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I've used Zulip. It's a cool idea, though it turned out to be still too beta to replace HipChat at my company. The key feature is having multiple threads of co
by rspeer 13y ago
I've used Zulip. It's a cool idea, though it turned out to be still too beta to replace HipChat at my company.
The key feature is having multiple threads of conversation in one room. When you find yourself saying "Wait, was that in response to me or to Alice?" "Neither, I was talking to Bob", or just waiting for a conversation to finish so you're not interrupting and causing confusion, it's the kind of thing you wish for.
It was also pretty good at letting coders talk about code, with Markdown and syntax highlighting, and without mangling whitespace or turning all the (8)s into ridiculous smileys with a left parenthesis.
I'd love to be able to use Zulip when it's more fleshed out, so here's hoping Dropbox does something cool with it, and doesn't just quietly absorb the talent.
- Gigablah 13y agoHave you tried Slack? (https://slack.com https://slack.com) It also supports code snippets and side discussions. And it seems really polished. Haven't seen Zulip so I can't compare the two, though.
- rspeer 13y agoDepending how the side discussions work, that does sound pretty comparable.
- netw1z 13y agoslack rocks! We are using it on a project across 5 continents and everyone is loving it. I think one thing it does well it automatically annotate links and code - thats one of many things, but it's quite nice. The mobile app sounds is so - nice! Looks like this company did it right and just demoed for all the best people who might buy it quick. Always follow the money!