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Re:Wire – Modern Communications Network by fizx on Wednesday December 03, 2014 @04:40AM (#8692733)
We didn't need yet another IRC clone, and yet Slack seems to be cleaning up.

The core value prop of the internet is easy communication. Don't be surprised when people continue to iterate on it.

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Re:Wire – Modern Communications Network by wamatt on Wednesday December 03, 2014 @04:45AM (#8692759)
To be fair, Slack is much more than simply an IRC clone
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Re:Wire – Modern Communications Network by TeMPOraL on Wednesday December 03, 2014 @07:07AM (#8693258)
Well, it apparently is a poor man's IRC clone with awesome UI bolted on top. I think a properly made modern IRC client would blow it out of the water.
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Re:Wire – Modern Communications Network by hueving on Wednesday December 03, 2014 @05:12AM (#8692853)
Right, because most IRC clones are free
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Re:Wire – Modern Communications Network by e12e on Wednesday December 03, 2014 @08:15AM (#8693546)
Slack does support IRC and XMPP transports, though? So even if $management wants Slack, I can use a single client across several networks. AFAIK Slack doesn't do federation, but one out of two, is better than none out of two.
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Re:Wire – Modern Communications Network by hackerboos on Wednesday December 03, 2014 @04:46AM (#8692764)
Slack was doing it for me until recently. I could paste code and it would format it correctly. It looked great although a bit sluggish at times.

Then I tried to share a Pages document...

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Re:Wire – Modern Communications Network by coldtea on Wednesday December 03, 2014 @05:46AM (#8692957)
So? Even if it turned out badly, that's one bug for a rather obscure use case that can be fixed anyway...
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