alex-e

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   by alex-e 7y ago

   Do you think it's possible to build an immediate UI wrapper on top of Win32 and Cocoa?
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   by alex-e 9y ago

   I'm trying to solve this right now with eul[0]. It's not an easy task. [0]: https://eul.im
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   by alex-e 9y ago

   > Too bad most email clients have removed plain text rendering these days. I also haven't found a good mobile plain text email client yet. eul [1] only has plain text rendering. It only supports Gmail right now, but a full-fledged e
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   by alex-e 9y ago

   You are right to be cautious. Like the home page says, the binaries are not signed yet, that's why Windows is complaining. Documents are being verified right now, getting a code signing certificate is a slow process unfortunately. Ther
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   by alex-e 9y ago

   There's a new native desktop app for Slack, Skype, WhatsApp, etc: https://eul.im/slack It's only 4 MB and can handle tens of thousands of messages in one chat without lag.
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   How to make Slack handle hundreds of thousands of messages without lag(eul.im)

   2 points by alex-e 9y ago|1 comments
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   by alex-e 9y ago

   The more services the better. But not right now.
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   by alex-e 9y ago

   Hi, eul is a very lightweight and fast native desktop client for Skype, Slack, Gmail, HipChat, VK, Facebook, Jabber, Telegram, and Signal. Right now only the first four are supported, and the rest should be done by the end of September. Why
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   Show HN: Eul – a lightweight native desktop client for Slack, Skype, Facebook(eul.im)

   4 points by alex-e 9y ago|3 comments
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    by alex-e 9y ago

    I am :) Right now I'm working on setting up the company.
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    by alex-e 9y ago

    Speaking of the bloated slack client, there's a new native desktop app for Slack, Skype, and many others: https://eul.im It's only 4 MB and uses ~100 MB RAM.
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    by alex-e 9y ago

    In about 6 hours.
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    by alex-e 9y ago

    You are right. On the other hand it would be nice to have all protocols supported in one app, so one day IRC support will definitely be there.
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    by alex-e 9y ago

    Yeah, I know about this. The fix will be live soon. It's not a virus, nothing is being sent anywhere. It's just poor implementation from my part.
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    by alex-e 9y ago

    You are right. You can't even copy text right now. These little UI things will gradually be implemented very soon. Are you a member of multiple Slack orgs?
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    by alex-e 9y ago

    Yes, this will be fixed asap. I was testing the Linux build in a VM that doesn't support hidpi, sorry about that.
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    by alex-e 9y ago

    WhatsApp is very tricky, but not impossible.
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    by alex-e 9y ago

    How much would you personally be willing to pay?
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    by alex-e 9y ago

    It doesn't run on El Capitan? What kind of an error do you get? Can you send more details to support@eul.im? Thanks
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    by alex-e 9y ago

    Thanks for pointing that out, I need to update whois data. I'm using an 8 year old throwaway name registrar account, because my primary registrar doesn't support .im domains. I should get the code signing certificate by the end of
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    by alex-e 9y ago

    From scratch, I was inspired by gxui. It's very basic right now (you can't even move a cursor with the mouse). I will definitely write a couple of posts about this!
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    by alex-e 9y ago

    Thanks, I think I know what causes it. Will fix asap.
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    by alex-e 9y ago

    I think RAM usage is important. My machine only has 8 GB of RAM, and I had to quit Telegram (1.1 GB) and Skype (550 MB) every time I launched a virtual machine to compile eul for other platforms :)
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    by alex-e 9y ago

    Thanks for reporting! What's Lineage?
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    by alex-e 9y ago

    It absolutely is! I'm going to work on signing the executables for all platforms.
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    by alex-e 9y ago

    No, Hangouts is pretty much dead. It's email. You can add your gmail contacts, and communicate with them through a chat-like interface.
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    by alex-e 9y ago

    Unfortunately right now it's IM only. I'm almost certain it's not possible to implement Skype audio calls, but I'll look into that.
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    by alex-e 9y ago

    There is! Jabber == XMPP :) It will be supported very soon.
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    by alex-e 9y ago

    Yes, that's a very important point. I'll update the website to notify the user about the unsigned binary issue. I can't sign them at this point, but I will apply as soon as possible. Right now macOS and Windows 10 complain ab
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    by alex-e 9y ago

    Thanks for testing it. Strange that it crashes on Mac, I'll check the logs and investigate.