Split browser-only version into a separate branch & update README

README.md

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 # Welcome
 
-All you need to **use Discord History Tracker** is either an up-to-date browser, or the [Discord desktop client](https://discord.com/download). Visit the [official website](https://dht.chylex.com) for instructions.
+For instructions on how to **use Discord History Tracker**, visit the [official website](https://dht.chylex.com).
 
 To **report an issue or suggestion**, first please see the [issues](https://github.com/chylex/Discord-History-Tracker/issues) page and make sure someone else hasn't already created a similar issue report. If you do find an existing issue, comment on it or add a reaction. Otherwise, either click [New Issue](https://github.com/chylex/Discord-History-Tracker/issues/new), or contact me via email [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]) or Twitter [@chylexmc](https://twitter.com/chylexmc).
 
-If you are interested in **creating your own version** from the source code, continue reading the [build instructions](#Build-Instructions) below.
+If you are interested in **building from source code**, continue reading the [build instructions](#Build-Instructions) below.
 
-# Build Instructions
+This branch is dedicated to the Discord History Tracker desktop app. If you are looking for the older browser-only version, visit the [master-browser-only](https://github.com/chylex/Discord-History-Tracker/tree/master-browser-only) branch.
 
-Follow the steps below to create your own version of Discord History Tracker.
+# Build Instructions
 
 ### Setup
 
 Fork the repository and clone it to your computer (if you've never used git, you can download the [GitHub Desktop](https://desktop.github.com) client to get started quickly).
 
-Now you can modify the source code:
-* `src/tracker/` contains JS files that are automatically combined into the **tracker bookmark/script**
-* `src/viewer/` contains HTML, CSS, JS files that are then combined into the **offline viewer page**
+Folder organization:
+* `app/` contains a Visual Studio solution for the desktop app
 * `lib/` contains utilities required to build the project
 * `web/` contains source code of the [official website](https://dht.chylex.com), which can be used as a template when making your own website
 
-### Building
+To start editing source code for the desktop app, open `app/DiscordHistoryTracker.sln` in [Visual Studio](https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/downloads/) or [Rider](https://www.jetbrains.com/rider/).
 
-After you've done changes to the source code, you will need to build it. Before that, download and install:
-* (**required**) [Python 3](https://www.python.org/downloads)
-  * Use to run the build script
-* (optional) [Node + npm](https://nodejs.org/en) & command line [uglify-js](https://www.npmjs.com/package/uglify-js)
-  * Not required on Windows
-  * Only required for optional [JS minification](#Minification) on Linux/Mac
-
-Now open the folder that contains `build.py` in a command line, and run `python build.py` to create a build with default settings. The following files will be created:
-* `bld/track.js` is the raw tracker script that can be pasted into a browser console
-* `bld/track.html` is the tracker script but sanitized for inclusion in HTML (see `web/index.php` for examples)
-* `bld/viewer.html` is the complete offline viewer
+### Building
 
-You can tweak the build process using the following flags:
-* `python build.py --nominify` to disable [minification](#Minification)
+To build a `Debug` version of the desktop app, there are no additional requirements.
 
-### Minification
+To build a `Release` version of the desktop app, you will need [Python 3](https://www.python.org/downloads), which is used by the build process to launch `app/Resources/minify.py` script.
 
-The build process automatically minifies JS using `UglifyJS@3`, and CSS using a custom minifier.
+When creating `Release` builds on systems other than 64-bit Windows, you will also need [Node + npm](https://nodejs.org/en), and [uglify-js](https://www.npmjs.com/package/uglify-js) installed globally (`npm install uglify-js -g`). On 64-bit Windows, both Node and uglify-js are already included in the `lib/` folder for convenience.
 
-* If the `--nominify` flag is used, minification will be completely disabled
-* If `uglify-js` is not available from the command line, JS minification will be skipped
-  * When building on Windows 64-bit, the build script will use the included Node runner and packages
-  * When building on Windows 32-bit, you will need to download [Node 32-bit](https://nodejs.org/en/download) and replace the included one in `lib/`
-  * When building on Linux/Mac, the build script will attempt to find `uglifyjs` in the command line
+To create `Release` builds ready for distribution, run the `app/build.bat` script on Windows, or `app/build.sh` script on other operating systems. This will create self-contained executables for each major operating system, and a portable version that works on all other systems but requires .NET 5 to be installed. All builds are placed in the `app/bin` folder.