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Slack doesnt need anymore features. Just let me chat and stop making me learn new ways to do things.

robbiemitchell 9y ago
Just like email replaced phones as the go-to method of business communication, chat is doing that to email -- at least in some types of companies and teams. But it's not just chat. With interactive messages, Slack is becoming more like an OS for communications and business processes. And there are seemingly infinite ways for it to evolve to better serve the needs of just about anyone using it to communicate with others.
EduardoBautista 9y ago
> Slack doesnt need anymore features. How about a native desktop app.
- inopinatus 9y ago
  Honestly I'd rather have a native ncurses app.
  - tomlong 9y ago
    Check out Wee-Slack[1], it's as close as you're likely to get for now. Note this does not use the IRC gateway, but it plugs the slack API into WeeChat, and supports most slack functionality not found with the IRC gateway. [1]https://github.com/wee-slack/wee-slack/blob/master/README.md https://github.com/wee-slack/wee-slack/blob/master/README.md
- ggreer 9y ago
  Or a full-fledged API so that anyone can write a Slack client. Currently, anyone who wants to write a 3rd-party client has to use the IRC bridge. That doesn't have the same capabilities as Slack's client.
  - switch007 9y ago
    What about the Real Time API?
  - fairramone 9y ago
    I've been successfully using the WeeChat Slack plugin which leverages the native Slack over Websocket vs. an IRC bridge. https://github.com/wee-slack/wee-slack https://github.com/wee-slack/wee-slack
- thomk 9y ago
  Skype?
- pc86 9y ago
  Wait you mean you don't like the desktop web view that uses 12 gigs of RAM?
- rocky1138 9y ago
  Why bother? Just leave Slack open in a browser tab. Job done.
- eggie5 9y ago
  yes, I would give up Highlights, Threads, Calls and most slack features for a native client.
- mi100hael 9y ago
  Then they'd have to hire developers that dare to venture outside the garden of JavaScript.
thomk 9y ago
Use Skype.
MadcapJake 9y ago
Use IRC.

Just like email replaced phones as the go-to method of business communication, chat is doing that to email -- at least in some types of companies and teams. But it's not just chat. With interactive messages, Slack is becoming more like an OS for communications and business processes. And there are seemingly infinite ways for it to evolve to better serve the needs of just about anyone using it to communicate with others.

EduardoBautista 9y ago

> Slack doesnt need anymore features. How about a native desktop app.

inopinatus 9y ago
Honestly I'd rather have a native ncurses app.
- tomlong 9y ago
  Check out Wee-Slack[1], it's as close as you're likely to get for now. Note this does not use the IRC gateway, but it plugs the slack API into WeeChat, and supports most slack functionality not found with the IRC gateway. [1]https://github.com/wee-slack/wee-slack/blob/master/README.md https://github.com/wee-slack/wee-slack/blob/master/README.md
ggreer 9y ago
Or a full-fledged API so that anyone can write a Slack client. Currently, anyone who wants to write a 3rd-party client has to use the IRC bridge. That doesn't have the same capabilities as Slack's client.
- switch007 9y ago
  What about the Real Time API?
- fairramone 9y ago
  I've been successfully using the WeeChat Slack plugin which leverages the native Slack over Websocket vs. an IRC bridge. https://github.com/wee-slack/wee-slack https://github.com/wee-slack/wee-slack
thomk 9y ago
Skype?
pc86 9y ago
Wait you mean you don't like the desktop web view that uses 12 gigs of RAM?
rocky1138 9y ago
Why bother? Just leave Slack open in a browser tab. Job done.
eggie5 9y ago
yes, I would give up Highlights, Threads, Calls and most slack features for a native client.
mi100hael 9y ago
Then they'd have to hire developers that dare to venture outside the garden of JavaScript.

thomk 9y ago

Use Skype.

MadcapJake 9y ago

Use IRC.