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Because it's not an app. It's Electron aka basically another copy of the Chrome browser running the slack web app
by 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 agoAny 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 agoI recommend switching to Safari. Faster and less resource-hungry.
- alfanick 10y agoYou 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 agoI 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