Two new major improvements for you on Viber for Desktop with today’s version update! Multiple text messages forwarding to multiple recipients, as well as our drag & drop feature that will allow you to control the quality of the files you send. Read on to learn more about your new go-to features.
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Forwarding Multiple Messages to Multiple People
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Your time is valuable, which is why you simply can’t waste it on manually forwarding one message at a time to your friends or coworkers. In order to make your life easier and your experience so much more convenient, you can now forward not only one message at a time but multiple messages to multiple recipients.
You can’t miss the new text message forwarding button, which is right next to your message bubbles. And as an added bonus – you can now also forward files, links, instant videos and GIFs.
Forward multiple messages to multiple recipients by right clicking any message, selecting forward, and choosing the recipients you’d like to send your messages to.
Drag & Drop High-Quality Images
Send files up to 200MB through our improved drag & drop feature and take control over the quality of the files you send. If you tend to take high-quality photographs or want to share images taken by a professional photographer, this is the feature for you! You can choose to send files in their original (uncompressed) size when quality and size are important to you, or choose the usual (compressed) size if you’d like to ship off a bulk of items you need to send off quickly.
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Simply drag your selected image into your chat and choose whether you’d like it to be sent at a usual (compressed) size or in its original size. This means you’ll need only Viber to send any type of high-quality image or file. And rest assured that your messages are secure.
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Ever since I have started using Ubuntu as my daily driver, I have been searching for good all-in-one messaging apps. Back in Windows, I used Station which met all my requirements and had all the apps I wanted like Trello, Slack, WhatsApp, Gmail, etc. Moreover, the DND features to snooze notifications of individual apps and 1Password integration were an added bonus. Scrolling through GitHub, Reddit, Ubuntu repository, I prepared a list of hand-picked All-In-One messenger apps for Linux and here goes the list.
Best All-in-One Messenger Apps for Linux
1. Shift
Shift is more-of a Gmail focused email client rather than an all-in-one messenger app. But, it does stacks up pretty well in both the roles. For a minimal user, it has a wide list of 700+ apps to choose from. Although, Shift allows you to use only 2 apps in the free variant. I use a GSuite account and I was happy to see that as soon as I sign in to Gmail, I get Google Calendar and Google Drive connected in the same tab. All the Gmail shortcuts are also retained, so things work the same as in a normal browser window.
Shift is a great app but the free variant is quite restricted. The biggest of them being the “Sent with Shift” signature on every email. The free variant also doesn’t have DND mode, chrome extensions, unified search, etc. About the paid variant, I couldn’t find a password manager integration or a lock-down mode.
What’s good?
- Desktop notifications
- Supports multiple accounts for every app (Maximum 2 in case of free variant)
- 1200+ apps
What’s not?
- The free variant is quite restricted
- “Sent with Shift” signature on every email
Total No of Apps Supported: 1200+
Download Shift
2. All-in-one Messenger
Viber Messenger Web
The most popular app on this list is the All-in-One Messenger. It is a cross-platform Chrome app rather than a standalone software. But, you can launch it actively without Google Chrome. You get all the popular messaging apps like Slack, WhatsApp, Discord, Google Hangouts, etc. Although it is quite a bare-bone minimal app, it does have a few nifty features. You can mute notifications for individual applications which really comes in handy when those WhatsApp group notifications start flooding.
All-in-One Messenger is a good choice for minimal users. For power users, there are roughly 13 apps to choose from and most of them are messaging applications. On the collaboration front, you would be slightly disappointed as there’s no Trello, Google Docs, Google Drive, etc.
What’s good?
All In One Messenger Viber Apps
- Minimal UI design and footprint
- Desktop Notifications
- Supports multiple accounts for a single app
- Mute notifications of individual apps
What’s not?
- Fewer collaboration apps
- Lack of Password App Integration
- Need to have Chrome or Chromium-based browser installed
Total No of Apps Supported: 10+
Download All-in-One Messenger
3. Rambox
Rambox is the most popular all-in-one messaging app for Linux distros. It has a huge list of Messaging and Email apps like Slack, Messenger, ProtonMail, etc. Apart from these if you don’t find your favorite web apps, you can add the URL within “Custom Service” and start using it within Rambox.
The notifications from all these apps can get distracting at times. Hence, you can hit the DND mode which would block all the app notifications. Another nifty feature is the Master Password which lets you set up a single password for all your apps. Upon setup, Rambox will ask you to enter the password on every startup. My favorite feature is the JS and CSS code injection which simply means it lets you access the inspect element code of the app. Thus you can create your own custom themes or event handlers for Rambox.
Rambox recently moved from the open-source banner to the paid model. The app is now bifurcated into free and paid variants where the latter one costs $4/month. The paid variant provides 600+ apps, text search, spell-check, ad-blocker, etc.
What’s good?
- 100+ app support
- Master Password lock
- Saves apps and preferences to the cloud
- Multi-device support
- DND mode and desktop notifications
What’s not?
- Third-party password app integration
Total No of Apps Supported: 100+
Download Rambox
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4. Franz
Franz is another popular all-in-one messaging app available for different platforms. It has all the basic features like desktop notifications, DND, multiple accounts, etc. Compared to Rambox, Franz has fewer services but mostly collaborative ones like Zendesk, Trello, GitHub, etc.
Blueharvest 6 2 2 – disable ds_store creation and more. Just like Rambox, Franz supports cloud synchronization of your service list and preferences. My most favorite feature about Franz is the “Franz Todo” list. It’s not a major thing but it comes in really handy to just copy-paste tasks from Slack or Google Keep onto the To-do drawer by the side. Unlike, Rambox you can not only access inspect elements of Franz but also inspect elements of individual services and inject CSS or JS code.
Franz is an overall idle app for everyone but the most annoying thing about it is that it requires you to create an account. The account creation is mandatory even if you don’t want cloud sync. The free variant of Franz should be good for personal usage but it has a lot of caveats. Firstly, it would randomly make you wait 10 seconds asking you to upgrade to the premium plan. It doesn’t really matter at the start but slowly it gets on your nerves and forces you to go in the paywall. Lastly, Franz counts multiple accounts as service so if you have 2 accounts for Gmail, it would count as 2 different services.
What’s good?
- 100+ app support
- Saves apps and preferences to the cloud
- Multi-device support
- DND mode and desktop notifications
- Manipulate inspect element of individual services
What’s not?
- Requires to sign in to use
- The free variant is barely usable
- No password lock
Total No of Apps Supported: 70+
All In One Messenger Viber Settings
Download Franz
5. Wavebox
If you are a corporate GSuite user, Wavebox might be the ideal app for you. I have also recommended it in my best Linux email clients for Ubuntu and it is worthy of a mention here as well. First up, the free variant allows you to only use a maximum of 2 Gmail accounts. And as soon as you add your Gmail account, it adds all GSuite applications within in a tabbed manner. This is the only app in this list which lets you use Google’s entire collaborative app suite. Along with Gmail, you can use other messaging and collaboration apps like Trello, Slack, etc.
Wavebox is a powerful tool yet it plays it cool when it comes to resources. It smartly puts apps to sleep in turn reducing the RAM usage.
What’s good?
- Cloud sync support
- Gmail with a full suite of GApp support
- Extension support like LastPass, Grammarly, Boomerang for Gmail, etc
- Inject CSS and JS code for each service
- Customize keyboard shortcuts
What’s not?
- Requires to sign in to use
Total No of Apps Supported: 1200+
Download Wavebox
6. Station
I have been using Station for a long time on Windows and recently it released for the Linux platform. The best thing about Station is the integrated 1Password support. Moreover, Station provides a few Boosted apps such as Google Drive, Slack, etc. These apps are integrated within Station and you can hit CTRL + T and quickly jump within the app. For instance, since I am a GSuite user, I have set up Google Drive and Slack under Station. This lets me quickly jump from a Google Doc to a private conversation in Slack within a click.
What’s good?
- It is available as AppImage so works on any Linux platform
- Quick keyboard shortcuts to jump between the apps and pages
- 1Password Integration and chrome-extension support like Mixmax, Gmelius, Clearbit, Mailtracker, etc.
- DND and power saver mode
- Gmail support with full GSuite app
- Integrated app support for Slack, Google Drive which lets you search within the app
What’s not?
- At times, resource management gets aggressive and kills notifications
- Requires to sign in to use
Total No of Apps Supported: 670+
Twitterrific 5 3 6 – effortlessly read and compose tweets. Download Station
Wrapping Up
For minimal users, I would recommend sticking to the All-in-One messenger. For power users, Rambox is still the best option out there. In case you are into the Google ecosystem, Wavebox should be the ideal choice as it provides the entire GSuite and it is much more resource-efficient than the Chromium-based web browsers.
For more issues or queries regarding Linux, let me know in the comments below.
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