Slack using React Dev Build in Production

Re:Slack using React Dev Build in Production by Spoom on Tuesday August 01, 2017 @10:06AM (#14900716)

As an IRC, Slack, and Matrix user and netadmin, I will say that Slack and other nextgen chat services have a few advantages over IRC:

- automatic backlog resumption

- server stored pageable backlog

- continuous presence (you don't disappear from the channel when you leave, you're just marked as away)

- authentication built into the spec rather than implemented using a "services" layer

- general upgrades to what is allowed in the chat, such as long pastes, inline images, and file uploads

If you haven't tried Matrix yet (the best client is probably Riot at https://riot.im/ ), I encourage you to give it a try. It's essentially next generation IRC.

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Re:Slack using React Dev Build in Production by wizbright on Tuesday August 01, 2017 @10:14AM (#14900790)

That sounds like having an irc client connected to say ZNC. It has all of the same features and has been around for years..

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Re:Slack using React Dev Build in Production by Spoom on Tuesday August 01, 2017 @10:38AM (#14901056)

Sure, but a bouncer is another layer on top of your connection to the server, when architecturally it's much better to have the server manage that for you.

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Re:Slack using React Dev Build in Production by Sir_Cmpwn on Tuesday August 01, 2017 @08:54PM (#14906956)

Why should end users care about the architecture? It's architecturally a hell of a lot better than a massive electron app that eats all of your RAM!

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