I just realized what I hate about modern chat: it's not a small window on the screen anymore, it's *the whole screen*.
Discord (et al) is barely usable in a small window, whereas AOL Instant Messenger was *very* usable in a small window as you went about your browsing.
For me, smaller window = fewer distractions.
@vkc And because everything's built with Electron or some other web platform, you can't even have the ability to split out the contact/server list, or individual chats anymore in these official programs.
If I didn't need access to moderation tools, or bot commands, I'd love to just go back to using Bitlbee or whatever for Discord...
@splatsune @vkc FWIW, Electron is entirely capable of doing multiple windows (with different content) in the same process, so this one is entirely on the application developers.
(Most likely the reason they don't do this is because they're trying to save a buck by reusing the same codebase for web and desktop, and in a browser you *can't* do this)
