Here is the thing: I’m nicely sitting on my cough browsing the web with my tablet. Suddenly, I get a Whatsapp message. I’m giving no other option than grabbing my phone and attend the received message.

Same situation at work: I sit at my desk, receive a Whatsapp message and even when I have two monitors and a full-fledged keyboard, Whatsapp forces me to tap the tiny screen of my phone.

Why the heck does not Whatsapp provide multi-device support? This is not rocket science, any other basic messaging platform gives this facility.

Honestly, I haven’t given up on Whatsapp yet because of its popularity. I tried to convince some of my contacts to ditch it, but not everyone really seems to have the issues I have with it. Here is a summary with the pros and cons of this retrograde service. Sure, moving people to yet another platform is simply cumbersome.

A web interface for Whatsapp is being rumored for quite a while. But until that happens I will still be swearing Whatsapp and its users for this.