Show HN: Current – The missing Facebook app for Mac

currentformac.com

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Looks great but do you have a demo? I really want to try this before buying it. I used MenuTab in the past and I found that it was pretty buggy after I installed and used it for a while. I'd like to try your app before I buy.

Also what is your privacy policy? When I installed Little Snitch I found that MenuTab was making all sorts of calls to ad sites. Do you do any of the same?

I'm sorry, but I don't have a demo available at this time. I tried to include a lot screenshots to demonstrate its functionality. If you buy it and don't like it, I'll be happy to issue a refund!

The only data Current transmits is device analytics (OS, CPU, RAM, etc) to DevMate, crash reports to Hockey, and error reports to Rollbar. All other requests made by the app will be generated by the Facebook website or any other website you visit from within the app.

Hope that helps!

If you want to offer a demo/trial to potential users maybe checkout Paddle: https://www.paddle.com/sell

Full Disclosure: I'm a dev there

This looks really great. It has one critical flaw though: Facebook has depricated their chat api[1]. I.e. in a few more months this product wont work at all.

[1]https://developers.facebook.com/docs/chat/

Thanks for the compliment! Don't worry, it doesn't use the Chat API at all. It uses the JavaScript from the Facebook page to power all of the chat functionality.

So is this an unofficial API?

Great article about the app on Cult of Mac: http://www.cultofmac.com/301755/current-for-mac/

Oh shit, nice. Are there obvious reasons why facebook hasn't made one?

There are no ads

Not true, Current is an entire Facebook client (not just chat) and it does not hide ads.

Current… where have you been all my life?

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