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Re: A lingering farewell to the username

#61

Post by mmirate »

jfoutz wrote: post #17
ToJans wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I can't help but notice that slack is starting to get "enterprise" (threaded comments, this username thingy, ... ). They seem to be introducing a lot of complexity for all of the users, while only some of them would benefit from these new features. I'm hoping that they start realizing this, and keep simple chat the default, while allowing you to opt-in for all these "handy" features...

At least the client is lightweight, using hardly any memory, disk, or CPU.

Jokes are for Reddit, not HN.

Re: A lingering farewell to the username

#62

Post by brandon272 »

phdp wrote: post #52
brandon272 wrote: post #49

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have no interest in logging into a password manager web interface on a public PC. (But that's just me.)

You don't. You pull up your password on your phone and type it in manually onto the computer.

Parent poster said "web interfaces"

Re: A lingering farewell to the username

#63

Post by codazoda »

freakor wrote: post #25

That is the most verbose and confusing post about a seemingly simple change I've ever read. "What's changing? Everything and nothing is changing" really doesn't help.

I ready about half way through it and then came to the Hacker News comments to figure if someone had decoded it.

Re: A lingering farewell to the username

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Post by brandon272 »

darylfritz wrote: post #59
brandon272 wrote: post #49

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have no interest in logging into a password manager web interface on a public PC. (But that's just me.)

Thanks to 2FA, I don't have a huge concern logging into a password manager on a public PC.

Perhaps I'm overly paranoid. A public PC could be infected with god-knows-what malware that siphons off whatever that text is entered or rendered in a page or on the screen.

Re: A lingering farewell to the username

#65

Post by mdouglass »

jrochkind1 wrote: post #54

I don't understand what they mean by "Unfortunately, an undocumented approach to mentioning users — — no longer functions. Please reference with the user ID format ( ) instead". Surely they're not saying slack users need to manually type opaque numeric identifiers to properly mention other users? That would be ridiculous.

That’s the format a bot uses to mention a user. But, yeah, the wording is confusing.

Re: A lingering farewell to the username

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Post by hprotagonist »

StavrosK wrote: post #22

Slack's authentication flow is the dumbest I've ever had the misfortune of using. I'm a member of multiple Slack organizations, and it needs one login per organization . I can't just have a single email address and join whatever org I want, I have to remember which email address I used for each one, otherwise I can't log in! I have multiple email addresses and don't use a specific one every time, so I have managed to…

"irc is dumb! every server requires a different nick, wth?"

Re: A lingering farewell to the username

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Post by 0x62 »

mmirate wrote: post #61
jfoutz wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

At least the client is lightweight, using hardly any memory, disk, or CPU.

Jokes are for Reddit, not HN.

If you think a comment is not constructive, off-topic or otherwise inappropriate flag it and don't reply [0].

I see no issue raising a genuine concern with Slack's desktop app, which is incredibly bloated – be it in a joke rather than a long-form comment.

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Re: A lingering farewell to the username

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Post by StavrosK »

xlii wrote: post #27
StavrosK wrote: post #22

Slack's authentication flow is the dumbest I've ever had the misfortune of using. I'm a member of multiple Slack organizations, and it needs one login per organization . I can't just have a single email address and join whatever org I want, I have to remember which email address I used for each one, otherwise I can't log in! I have multiple email addresses and don't use a specific one every time, so I have managed to…

Have you tried using password manager? The one I'm using has capability to store multiple logins for the same site with easily-searchable notes (i.e. Displayed in pop up when on site). For some sites I have like 20 sets of credentials and I never had a problem with keeping up with them.

I do use one, which is the only thing that helps. I think my Slack fear was because a few Slack credentials weren't added when I signed up, so now I'm just afraid of Slack.

Password managers do salvage this particular trainwreck, but it's still a wreck.

Re: A lingering farewell to the username

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Post by StavrosK »

brandon272 wrote: post #64
darylfritz wrote: post #59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks to 2FA, I don't have a huge concern logging into a password manager on a public PC.

Perhaps I'm overly paranoid. A public PC could be infected with god-knows-what malware that siphons off whatever that text is entered or rendered in a page or on the screen.

I'm the same way, if I open my manager on a public pc, for all I know every single password I have is compromised.

Re: A lingering farewell to the username

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Post by vidarh »

hprotagonist wrote: post #66
StavrosK wrote: post #22

Slack's authentication flow is the dumbest I've ever had the misfortune of using. I'm a member of multiple Slack organizations, and it needs one login per organization . I can't just have a single email address and join whatever org I want, I have to remember which email address I used for each one, otherwise I can't log in! I have multiple email addresses and don't use a specific one every time, so I have managed to…

"irc is dumb! every server requires a different nick, wth?"

Of course irc doesn't, though your preferred one might not be available everywhere. But also, irc is dying a slow death in terms of user base - it's not exactly a good basis for making decisions about how to keep/attract users.
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