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Re:Electron is flash for the desktop (2016) by AlphaSite on Tuesday April 11, 2017 @02:21PM (#14090901)
I actively don't use and discourage people from using Slack where I can because of how poorly it runs.
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Re:Electron is flash for the desktop (2016) by ziikutv on Tuesday April 11, 2017 @05:15PM (#14092520)
What about Slack webpage?
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Re:Electron is flash for the desktop (2016) by AlphaSite on Tuesday April 11, 2017 @06:09PM (#14092970)
Same issues. The bloat is atrocious.
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Re:Electron is flash for the desktop (2016) by mi100hael on Tuesday April 11, 2017 @03:36PM (#14091636)
And because it's a closed-source, expensive implementation of IRC.
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Re:Electron is flash for the desktop (2016) by AlphaSite on Tuesday April 11, 2017 @06:09PM (#14092975)
That's not great, but I can live with that.
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Re:Electron is flash for the desktop (2016) by eyko on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @04:57AM (#14095945)
With no fuss history
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Re:Electron is flash for the desktop (2016) by mi100hael on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @10:58AM (#14098263)
Honestly, though, the in-client search sucks. I'd much rather search archived text IRC logs through some web interface or locally than try and find something from 6 months ago within Slack.
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