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We didn't need yet another IRC clone, and yet Slack seems to be cleaning up. The core value prop of the internet is easy communication. Don't be surprised whe

by fizx 12y ago

We didn't need yet another IRC clone, and yet Slack seems to be cleaning up. The core value prop of the internet is easy communication. Don't be surprised when people continue to iterate on it.

wamatt 12y ago
To be fair, Slack is much more than simply an IRC clone
- hueving 12y ago
  Right, because most IRC clones are free
- TeMPOraL 12y ago
  Well, it apparently is a poor man's IRC clone with awesome UI bolted on top. I think a properly made modern IRC client would blow it out of the water.
hackerboos 12y ago
Slack was doing it for me until recently. I could paste code and it would format it correctly. It looked great although a bit sluggish at times. Then I tried to share a Pages document...
- coldtea 12y ago
  So? Even if it turned out badly, that's one bug for a rather obscure use case that can be fixed anyway...
e12e 12y ago
Slack does support IRC and XMPP transports, though? So even if $management wants Slack, I can use a single client across several networks. AFAIK Slack doesn't do federation, but one out of two, is better than none out of two.