gossip is the smoothest client so far. however, the ui is definitely made by a dev. anyone know how to bring up the console so i can get at my private key on linux? also is there a way to look at someone else's friends list? cc nostr:npub1acg6thl5psv62405rljzkj8spesceyfz2c32udakc2ak0dmvfeyse9p35c
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I'm torn between "Gossip is more secure as it's not on this terrible web stack" and "I prefer the sandboxing in my browser".
Also all my chat applications are just browser tabs that get restored when I open the browser instead of having to open a dozen independent apps.
yeah there's something to be said about the ability to go right to an application instead of fucking around with multiple tabs. pinned tabs help save some visual space, but i still try to keep my open tabs to a minimum. i don't know about gossip being "more secure." could be. i'm just exploring other clients.
I'm sure gossip can be sandboxed with other software, and it's probably best for gossip not to be involved in it's own sandboxing.
Right but with the browser it's intuitively clear that tabs don't talk to each other, so the sandboxing is very obvious and "tangible".
With Android for example, people know how permissions are a thing. On the desktop though, there is no default way of limiting permissions so I'd have to use an OS for this, which feels like a lot of hassle.
The console is where you launched gossip from (if you didn't just click an icon). Use a terminal and type "gossip" and the output will be in that terminal.
Gossip doesn't yet store other people's contact list data. We will get there eventually. Other clients found this to be important, our priorities are different, so you can do this on another client. No need to use just one.
I installed it using the deb installer which seems to contain a launch config. so I didn't realize I could run it from the terminal.