Franz 2.0 is a desktop app that puts messaging services altogether in one place. It can combine apps like WhatsApp, Slack, Facebook Messenger, WeChat, HipChat, Skype and a lot more. You can even use multiple accounts for the Facebook Messenger - mix your business profiles and your private ones if you need to.
@nilsej let's start with Franz allows multiple accounts of one service, integrates native notifications with muting/customization options, it's easy to tab-to, doesn't get closed by accident and we are constantly updating Franz with new features that will make messaging much easier.
If you want to compare Franz with Chrome then yes, it's "just" a browser but with a huge difference: Franz is actually optimized for the use with messenger/communication services.
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I've using this for months and i'm really shocked about the convenience. thanks very much Thomas!
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Is this cool or what?!! Thanks Stefan and Jonathan!!!
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I don't even want to think about how many messaging clients I'd need to have open if I didn't have Franz. Great work!
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Bad: It's a wrapper for web apps.
Good: Hey, it works surprisingly well.
@datarade don't worry it won't be slow :)
Especially if you are using different services like WhatsApp, Slack, Skype, Telegram, ... at once, the cpu/memory footprint is better.
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If only it was possible to integrate with iMessage :)
This is great! I moved to Franz from a handful of other apps. A few requests if possible: 1) Pin to Mac status menu with color/digit notifications of new messages and hide from dock (kinda possible now with Statusduck) 2) Viber 3) Skype calling please (web skype seems to be running OK for me)
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