load/read your messages (yes, I know about HTML5 manifests for offline data... but that's a mess), but with Signal you can. Moreover, being able to vet/verify the updates (which you can apparently even block altogether) before running the app is of paramount importance for a secure app like Signal. With a run-of-the-mill webapp that's also impossible. Again: tradeoffs. I'd prefer if Signal desktop was built on something different, but I still happily use it as is everyday.