[juliand]

As a power user I find what you said to be strong points of WhatsApp Web. For instance, I want it to alert me as soon as there's a web connection and that's only possible with the current connection model and for security measures I think it's safer to have only one instance at a time.

The connection reliability is a hassle but usually when you're in the desktop you also have a good wifi connection and even though the web client loses connectivity temporarily it keeps working as good as it can.

On the other hand it's easy to forget that you have an active session in other apps such as Telegram unless you keep track of it in your app. Someone you share your laptop with can just open the Telegram app and they'll be able to see my chat conversations be default.

I know some of these things might be something you'd prefer but I choose the hassle instead.

[oarsinsync]

> As a power user ... Someone you share your laptop with can just ...

As a fellow power user, other people who use my laptop have their own account[0], use a guest account[1], or can be trusted to use my account[2].

I know some of these things might be something you'd not prefer but I choose the hassle instead.

[0] partner & family

[1] friends

[2] partner

[emn13]

Whatsapp web connections aren't reliable in my experience, no matter the wifi. The problem appears to be the android "server", not the connection (or perhaps android bundles its network traffic and turns off the modem periodically to save power?) Regardless, messages get delayed, frequently, especially if you haven't touched your phone for a while. The desktop client notifying me that my idle phone isn't actively using the internet at the moment (something that merely saves power and is otherwise completely harmless, and essentially unobservable) is useless. I don't mind it telling me that the computer has no connection, but that's not what happens.

As to the "only one client is a feature" thing - it isn't for me. And if I didn't quite trust any others using my devices, chats aren't near the top of my priority list - if they have access to all my browsers cookies, and apps, and can change system settings etc etc etc I'm much more worried they'll accidentally install malware than anything else. Don't share your account if you care for privacy, it's a losing game.

I use multiple devices at a time, merely locking them. I don't want to also have all my apps go into an pseudo shutdown; and it's annoying to not be able to read old stuff during a temporary network hiccup.

[as_]

> As a power user...

And

> Someone you share your laptop with can just open the Telegram app ...

Are in plain conflict :)