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IRC is quite capable, but Slack is like IRC without all the rough edges and with a nice API. There's only so much a bot can do, and the presentation of IRC var
by astrodust 12y ago
IRC is quite capable, but Slack is like IRC without all the rough edges and with a nice API.
There's only so much a bot can do, and the presentation of IRC varies wildly between clients. Slack normalizes all of that, which for casual users is huge.
Clearly it's drawn a lot of inspiration from IRC, and rightly so, but it's measurably better in a number of significant regards.
There's still a place for IRC and XMPP, but where Slack is a good fit, it's a great fit.
- fweespeech 12y agoI honestly find Slack and Slack's API to have more rough edges [along with most of the "IRC replacements"] than IRC which is why I was curious. YMMV. Thanks
- th0br0 12y agoWhat are those significant regards? While I also like the polished UX, I'd argue that the only real value that slack adds on top of IRC is the UI/X and integrated history - the latter being something that IRC just plain lacks.