Flamingo also supports File Transfers and full message search. The app is already ready for OS X Mavericks and utilizes the Mavericks notifications’ feature letting you reply right from the notification bubble. So any links from these services in your chat will instead be displayed as rich content. You can change from one service to another using the dropdown on the left here.įlamingo also supports inline previews for services like Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Droplr & CloudApp. Little things like these add to the overall delight when using the app. When you send a message, the bubble slowly animates with the text you’ve sent, along with the timestamp for that message appearing on the left. I love the way the duo has worked out the animations in the conversation view. Not just that, you can drag out a conversation by holding it at the bottom left and have it as a standalone floating window. This way, you can have multiple conversations open in view at the same time. However, you can also double click on any active chat to open it to the right of the rightmost conversation window. By default, you can click on any of the active chats and the rightmost pane will display the conversation. The middle pane lists all your active chats. At the bottom of this pane, you can search your buddy list or add a new buddy on any of the services. Only when you hover over the leftmost pane, it reveals their full names. At your end, the jump is transparent.įlamingo’s layout is designed such that you’ll only see your buddy avatars by default. Flamingo’s smartness goes beyond this, as if while chatting with him, he logs off one one service, you can continue your conversation with him in the same window on the other service. For example, if John Doe has an account on both Facebook and Google Hangouts, Flamingo will just display him once under the “Unified” title.
In the buddy list, Flamingo smartly collates your buddies who have accounts on multiple services into a single contact. Of course, Flamingo doesn’t limit you to this layout. When you double tap on a buddy to chat with him/her, the buddy appears in the center pane and the actual conversation is displayed in the right most pane.
Not only is Flamingo intricately designed with modern interface elements and superb use of colors, it also features some fantastically executed animations and transitions that make it an absolutely delight to use.įlamingo primarily uses a typical “three-pane” layout - the leftmost pane lists all your buddies from the services you’re currently signed in with, along with their statuses (online, idle, offline, etc.). If you’ve tried their apps before, Flamingo’s amazingness shouldn’t come as a surprise to you at all. Flamingo is a gorgeous instant messaging app released today for Mac that lets you sign in with your Google Hangouts, Facebook or even XMPP accounts and see which of your buddies are online, add new ones & chat with them - all in a slick, native & modern interface.įlamingo has been designed by Christian Dalonzo, best know for designing Stream for App.net and developed by Indragie Karunaratne, best known as the developer of Sonora - the beautiful music player for Mac. Over the last couple of weeks, I’ve been chatting with my buddies on Google Hangouts and Facebook using this fantastic new Mac app called Flamingo. In Mac Flamingo - Google Hangouts & Facebook Chat App for Mac
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