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Tracking the future of remote workplaces: Apps, communication, and liability
- graphememes 7y agoAh yes, the good ol' startup employee entering sex threads in slack work channels
- lima 7y ago> Google's suite of connected office apps functions quite well, but the company doesn't really have an agreed-upon chat app, and it's hard to overstate the usefulness of a casual, watercooler-like chat app to let colleagues alternate between serious conversations and bond-building gibberish. That statement is incorrect - Google Chat (http://chat.google.com http://chat.google.com) is the GSuite enterprise chat product. It is compatible with Hangouts and will eventually replace it. My company uses it and it works very well. They have first-party concept of top-level lightweight threads in rooms, and it's the most convincing threading implementation I've used so far. Each message belongs to a thread, and threads aren't hidden away but are shown as summaries in the room. You can follow/unfollow individual threads. The concept is very similar to Zulip, except there's no subject line and threads feel more lightweight.
- wyldfire 7y ago> and will eventually replace it Really? But isn't Hangouts free and GSuite not? I find Google's abrupt roadmap changes dizzying, especially wrt its many messaging products. Can you cite where you heard that plan?
- unlinked_dll 7y agoDidn't they kill hangouts?
- randomdude402 7y agoNope. Regular old Hangouts is still alive and kicking. I use it every day with a couple gaming groups and a home grown chatbot.
- lima 7y agoReplace it for enterprise customers. https://support.google.com/a/answer/9291305?hl=en&ref_topic=9292289 https://support.google.com/a/answer/9291305?hl=en&ref_topic=... https://9to5google.com/2019/08/21/google-delays-hangouts-death/ https://9to5google.com/2019/08/21/google-delays-hangouts-dea... There will be exactly one chat product left.