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Yes! Why is the slack app so power hungry??

• ulfw 10y ago
  Because it's not an app. It's Electron aka basically another copy of the Chrome browser running the slack web app
  • pokemongoaway 10y ago
    Any suggestions? I've a top of the line macbook and the two things it has the hardest time handling are Chrome and Slack... I think Chrome needs to start thinking more about performance and design.
    • lobster_johnson 10y ago
      I recommend switching to Safari. Faster and less resource-hungry.
  • alfanick 10y ago
    You can use now Slack to XMPP or IRC gateway and use native client for these protocols - as a result power consuption is greatly reduced. A minor problem is that Slack has no idea if you read the message or not (though they should easily fix this with XMPP gateway). #no-to-calling-electron-a-native-app-movement
  • alonmower 10y ago
    I recently switched back to using Slack in a pinned tab and I can't recommend it enough. The minor additional inconvenience of getting to it makes it less distracting for me