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Re:Why we maintain desktop apps for OS X, Windows, and a web... by grimgrin on Thursday July 09, 2015 @10:35PM (#9862014)
Slack feels like it should be in the browser for me, as a pinned tab. So at my job that's how I use it.
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Re:Why we maintain desktop apps for OS X, Windows, and a web... by hobarrera on Thursday July 09, 2015 @11:36PM (#9862168)
The problem with these tabs is that closing that window, the tab is gone forever (on both chromium and firefox).

It's also easy to lose track of which window they were in quite fast. A separate app is faster to find on almost any WM/OS.

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Re:Why we maintain desktop apps for OS X, Windows, and a web... by pbh101 on Thursday July 09, 2015 @11:48PM (#9862200)
Maybe I miss your meaning but on OS X/chrome: cmd-shift-T to reopen the last window with all tabs. Works even after a chrome restart. Saves me when 40 tabs open and I Cmd-Q for too long instead of Cmd-W.
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Re:Why we maintain desktop apps for OS X, Windows, and a web... by hobarrera on Saturday July 11, 2015 @12:03AM (#9868480)
Yes, I'm aware of this, but it pretty much means the pinned tab behaves like "any other tab". If I closed those 40 tabs, the pinned tab should move elsewhere or persist. Otherwise, I'll have to manually re-pin it all the time.
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