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Ben Lang

WhatsApp Web - A WhatsApp client for web

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Ryan Hoover
Scan a QR code with your phone to get in... Seriously? Has anyone tried this? Impressions?
Ben Basche
@rrhoover i don't see iPhone here. Wait is this an official WhatsApp client? Android users how is it? It's a pretty neat way to solve the problem of having a web account with a phone# tethered messaging app despite the dodo-ness of QR codes
Alex
@rrhoover No iOS instructions either ... awesome! I always wanted WhatsApp for desktop.
Bram Kanstein (@bramk)
@rrhoover half the world can't try it because iOS :p
Srikrishnan Ganesan
@rrhoover Been waiting for a Mac client forever. Web is just as fine too! yay!
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Hunter
@rrhoover Downloading a QR code scanner to try it out :)
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Hunter
Can't seem to get this to work on Android. QR code is opening a bunch of text. Anyone have any luck?
Yuval Shoshan
@benln Same here :(
Matthijs Otterloo
@benln @yuvals You have to open it within WhatsApp not with a QR Scanner :p
Yuval Shoshan
@matthijs_soest Oh thanks! It works :)
Simon Bromberg
Telegram already has web and desktop clinets without the QR code.
Enric Enrich
I can't belive that a company like WhatsApp can't build a better web app. iOS isn't compatible because of Apple's limitations? Look at Telegram. With an API (that I'm sure that they have) create a web app for ALL browsers and without depending on the mobile app.
Ajmal Said
I think 90% of non-tech users will not be able to get this running.. have they ever tested this setup procedure with real users=?
Alex
After looking a little deeper this is the worst implementation they could have come up with. 1. Your phone must be online. 2. Clumsy QR code auth. 3. No iOS support. 4. Not a native client but Chrome-only. Honestly, what were they thinking?
Srikrishnan Ganesan
Only works on Chrome! Bah.
David Paluy
I don't understand, why WhatsApp is actively waging war against third-party developers and their users. Following limitations are ridiculous in 2015: 1. It only works on a single browser - Google Chrome 2. It requires the current WhatsApp client for Android (What about iPhone) - It's a second screen application :( 3. It doesn't work if your phone is not connected to the internet - Wat?
Matthijs Otterloo
No iPhone?! :(
Lachlan Campbell
Making me fire up Chrome is not a good first impression... 👎
Asad Dhamani
Sadly, this is too little, too late. Telegram knows how to do this a lot better.
Lachlan Campbell
So .emoji is the first selector in their CSS. I guess it's a decent app @rrhoover :)
Alibek Datbayev
WhatsApp thinks this is "smart"...but in reality it is painful. And for me it doesn't make ANY sense why they didn't add iOS. "Apple regularities and restrictions" bla bla bla. There are million ways of authorizing other than "super-cool" qr-codes.
Tayyab Saleem
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Emmanuel Amberber
As Apple resurrects NFC, Whatsapp embraces QR codes for authentication on Android, Windows & Blackberry. Good move!
Jared Scheel
Not having desktop access to WhatsApp is the primary reason I haven't pursued it more. None of my friends being on it is the second reason, blugh. I really want more people on WhatsApp.
Dvir Reznik
No iOS support yet... :-((
orliesaurus
I was hoping this would save me some precious phone battery but you need to keep your phone on too for some reason, really, really a shame :(
Callum Jones
It seems this is pretty painful because of the way WhatsApp has been built (for both technical and security reasons): https://news.ycombinator.com/ite...
Nicholas Colletti
Loving this. Works great on my Android M8!