We never intended to "fix" Cryptocat, per se. I agree that would be more trouble than it's worth, especially when there are things like Signal, Ricochet, CoyIM, etc.

Cryptodog is very much a casual project, not an all-encompassing fix for inherent design flaws. I offer it here only as an alternative for former users of Cryptocat who were content with the app.

P.S. Your guess is inaccurate, I am not the GP. HN staff might be able to verify this if it concerns you.