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I worry that this could cause Slack to use a lot of memory.
by Uhhrrr 9y ago
I worry that this could cause Slack to use a lot of memory.
- Klathmon 9y agoWhy? If you aren't using the feature why would it cause your slack instance to use more memory?
- problems 9y agoThe scripts for it still likely get loaded and compiled. I'm not sure how much of a hit that is, but Electron apps tend to eat a lot of memory quickly even doing basic stuff.
- EpicEng 9y agoYes, programs that do more stuff tend to use more memory. That's what memory is for.
- macspoofing 9y agoWhooosh
- EpicEng 9y agoYes... not the only one though. Not a very obvious joke. Also, just checked slack on my Mac: 38MB memory usage, 4 open groups and many channels. So, not a good joke either?
- dgavey 9y agoCheck the helpers, the main app is low, but it's likely over 1GB of RAM in use with the helpers.
- FireBeyond 9y agoOur team instance, 10 people, effectively idle (1000 messages/week, 99% direct). Client up for one day. Mac: currently using 620MB Windows: currently using 340MB
- vultour 9y agoThere is like 5+ Slack processes running at any one time. Knowing the efficiency of Slack 38MB is just the taskbar icon.
- yborg 9y agoWant some more examples of the awesome that is the Slack desktop app? Have a single animated emoji on screen in a channel. Just visible in the currently active channel. The Slack app is using ~30% of the CPU in my 2016 MBP, even when it's in the background. I quiver at the thought of the awesome that will be available when Slack's valuation hits $20B.
- btown 9y agoSlack's memory usage is proportional to its valuation. What else would you use all those engineers for if not moar features?
- intoverflow2 9y agoOn my Mac 2 groups, only a few channels using 1,440MB across 5 processes
- waleedka 9y agoLOL. I'm guessing you're sarcastically jabbing at Slack for the known issue that their desktop app uses a lot of memory.
- dzhiurgis 9y agoI don't get why people use Slack app. The whole Slack deal is to get away from desktop apps and run on the browser. This opens up freedom to start Slacks where corp is blocking app installs (but not zealous enough to be blocking/MITM'ing network yet).
- jackfraser 9y agoFor me, it's mainly because it gives me one icon that's always Slack, no matter how many browser tabs I have open, no matter how many windows or even different browsers I am using at once. Click there, get Slack. No risk of accidentally closing it or losing it somewhere.
- ransom1538 9y agoChat apps in 4 billion lines of javascript are totally terrible. Wrap the turd in 4 layers of react. It is still awful.
- BinaryIdiot 9y agoMultiple tabs in a web browser flat out sucks for multi-tasking. macOS, Windows and many flavors of window managers for Linux provide many ways for switching between windows, seeing what's open, hiding things, etc. In a browser they're just straight tabs. Have you ever need to switch between multiple tabs semi regularly while keeping other tabs open? Have you ever wanted two tabs to be side-by-side? It's a usability horror show. Wrapping Slack in its own app let's me use the windowing manager my operating system came with.
- abrowne 9y agoHonest question: Can't you just open a new browser window then?
- mrmondo 9y agoI wonder if their app is just a bunch of javascript wrapped in a web frame? That's how other 'apps' of such design seem to perform (atom etc...)
- mcintyre1994 9y agoIt is, with that web frame being Electron (Chromium + node.js): https://slack.engineering/building-hybrid-applications-with-electron-dc67686de5fb https://slack.engineering/building-hybrid-applications-with-...
- mrmondo 9y agoOk, well I'm willing to bet that's the problem then.