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> * file uploads in your chat client are misplaced at best, and "rich" environments with formatting and images are 99.999% distractions Nope. They're extremely
by zellyn 10y ago
> * file uploads in your chat client are misplaced at best, and "rich" environments with formatting and images are 99.999% distractions
Nope. They're extremely useful. Just offhand I can think of tons of times we've (a) pasted metric graphs, (b) pasted annotated screengrabs, (c) pasted snippets of code, (d) pasted snippets of test output. None of this is easy in IRC.
- mi100hael 10y agoBut once they're pasted in there, they can only be used there. It's barely harder to upload a file to any myriad of file sharing/hosting services and paste a link which most graphical IRC clients can be configured to auto-expand (and users who don't care/don't want a bunch of images can choose to handle links differently)
- zellyn 10y agoI want the text snippets to be shown inline. I'm fine with Slack owning the image assets, because I don't have to worry about permissions the way I would if I uploaded them somewhere else (unless it was to some other internal tool). I've been on IRC since 1993, and I'm an accomplished programmer. I still find setting up and configuring ZNC and an IRC client complicated, error-error prone, and confusing. And it doesn't always work - sometimes it quits working for no reason and I have to restart things.
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- zellyn 10y agoIn particular, there are many settings that mention security, encryption, and certificates. It's unclear what combinations are sensible, supported, or necessary.
- pavel_lishin 10y agofwiw, I use bip rather than znc.