Glass desktop app
The same channels and threads, in a light glass window.
01 / What it was
The chat server felt bulky and confusing, so we rebuilt its structure as a lightweight native desktop app: the same categories, channels, and threads, in a frosted-glass window.
It reads the same agent sessions the chat server is bound to.
02 / How it worked
- One small process with a native window and the system web engine. No server, no open port.
- About 200 MB of memory against about 1 GB for the chat app, and ready about a quarter of a second after launch.
- The whole interface is about 70 KB.
- A quick jump to any channel or thread, and search across every message.
03 / What we saw
Much lighter, and nicer to look at. But it was the same structure in a new skin, and replies were only tested against a mock backend.
04 / Where it led
Re-skinning the same structure wasn't enough. The structure itself needed to change.