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> 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.