Franz: Use franz as web app

Created on 3 Jan 2018 · 7Comments · Source: meetfranz/franz

Hi,

is it possible to use franz as web app in a browser? I use the web apps of all kind of messengers because I don't want to install the clients from them, but it would be awesome to have all the web apps in a single web app.

Is this doable with the current architecture of franz?

Maybe it could also work like im+, where the page manages your accounts and you only have to sign in once, but more modern :smile:

not feasible

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DirkHeinke

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Your idea seems pretty convoluted. You want to have a webapp version of a desktop app that wraps around webapps :-D

It defeats the purpose of Franz, which is to not have webapps but standard apps (in tabs).

alecive on 3 Jan 2018

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Your idea seems pretty convoluted. You want to have a webapp version of a desktop app that wraps around webapps :-D

It defeats the purpose of Franz, which is to not have webapps but standard apps (in tabs).

alecive on 3 Jan 2018

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Yes, I know. :blush: It would be another use case. I currently have at least 5 pinned tabs with messengers and it would be nice to replace them with one.

DirkHeinke on 3 Jan 2018

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...seriously dude... the whole point of Franz is to get webapps out of the browser... and combined into one window.

Does it help to know that Franz is built using a framework that disguises a web browser as a desktop application?

What do you feel you are missing that you would have if you put it back into the browser?

ginkgomzd on 4 Jan 2018

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It was just a question if it would be possible with the architecture of franz... Electron can be used to simply bundle a web app, so it is possible to unbundle it, but it can also be used for more complex things.

I'm missing the "don't need to install and available everywhere where I have a browser". And I just like to have as much as possible in a browser / as a service.

DirkHeinke on 4 Jan 2018

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ah, I see.
Franz is not a webapp to be unbundled though. It is a web-app-bundler.

Maybe you could use something like pinned tabs with profile sync'ing with your browser account.

ginkgomzd on 4 Jan 2018

Thanks. That's how I currently use all the messengers:
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Though, something like im+ in modern would be nice. Maybe I find something else...

DirkHeinke on 4 Jan 2018

Same as @DirkHeinke here.

Desktop apps are something to install. For some people this is not much, for others this is a lot. I need to reinstall my environment quite often. Browser is stateless, it reduces quite a lot dependencies.

Anyway, too bad this is not currently possible ...