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Slack’s new WYSIWYG input box is terrible

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Re: Slack’s new WYSIWYG input box is terrible

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Post by breeny592 »

jakebasile wrote: post #19

Reading their non-replies on Twitter feels like I'm reading something specifically designed to piss me off. Smarmy apologies, low empathy, cocksure of how correct their vision of a chat service should be. This one in particular[1]: > The goal is for workflows to evolve, but we realize change can be a bit of a pain. "Stupid peasant, we are only here to help you. Once you see the glorious vision we have you will thank…

Smells of bad UX/design process - some senior "wants" this particular solution, despite their users showing direct feedback that it doesn't work for their needs.

Re: Slack’s new WYSIWYG input box is terrible

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Post by ilrwbwrkhv »

lol product managers are such a bane for tech companies. they have to keep shipping features which no ones wants but they have to show they came up with and are shipping something. i think tech companies should try and avoid product managers and designers for as long as possible.

Re: Slack’s new WYSIWYG input box is terrible

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Post by codazoda »

leipert wrote: post #7

Just a side note: They never have supported markdown. It just markdown-like or a very limited subset of markdown. Especially proper list support is missing (ordered and unordered lists), also markdown links.

Yeah, I've always hoped they would change their position on supporting markdown. Their big report on it says they will never support it. Looks like this might be why.

Re: Slack’s new WYSIWYG input box is terrible

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Post by nemo44x »

The product manager for this should be reassigned. To not even have the option to opt-out and use the classic input box is ridiculous.

Productivity tools need to be very careful about radical change. Especially when the change won’t make anyone more productive.

Re: Slack’s new WYSIWYG input box is terrible

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Post by dicytea »

jakebasile wrote: post #19

Reading their non-replies on Twitter feels like I'm reading something specifically designed to piss me off. Smarmy apologies, low empathy, cocksure of how correct their vision of a chat service should be. This one in particular[1]: > The goal is for workflows to evolve, but we realize change can be a bit of a pain. "Stupid peasant, we are only here to help you. Once you see the glorious vision we have you will thank…

"The WYSIWYG editor is being gradually rolled out over the coming days – if you don't see it in some workspaces, just hang tight, you will soon. "

Not to mention, unintentional threats.

Re: Slack’s new WYSIWYG input box is terrible

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Post by twexler »

I think this may have changed, very recently. Now when I paste any of the example strings in the post, I get an alert that I've pasted markdown, with options to apply formatting, or not ask again[1]. After that, it recommends using a new shortcut, (Cmd/Ctrl)+Shift+F[2].

Not the best improvement, not the worst.

1. https://i.imgur.com/QXHWMpF.png

2. https://i.imgur.com/Ksrjvf1.png

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