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The HipChat native client for OS X has been fantastic, plus there's an iOS client that pairs well with it, giving you push notifications for mentions. It's not

The HipChat native client for OS X has been fantastic, plus there's an iOS client that pairs well with it, giving you push notifications for mentions. It's not clear if Slack has this too.

dserodio 12y ago
Slack has nice native clients for OS X, Android and iOS too.
- nirvdrum 12y ago
  I'm still holding out to see if they add Linux and Windows client support. Until then, HipChat is the only option for us.
  - disillusioned 12y ago
    Why's that? I use Chrome Application Shortcuts for Slack and it essentially creates a task bar shortcut, and works with desktop notifications. It's currently missing background notifications, but aside from that, there's no appreciable differences between it and something truly "native client".
    - nirvdrum 12y ago
      Chrome on Linux is barely usable most of the time. But having something that is native lets you do all the fun things you can do with native apps: auto-start at login, minimize to systray, alt-tab with nice icon, and so on. Maybe Slack is different, but most rich web apps I've used ends up eating gobs of memory after prolonged usage.
- lobster_johnson 12y ago
  I wouldn't call the OS X client "native". Sure, it's an app, but it's just a wrapper around the web page.
  - eddieroger 12y ago
    True, but it has dock badges, native Notification Center notifications and keyboard shortcuts for navigating chat. That's close enough to native for me.
- SkyMarshal 12y ago
  OS X client appears to be wrapped HTML rather than native.
sdm 12y ago
I wouldn't call Hipchat's OS X client native; it's Flash (Adobe Air). The Slack's desktop OS X and iOS apps, while they are html based, are an order of magnitude nicer to use.
- wtf242 12y ago
  no it's not. their new OSX client is native. the old version is Adobe Air.
  - dkersten 12y ago
    Their new windows client (and therefore I imagine the others too) appears to be Qt and Webkit. Most of it still seems to be their web app wrapped in native...

The HipChat native client for OS X has been fantastic, plus there's an iOS client that pairs well with it, giving you push notifications for mentions. It's not clear if Slack has this too.

dserodio 12y ago

Slack has nice native clients for OS X, Android and iOS too.

nirvdrum 12y ago
I'm still holding out to see if they add Linux and Windows client support. Until then, HipChat is the only option for us.
- disillusioned 12y ago
  Why's that? I use Chrome Application Shortcuts for Slack and it essentially creates a task bar shortcut, and works with desktop notifications. It's currently missing background notifications, but aside from that, there's no appreciable differences between it and something truly "native client".
  - nirvdrum 12y ago
    Chrome on Linux is barely usable most of the time. But having something that is native lets you do all the fun things you can do with native apps: auto-start at login, minimize to systray, alt-tab with nice icon, and so on. Maybe Slack is different, but most rich web apps I've used ends up eating gobs of memory after prolonged usage.
lobster_johnson 12y ago
I wouldn't call the OS X client "native". Sure, it's an app, but it's just a wrapper around the web page.
- eddieroger 12y ago
  True, but it has dock badges, native Notification Center notifications and keyboard shortcuts for navigating chat. That's close enough to native for me.
SkyMarshal 12y ago
OS X client appears to be wrapped HTML rather than native.

sdm 12y ago

I wouldn't call Hipchat's OS X client native; it's Flash (Adobe Air). The Slack's desktop OS X and iOS apps, while they are html based, are an order of magnitude nicer to use.

wtf242 12y ago
no it's not. their new OSX client is native. the old version is Adobe Air.
- dkersten 12y ago
  Their new windows client (and therefore I imagine the others too) appears to be Qt and Webkit. Most of it still seems to be their web app wrapped in native...