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this post was submitted on 31 Mar 2024
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Oh cool there's an Android app, that's gonna make it so much easier to recommend!
Edit: I just read about how it's centralized and not encrypted, I'm not sure how this can become anything but Discord except open source and less popular. Matrix + Element seems to cover my use case for a project a bit better, I'll give that a try.
Just tried it... it says "Running in Chrome". Seems to be a repackaged webapp.
well that's no different than Discord already, so net zero change
running webapps in chrome or Electron containers simplifies a lot of development, i don't like their resource requirements or dependency on Chromium, but I do understand needing to streamline development so devs can work on more important backend stuff.
The difference is:
The "works offline" is not much of a bonus for a chat app, but you can access cached chats on Discord, while Revolt... just doesn't run.
There seem to be other clients for it, though. Haven't checked those out.
In theory PWAs can be configured to run offline, whether they're doing that I don't know.
The desktop app looks like it's electron though.
I know, one of the best PWAs I've seen is Draw.io, fully usable offline, with both device and browser storage.
The Revolt's one however, even though delivered as a PWA, seems to be only the login page. If already logged in, it throws a "Network error." dialog. Haven't checked the desktop one.