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Zulip – Threaded real-time chat for distributed teams

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Post by capableweb » Tue, May 31, 2022, 5:26 PM UTC

Zulip – Threaded real-time chat for distributed teams
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Re: Zulip – Threaded real-time chat for distributed teams

#2

Post by oxff » Tue, May 31, 2022, 5:32 PM UTC

It is so bad though.

Re: Zulip – Threaded real-time chat for distributed teams

#3

Post by [deleted] » Tue, May 31, 2022, 5:33 PM UTC

oxff wrote: post #2

It is so bad though.

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Re: Zulip – Threaded real-time chat for distributed teams

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Post by brink » Tue, May 31, 2022, 5:34 PM UTC

oxff wrote: post #2

It is so bad though.

I've never used it. What's wrong with it?

Re: Zulip – Threaded real-time chat for distributed teams

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Post by cocolos » Tue, May 31, 2022, 5:42 PM UTC

brink wrote: post #4

oxff wrote: post #2

It is so bad though.

I've never used it. What's wrong with it?

UI is not great.

Re: Zulip – Threaded real-time chat for distributed teams

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Post by tryauuum » Tue, May 31, 2022, 5:47 PM UTC

What's the current status of RocketChat? How hard is it to get push notifications on mobile?

I know I can find answers in google but I want them from someone with hands-on experience

Re: Zulip – Threaded real-time chat for distributed teams

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Post by capableweb » Tue, May 31, 2022, 5:49 PM UTC

cocolos wrote: post #5

brink wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've never used it. What's wrong with it?

UI is not great.

First time I used it, it was a bit confusing, as I didn't really know what to expect. Is it email? Live chat? A forum?

Turns out, it's a bit of both, and trying to use it as any single one of them, will probably make it harder to use.

Basically, I treat it as a live chat where it's easier to participate in different topics at the same time, Slack on steroids where everything is a "Thread" basically.

Re: Zulip – Threaded real-time chat for distributed teams

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Post by drwoland » Tue, May 31, 2022, 5:50 PM UTC

cocolos wrote: post #5

brink wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've never used it. What's wrong with it?

UI is not great.

I think it's better than slacks sidebar threaded reply. It also has better code blocks, less irritating pop up magic and no bots nagging you to fill in credentials all the time.

Re: Zulip – Threaded real-time chat for distributed teams

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Post by capableweb » Tue, May 31, 2022, 5:51 PM UTC

Something I didn't see before, is that a bunch of open source communities seems to starting to use Zulip now as well. I've only seen it in a "remote software company" context before.

Here are some case studies from Zulip themselves about specific organizations, how they moved to Zulip and how they are using it:

- https://zulip.com/case-studies/rust/

- https://zulip.com/case-studies/asciidoctor/

- https://zulip.com/case-studies/lean/

I know a bunch of the Rust people hang around on HN, maybe they can fill out any details or tell more about how it's going so far with using Zulip :)

Re: Zulip – Threaded real-time chat for distributed teams

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Post by JoshMandel » Tue, May 31, 2022, 5:52 PM UTC

oxff wrote: post #2

It is so bad though.

Obviously subjective but since comments mention UI: I love the web/desktop UI. It's got great power user features including well designed keyboard shortcuts. https://zulip.com/help/keyboard-shortcuts for details (my favorite is "n" for "next topic", which I use every morning to catch up on conversations).