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Don’t understand the need for a WYSIWYG editor in the first place. It’s not a word processor. The need to add formatting to a Slack message should be rare enoug
by asmint3 7y ago
Don’t understand the need for a WYSIWYG editor in the first place. It’s not a word processor. The need to add formatting to a Slack message should be rare enough that the WYSIWYG overhead just isn’t worth it.
- gempir 7y agoThey want to make the product appeal to all users and not just techy ones. And If I product managers or CEO or whoever can print his message bold he's happy. Very few non techy people know what markdown even is. (From my own experience asking friends etc.)
- umanwizard 7y agoStep 1: google “how to make text bold in Slack” There is no step 2, that’s literally all you need to do.
- leadingthenet 7y agoI think you overestimate the tech skills of your average user. I know so many people for whom typing "how do I X" in Google is too difficult, and will flat out refuse to do it. That's not to say that I think we should be dumbing down software for them. In fact, we should be doing the exact opposite.
- umanwizard 7y agoYou're not wrong. I suppose all I can say is that software companies have every right in a free society to cater to people like that to the detriment of technical users... and I have every right to vote with my feet and wallet. (There's a reason OpenBSD and macOS are both alive and well.)
- reportgunner 7y agoI'm sorry, but what users ? AFAIK Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Twitter doesn't have a WYSIWYG editor. Are there some hidden users that send font size 30 all capitals red colored text in Times New Roman to each other ?
- umanwizard 7y agoOffice productivity tools do typically have WYSIWYG editors: Word, Outlook, Gmail, ...
- reportgunner 7y agoThank you, it didn't occur to me that some users are actually using slack to replace e-mail communication.