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Bots? It's awkward. In Slack, you scroll up. No bot is going to be as simple to use and obvious as that. If you do manage to integrate it that well, you will ne
by Latty 10y ago
Bots? It's awkward. In Slack, you scroll up. No bot is going to be as simple to use and obvious as that. If you do manage to integrate it that well, you will need to set up the bot, which is a separate service, get your clients to understand the bot, etc... It's like suggesting a tin can with strings to solve a communication problem. A rough, imperfect solution.
Who gives a damn about innovative? It may have been obvious and simple, but if no one else is doing it well, and they do, sneering at it seems dumb. They made a good call, and are profiting from it.
- kzisme 10y agoI'm sure OP was using bots as an example - IRC bouncers exist ,and if that's too technical for you then there are multiple other solutions.
- Latty 10y agoSure, and none of those solutions are as good as 'scroll up' after clicking five buttons to make a slack team. By quite a way.
- donum 10y agoWhen I used a Bouncer, all messages that I missed just were there after logging in. I could just scroll up. Easy!
- kzisme 10y agoBouncers are really "Set it and forget it"... Pings show up - if you desperately need phone notifications there are many apps/solutions to deal with that too. (but lets be real...nobody ~really~ wants notifications outside of work)
- ue_ 10y agoWith a bouncer you literally just scroll up.