Slack: Our biggest redesign yet came to be
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Slack: Our biggest redesign yet came to be
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Re: Slack: Our biggest redesign yet came to be
#2> Slack: Our biggest redesign yet came to be
HN does this thing where it automatically strips out "how" from titles, presumably because someone once decided that the "how" is unnecessary or clickbait. The original title here is "Slack: How our..." The most interesting thing for me is that this error-prone moderation rule has made me realize how linguistically load-bearing the word "how" is in many sentences.
Re: Slack: Our biggest redesign yet came to be
#3Is the the redesign my wife's been reminding me she hates every day? I'm on Teams these days (bleh) so I haven't seen it.
Also, so I can answer the question she keeps asking: did they in fact get rid of Huddles? If they didn't, she can't find them anymore.
Re: Slack: Our biggest redesign yet came to be
#4I guess the classic reaction to any design change is 'I hate this'... but damn I hate the slack redesign :< I can't see a quick overview of all my workspaces with notifications and have to hover with the mouse to see them - even though most of the rest of slack is designed to be used keyboard-only!
Re: Slack: Our biggest redesign yet came to be
#5"You have to remember you won’t satisfy everyone (or even be able to address every opinion or suggestion). It is in these moments that the importance of strong leadership and a deep commitment to the product’s core vision becomes key." - TLDR; We choose to ignore user feedback because we know better.
Look I'm all for improving UX/UI but at the end of the day your users need to be 1st priority. Seems like they're still in the denial phase.
Re: Slack: Our biggest redesign yet came to be
#6Please stop making every update require more screen space.
Every time, more chrome, bigger fonts, more padding, more views that take over the whole viewport.
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#7The redesign is OK.
Annoying how some things moved, still not enough emphasis on channels that have unread messages (light text vs. normal for “bold” to call attention), and still no way to mute all but direct @ messages… so you can’t ever mute @channel or @here without muting the channel. The way Slack handles and automatically closes direct messages and private chats is annoying and I want to be able to turn that off… but I can’t. I have a group I check in with like once every two weeks and I have to rebuild the list or “star it” to save it. But stating it moves it to another area above group messages… not a fan.
Honestly Discord is better in almost every way still. Kinda wish they stole more from Discord.
Re: Slack: Our biggest redesign yet came to be
#8A redesign that is universally hated in my organization. Every standup has someone complaining about it.
Re: Slack: Our biggest redesign yet came to be
#9> Slack: Our biggest redesign yet came to be HN does this thing where it automatically strips out "how" from titles, presumably because someone once decided that the "how" is unnecessary or clickbait. The original title here is "Slack: How our..." The most interesting thing for me is that this error-prone moderation rule has made me realize how linguistically load-bearing the word "how" is in many sentences.
Does simply stripping out the word ever work?
Re: Slack: Our biggest redesign yet came to be
#10Slack went downhill when they changed their logo from the hashtag to the most generic random logo they could find. I miss the days when companies would spend money and effort into good logos.