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Re:Tell HN: Slack decides to close down IRC and XMPP gateways by johannes1234321 on Wednesday March 07, 2018 @08:30PM (#16541555)
The desktop app allows them to Mark the checkbox of having a "native" app when selling ... And in my environment quite a few folks prefer the election app over the browser. I don't know why, though.
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Re:Tell HN: Slack decides to close down IRC and XMPP gateways by always_good on Thursday March 08, 2018 @11:03AM (#16545147)
I prefer a dedicate app because I can alt-tab through a relatively limited number of apps compared to the dozens of tabs I may have open.

For example, the desktop app will show notification count in the dock.

Imagine if all of your apps had a browser version and you could always pick between a tabbed version vs standalone version. To use the tabbed version of everything would be like using an AOL app back in those days where you alt-tab to the AOL virtual window and then find the app you want within it while wishing you could just use the OS' window manager system.

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Re:Tell HN: Slack decides to close down IRC and XMPP gateways by johannes1234321 on Thursday March 08, 2018 @04:07PM (#16547631)
I simply have it in a browser window in a specific part on my desktop which I manage via i3wm. But, well, everybody has their preferences.
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