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I hear your security concerns. In case of Discord, there are three key causes for preferring the desktop version - and I don't see any easy workaround to them
by dexen 6y ago
I hear your security concerns.
In case of Discord, there are three key causes for preferring the desktop version - and I don't see any easy workaround to them without adding explicit support to web standards:
1) custom audio codecs & filters; Discord is primarily a gaming VC app and the codecs available on the desktop version are superior for purpose of cancelling echo, noise etc. at low latency,
2) ability to capture any keyboard & mouse shortcuts for VC activation
3) ability to use voice & keyboard shortcut while the browser window is not focused (in particular while in game)
Incidentally adding general support for those to general browsers would lead to subtle security bugs & gotchas.
- fulafel 6y agoYou can do custom codecs and filters in the browser too (eg audio worklets). Why would a custom audio codec be noticeably better than browser supported ones?
- fulafel 6y agoAfter a web search it sounds like a common perception is that discord does some audio processing to make speech sound clearer than just plain recording. So this probably has little to do with the codec that's used for data compression. This speech clarity effect could be done in audio worklets too.
- tester34 6y ago>2) ability to capture any keyboard & mouse shortcuts for VC activation This is extremely important because otherwise I don't think I'd be able to play a game in VM like Hyper-V and still talk to friends via Discord. The only problem is that I have to run as admin the discord.exe that's hidden in its folder instead of that default Discord icon (updater.exe I guess?)
- dancemethis 6y agoyou hear (and ignore) security concerns. Discord and security do not touch in a Venn diagram, since Discord is proprietary.