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Is it mac only? I am poor and I cannot afford a mac :(

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No. ;) There is a Mac desktop client but the app will be available on the web as well.

I am wondering you can release a windows client. Web is acceptable but not perfect (i.e. cannot provide notifications).

you can build it on .NET. Don't care about XP, FUCK THESE XP USERS.

You can provide notifications on the web. Support maybe limited to some browsers only but it is possible.

This works in Chrome: http://jsfiddle.net/dandv/wT26x/1/

I think Safari has a system for this too: https://developer.apple.com/notifications/safari-push-notifi...

Firefox: https://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Web/API/notification

CanIUse stats: http://caniuse.com/notifications

Although it's not quite the same as a native app, we already have built in support for desktop notifications on all browsers that support them, including some older WebKits.

so how about a tray icon? AFAIK there is no way to create one using HTML5.

What do you need the tray icon for...?

There are still a great many organizations that are using XP. It's a reliable and battle tested OS. Ignoring these users wouldn't be a good idea, I don't think.

Will there be an API for 3rd-party clients (perhaps ones that become officially sanctioned ones at some point), so that we can build a proper desktop client for those that don't run Macs?

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