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Dark mode, better performances, option to disable divisive new features: Slack might be making it harder to focus at work but the product itself improved quite

Dark mode, better performances, option to disable divisive new features: Slack might be making it harder to focus at work but the product itself improved quite a lot in 2019, kudos to the PMs.

gota 7y ago
Side comment: I've tried to use Slack's dark mode but had to quit. I was constantly having to download images to be able to read the black-over-transparent background of matplotlib images (that's apparently the default for the axis, markings, legends, etc.) It's not a matter of changing my code, too, because I want to see the images posted by _other_ people
- rcfox 7y ago
  I wonder if you could add a CSS rule to set the background colour of images to white?
  - hapidjus 7y ago
    Or use a pseudo element with z-index -1
    - ZeikJT 7y ago
      Parent suggested a very sensible, simple, and efficient solution. Why suggest a less efficient and more involved one?
  - ethanwillis 7y ago
    Slack will cease and desist you for making such modifications.
- thenewnewguy 7y ago
  to be fair, that's not really a problem with slack
- reportgunner 7y ago
  Honest question: what is the added value of having transparent background on matplotlib images ?
yellow_lead 7y ago
I'm waiting on the better performance :)
thenewnewguy 7y ago
> better performances I don't mean to bash slack too hard, but it honestly feels like the performance has gotten worse over time for me. Certain actions like Up Arrow (edit previous message) and loading threads on the "Threads" page seem to take way longer than they used to.
- philliphaydon 7y ago
  I concur, about 2-3 weeks ago an update occurred, i think the one prior to adding the WYSIWYG editor. Now if i minimize Slack in Windows then maximize it again, I get 5 seconds of black screen before it displays. This happens at work, home, and my laptop. Performance has never got better for me, just worse, but I keep hearing about performance improvements?!?
binaryblitz 7y ago
Kudos to the PMs? They allowed a half-baked (if that) feature to be shipped out and then wouldn't back down from it for a week. This reeks of PMs pushing a feature that isn't ready yet.
- jsjohnst 7y ago
  > then wouldn't back down from it for a week The rollout happened over multiple weeks, no? I know it was multiple weeks between I first saw it on any slack and it was on all of my slacks anyway. The outcry was “ignored” (or rather, “we know what’s best” attitude) for about a week though.
encoderer 7y ago
No PM anywhere gets credit for Dark Mode adoption in 2019. The other 2 amount to solving self-inflicted problems. You are kind.
- rurp 7y ago
  Dark Mode was apparently an insurmountable task for Evernote back when I used their app. Lots of public requests spanning many years on their support forum, with no action.
beshrkayali 7y ago
Incompetence deserves no praise when the mistake gets fixed.

Dark mode, better performances, option to disable divisive new features: Slack might be making it harder to focus at work but the product itself improved quite a lot in 2019, kudos to the PMs.

gota 7y ago

Side comment: I've tried to use Slack's dark mode but had to quit. I was constantly having to download images to be able to read the black-over-transparent background of matplotlib images (that's apparently the default for the axis, markings, legends, etc.) It's not a matter of changing my code, too, because I want to see the images posted by _other_ people

rcfox 7y ago
I wonder if you could add a CSS rule to set the background colour of images to white?
- hapidjus 7y ago
  Or use a pseudo element with z-index -1
  - ZeikJT 7y ago
    Parent suggested a very sensible, simple, and efficient solution. Why suggest a less efficient and more involved one?
- ethanwillis 7y ago
  Slack will cease and desist you for making such modifications.
thenewnewguy 7y ago
to be fair, that's not really a problem with slack
reportgunner 7y ago
Honest question: what is the added value of having transparent background on matplotlib images ?

yellow_lead 7y ago

I'm waiting on the better performance :)

thenewnewguy 7y ago

> better performances I don't mean to bash slack too hard, but it honestly feels like the performance has gotten worse over time for me. Certain actions like Up Arrow (edit previous message) and loading threads on the "Threads" page seem to take way longer than they used to.

philliphaydon 7y ago
I concur, about 2-3 weeks ago an update occurred, i think the one prior to adding the WYSIWYG editor. Now if i minimize Slack in Windows then maximize it again, I get 5 seconds of black screen before it displays. This happens at work, home, and my laptop. Performance has never got better for me, just worse, but I keep hearing about performance improvements?!?

binaryblitz 7y ago

Kudos to the PMs? They allowed a half-baked (if that) feature to be shipped out and then wouldn't back down from it for a week. This reeks of PMs pushing a feature that isn't ready yet.

jsjohnst 7y ago
> then wouldn't back down from it for a week The rollout happened over multiple weeks, no? I know it was multiple weeks between I first saw it on any slack and it was on all of my slacks anyway. The outcry was “ignored” (or rather, “we know what’s best” attitude) for about a week though.

encoderer 7y ago

No PM anywhere gets credit for Dark Mode adoption in 2019. The other 2 amount to solving self-inflicted problems. You are kind.

rurp 7y ago
Dark Mode was apparently an insurmountable task for Evernote back when I used their app. Lots of public requests spanning many years on their support forum, with no action.

beshrkayali 7y ago

Incompetence deserves no praise when the mistake gets fixed.