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Different in what way? Slack has built-in video conferencing?

wikibob 7y ago
Slack’s video conferencing sucks. They bought ScreenHero and tried to integrate it. They screwed it up so bad that the ScreenHero founder quit after 4 years and has gone and rewrote it and called it Screen: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22676040 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22676040
- pwarner 7y ago
  Yeah Slack themselves use Zoom. Slack is a channel based messaging tool, it integrates with best of class video tools like Zoom and file storage tools like Box or even SharePoint. Teams does it all OKish, although the channel based messaging is probably the worst part. It's sort of wrong to look at Teams as a Slack replacement. Well, it is for who just want chat, and don't care about channel messaging.
  - p1necone 7y ago
    Integration seems like the ideal path for Slack. Make it easy and seamless to use any third party service from Slack rather than trying to build functionality directly into it other than the core group/direct chat stuff.
    - dexterdog 7y ago
      How is video conferencing not a core chat thing?
    - toyg 7y ago
      > Integration seems like the ideal path for Slack. It's pretty easy for Teams too. I don't particularly like Teams, nor do I like Slack, but there is nothing feature-wise, today, that would make me choose Slack over Teams. Teams also plays much better with OneDrive and Outlook, obviously. I think Slack is now a goner. They will be acquired in 5 years tops.
      - fencepost 7y ago
        Perhaps they can be the Google chat product that survives?
      - turbinerneiter 6y ago
        RIP slack, you tried, but 0 chance against MS/win/office monopoly.
rodgerd 7y ago
When I raise a meeting in Outlook, I get a Teams videoconf button and attendance etc will all be managed via Exchange on-line. I can record the meeting and have it shared in the channel as part of the process. There are beta features that transcribe the audio to text, as well.

Slack’s video conferencing sucks. They bought ScreenHero and tried to integrate it. They screwed it up so bad that the ScreenHero founder quit after 4 years and has gone and rewrote it and called it Screen: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22676040 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22676040

pwarner 7y ago
Yeah Slack themselves use Zoom. Slack is a channel based messaging tool, it integrates with best of class video tools like Zoom and file storage tools like Box or even SharePoint. Teams does it all OKish, although the channel based messaging is probably the worst part. It's sort of wrong to look at Teams as a Slack replacement. Well, it is for who just want chat, and don't care about channel messaging.
- p1necone 7y ago
  Integration seems like the ideal path for Slack. Make it easy and seamless to use any third party service from Slack rather than trying to build functionality directly into it other than the core group/direct chat stuff.
  - dexterdog 7y ago
    How is video conferencing not a core chat thing?
  - toyg 7y ago
    > Integration seems like the ideal path for Slack. It's pretty easy for Teams too. I don't particularly like Teams, nor do I like Slack, but there is nothing feature-wise, today, that would make me choose Slack over Teams. Teams also plays much better with OneDrive and Outlook, obviously. I think Slack is now a goner. They will be acquired in 5 years tops.
    - fencepost 7y ago
      Perhaps they can be the Google chat product that survives?
    - turbinerneiter 6y ago
      RIP slack, you tried, but 0 chance against MS/win/office monopoly.

rodgerd 7y ago

When I raise a meeting in Outlook, I get a Teams videoconf button and attendance etc will all be managed via Exchange on-line. I can record the meeting and have it shared in the channel as part of the process. There are beta features that transcribe the audio to text, as well.