Re:Ask HN: How did slack beat hipchat?
by x0x0 on Friday November 10, 2017 @04:25AM
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I've used hipchat post acquisition by Atlassian. Their android client is shit: it used to absolutely nuke my battery. Post installation, the phone which used to last 24-30 hours was barely making it six. Slack's mobile app has been great to me in this regard. Also, their mobile sign in flow is amazing.
The Android app issue -- and it also happened to another person on my team post acquisition when we were forced to move from Slack to Hipchat -- set up a 6 month long fight over keeping slack. I don't recall ever arguing about a chat app before but this was a dealbreaker.
Re:Ask HN: How did slack beat hipchat?
by pmikesell on Friday November 10, 2017 @06:07AM
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Oh, their ios client was plenty terrible too. I remember having to wait 5 minutes before being able to type the first message character - just watching a blank screen while my phone got hot.
The Android app issue -- and it also happened to another person on my team post acquisition when we were forced to move from Slack to Hipchat -- set up a 6 month long fight over keeping slack. I don't recall ever arguing about a chat app before but this was a dealbreaker.