R.L. Dane    🍵 Nov 21

Aaaaand of course there's no #Signal messenger for #FreeBSD (that I can find in the repos, anyway).

JuSt wRiTe iT In eLeCtRoN! iT'Ll wOrK EvErYwHeRe!!! HeRp-a-dErP

Before you tell me I can just compile it: Just don't. I'm not compiling Electron. I have better things to do with my thermals. XD

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@rl_dane wait... is the Signal client just embedded Chrome? ... wouldn't that defeat the whole privacy angle?!?
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@mWare

Shoddy compsci workmanship go BRRRR!

Nov 21 at 12:32amWeb
Show threadMyke-moved-to-a-new-instance. Link in Bio.Nov 21
@rl_dane I will be the only person to remember #XULRUNNER
Show threadR.L. Dane    🍵 Nov 21

@mWare

I vaguely recall XUL from early Mozilla builds circa 2000.
I just remember it being very slow. XD

What was XULrunner? A way to write desktop apps in XUL? Ewwww!!! XD

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@rl_dane I even bought the book for doing it! https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/creating-applications-with/9780596000523/
Creating Applications with Mozilla

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