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Slack has nice native clients for OS X, Android and iOS too.
by dserodio 12y ago
Slack has nice native clients for OS X, Android and iOS too.
- nirvdrum 12y agoI'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 agoWhy'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 agoChrome 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 agoI 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 agoTrue, 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 agoOS X client appears to be wrapped HTML rather than native.