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> We’ve added a User Agent override for Slack.com, which allows Firefox users to use more Call features and have access to Huddles. YES E: Shame on Slack. Thr
by d3nj4l 5y ago
> We’ve added a User Agent override for Slack.com, which allows Firefox users to use more Call features and have access to Huddles.
YES
E: Shame on Slack. Three years and counting they haven't fixed this.
- 10000truths 5y agoI thought it was standard knowledge that if you need a specific Web API or JavaScript feature, you explicitly test for it, rather than making assumptions based on the user agent.
- d3nj4l 5y agoI thought it was standard knowledge that Slack doesn't care about their in-browser experience :P Seriously, though, Slack is easily among the worst apps I've used in browser. On Safari I have a mountain of issues, including one where it grays out every message it sends and then shows them twice. On FF they flat out didn't support calls and huddles until FF called their bluff on it, and even on Chrome I've had missed notifications^. It's almost like they deliberately make it worse so you have to download their app - which also just runs in a browser. ^: Incidentally, for a work focused messaging platform, Slack has had the worst notification misses for me. They also don't clear notifs on mobile if you see the message on desktop and vice versa. Discord and WhatsApp - both platforms for casual use - are way better.
- aitchnyu 5y agoMS Teams refuses to do video in browsers except Edge and Chrome, so I have to force Chromium to spoof Chrome UA.
- JeremyNT 5y agoGood lord, what's old is new again. Maybe FF should just always use a Chrome-like UA and be done with it.