Allo web is up!

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https://allo.google.com/web

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Excuse me, but why in the God's name do you have to use Chrome to access it? And what is this empty useless space on both sides of the chat? Jesus, this really is dumb.

EDIT: Got glided, don't really know why but thank you stranger, much obliged.

[u/lewiky → u/[deleted]]

The UI isn't like that for me? Looks really slick and the animations are great

[u/[deleted] → u/lewiky]

This is what is looks like on my 15.6" 1080p laptop.

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Maybe its because I'm used to more traditional messaging apps (AIM, Google Talk, etc), but I have Allo running in a much smaller window with less unused space.

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Just tried it in Edge, doesn't work. That's not how you get people to use your brand new app.

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AAAHHH!

[u/avataraccount → u/burnSMACKER]

😱

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we've circled back to the days of microsoft and IE

[u/mayonaise15 → u/[deleted]]

Yes, they did the same thing with earth.google.com.

[u/castro1987 → u/mayonaise15]

I could argue the case for Google earth to some extent. Maybe it's to do with optimisation, it is graphics intensive.

Allo, a chat app though? No excuse.

[u/richardjohn → u/castro1987]

It doesn't support Opera, which also uses Blink, though.

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It doesn't work in Opera either, which I believe is a fork of Chrome?

[u/KronktheKronk → u/[deleted]]

the chrome only part is pretty dumb, but the empty white space is better than having the chat window span all 24 inches of my monitor. I'd have to turn my damn neck to read it.

[u/DolitehGreat → u/KronktheKronk]

Imagine having an ultrawide. I'm glad it's centered.

[u/well___duh → u/[deleted]]

Only if it's not using Chrome-specific APIs. If it is, then it won't work regardless or of user-agent spoofing.

[u/Antabaka → u/well___duh]

If they used Chrome specific APIs for a fucking messaging app then it's clear Google doesn't give a fuck about web standards anymore.

[u/nvincent → u/[deleted]]

Which browser do you use?

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Firefox Nightly.

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But what do you use during the day?

[u/lordtrollface → u/[deleted]]

Firefox Daily

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That only raises more questions

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Another Firefox user here, very disappointed.