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Ask HN: Slack alternative with native clients
Quite some time ago, someone on HN mentioned a group chat app (like Slack) that comes with truly native clients for all supported platforms. I tried to search for HN that comment but found nothing. Was it just my imagination?
P.S. By "native" I mean Cocoa on Mac, etc. Not a web page packaged in an app, i.e. no Electron and similar.
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- wheresvic1 9y agoWe use hipchat by atlassian and it seems to do a pretty decent job
- kcucuycuixldjd 9y agoMaybe it was gitter? it was boughtby gitlab and opensourced iirc
- salutis 9y agoJust tried it. The "app" is just a single giant web view.
- byoung2 9y agoAtlassian has a new app https://techcrunch.com/2017/09/07/atlassian-launches-stride-its-slack-competitor/ https://techcrunch.com/2017/09/07/atlassian-launches-stride-... By the way, what's wrong with electron or similar wrappers? Size? Performance?
- salutis 9y agoNon-standard UI, general slowness, energy consumption, glitches, missing standard keyboard shortcuts, etc. The list goes on and on. It's a lowest common denominator, doesn't use what Cocoa/Mac has to offer. TL;DR Poor usability.
- byoung2 9y agoYeah it's a tradeoff. It's a cost-effective way for a small startup to get a Mac, Windows, and Linux version in the hands of users quickly. If they get adoption and money, it would be a good idea to then do native versions.
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