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I've been using Franz for a while now, mostly for a replacement for Facebook Messenger, but lately also for Slack and Hangouts. Is it amazing or flawless? Nope
by neogodless 8y ago
I've been using Franz for a while now, mostly for a replacement for Facebook Messenger, but lately also for Slack and Hangouts. Is it amazing or flawless? Nope - I often come back from a sleepy laptop to find I need to "reload services", or that I have to log back in though I would prefer to be remembered. But it works and I do not have performance issues.
I used Trillian a ton years ago for AIM, ICQ and Yahoo Messenger, and I don't remember why I stopped using it, other than maybe because I stopped using the above chat services! I always liked having that as my minimal chat app. Franz is definitely bulkier, but that's sort of the direction chat went. Everything has to support GIFs!
- neogodless 8y agoAnd - I just installed 5.0 beta (up from some 4.x version) and now there's an 8-10 second waiting period for my services to load unless I pay for a license? Hmm... of course I understand software is written to make money. I write software! So I'm not sure how I feel about this.