Yesterday, Signal announced a stand alone app has been released (https://www.signal.org/blog/standalone-signal-desktop/).
I was just curious if anyone was working, or planning, to package it as a portable app? This would be my final step in my migration away from Chrome.
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Guess not.
This desktop app is based on Electron. So, it essentially bundles a nearly full copy of Chrome inside it. It's a web browser with a custom titlebar and icon that locks to a single set of local HTML/JS/CSS files and remote website.
Sometimes, the impossible can become possible, if you're awesome!
I don't know much technically and sorry if I sound stupid. There is chrome portable. Is it difficult to build an app that depends on it?
That's how I'm using it now. Portable Chrome with the Signal app added. I was just looking for a way to get rid of Chrome completely.
There is a collectig thread for Signal portable here: Signal messaging