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My company uses Slack. To me, all it is, is chat. And I barely use it. It's features are moving and changing so fast that every time I use it, things that I nee
by yosito 3y ago
My company uses Slack. To me, all it is, is chat. And I barely use it. It's features are moving and changing so fast that every time I use it, things that I need for simple chat have moved. I'm fine with all the innovation and features, but please stop moving everything around in the user interface all the time. When most of your users are only using your software as a utility for their job, consistency should be considered a core feature.
- danielbln 3y agoAre we using the same Slack? The Slack that is extremely slow to add any new features, that still kind of looks the same as it did years ago? Compared to how much the various video conferencing tools change and update, Slack is a paragon of stability (to a fault, at times).
- flangola7 3y ago(｡)! Are you a time traveler? I cannot think of the differences since using it in 2019.
- BerislavLopac 3y agoFWIW: https://slack.com/intl/en-gb/release-notes/mac https://slack.com/intl/en-gb/release-notes/mac
- pprotas 3y agoWhat kind of “moving around” are you referring to?
- piva00 3y agoThe biggest one seems to be the unsticking of threads to the sidebar, a few months ago it was changed where threads stick to the channel you open, if you move to another channel the sidebar is closed and a new context for that channel is now available. There's also a new pop-up window button for threads, you can split out the thread view into a new window. It's a change I didn't enjoy so much, my workflow when replying to a request from another team was to leave a thread open and navigate around Slack to ask other teams while copying data from the original request for other teams to troubleshoot, now I need to pop the window out while navigating to other channels. I miss tabs and split views, I have no idea why Slack hasn't implemented those, it'd help a lot to keep track of multiple channels at once (for example when managing incidents).
- arthur_sav 3y ago> please stop moving everything around in the user interface all the time Yes! They change things for the sake of change and not for improvement.