I also abandoned Slack completely due to its horrendous performance and UX. I find comments like the parent above you utterly perplexing. There are Slack gatew

I also abandoned Slack completely due to its horrendous performance and UX. I find comments like the parent above you utterly perplexing. There are Slack gateways that exist for native applications. I currently use a Slack libpurple plugin with Pidgin, and although threading is slightly cumbersome, eliminating Electron and/or a browser has greatly improved my experience overall.