that would be really cool, think
Dark Mode for Slack
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Re: Dark Mode for Slack
#102Earlier quoted context omitted.
- Many HN users are programmers or work in other tech jobs. - Many HN users use Slack at this job or have interacted with someone who does. - Many HN users hate how Slack is an Electron app that consumes too many resources for the simple functions it performs. - Many HN users follow app trends, including the fact everything is adding a dark mode lately. These four reasons are why this would make it to the HN front pa…
5th: I've wanted dark mode in slack for a long time and would not have heard about it without this post.
Same here. My eyes are so happy.
Re: Dark Mode for Slack
#103Earlier quoted context omitted.
I've never heard of them banning anyone for using this or some other unofficial client, no. I'd imagine a more effective approach to urge people to use the official client would be to simply block access from unofficial clients first before they start entirely banning accounts and pissing people off… but you never know, I guess.
They've banned people for using modded clients in abusive ways, i.e. overriding spam/flood controls, which is reasonable. Unfortunately their official statement in response to those incidents was essentially "You can be be banned at any time for using modded or unofficial clients." They haven't actually done that to any legitimate users AFAIK, but their overreacting, user-hostile stance is worrisome, so I can see why…
Well if their spam/flood control is done in the client they should ban themselves from their job and let someone competent take over
Re: Dark Mode for Slack
#104Earlier quoted context omitted.
They've banned people for using modded clients in abusive ways, i.e. overriding spam/flood controls, which is reasonable. Unfortunately their official statement in response to those incidents was essentially "You can be be banned at any time for using modded or unofficial clients." They haven't actually done that to any legitimate users AFAIK, but their overreacting, user-hostile stance is worrisome, so I can see why…
Well if their spam/flood control is done in the client they should ban themselves from their job and let someone competent take over
It actually is. That's how slowmode works: if you send a message in a channel with slowmode, it sets a flag on your client telling it to not let you send anything for X seconds. No reason an alternative client can't just clear out that flag.
Re: Dark Mode for Slack
#105Earlier quoted context omitted.
They've banned people for using modded clients in abusive ways, i.e. overriding spam/flood controls, which is reasonable. Unfortunately their official statement in response to those incidents was essentially "You can be be banned at any time for using modded or unofficial clients." They haven't actually done that to any legitimate users AFAIK, but their overreacting, user-hostile stance is worrisome, so I can see why…
Well if their spam/flood control is done in the client they should ban themselves from their job and let someone competent take over
Yup. Discord's client is pretty bad.
Re: Dark Mode for Slack
#106Hopes dashed. I have wanted a dark mode for a long time but
the color they picked is a dark blue gray which I find unpleasant. I would rather keep the neutral white/grey-scaled light theme than that. I can only hope that they will eventually make it customizable like the other elements.
Re: Dark Mode for Slack
#107Hopes dashed. I have wanted a dark mode for a long time but the color they picked is a dark blue gray which I find unpleasant. I would rather keep the neutral white/grey-scaled light theme than that. I can only hope that they will eventually make it customizable like the other elements.
Sorry to hear - it's really taken them a long time to do this, but I'm pleased with the results. I've been using Stylish + Slack Dark - have you tried that?
https://userstyles.org/styles/160324/slack-dark-mode
Re: Dark Mode for Slack
#108I've been using an unofficial Discord and Slack client called Ripcord for a while now. https://cancel.fm/ripcord/ It uses a dark theme by default, which is very appreciated. Another huge plus is that it's not Electron garbage like the official Slack and Discord clients, so you don't have to effectively run one or two other entire web browsers just to do a bit of chatting. On the other hand, it is Qt garbage instead,…
Have you used volt? How do they compare resource usage wise? https://volt-app.com/
Re: Dark Mode for Slack
#109Funny that as Discord releases a light theme, Slack releases a dark theme. But in seriousness, does Slack really have any value proposition over Discord beyond Screen Hero these days? I switched my organization over to Discord based on the ability to create public channels for testers/customers to communicate with my team on the server without any role-based overhead (also because my target market is largely the Twit…
After Hipchat died, I tried to get my company to move to Discord instead of Slack. We ended up not doing so, because Discord's TOS does not allow commercial use, only personal use.
This is likely why there are few integrations developer use in Discord as well.
Re: Dark Mode for Slack
#110I've been using an unofficial Discord and Slack client called Ripcord for a while now. https://cancel.fm/ripcord/ It uses a dark theme by default, which is very appreciated. Another huge plus is that it's not Electron garbage like the official Slack and Discord clients, so you don't have to effectively run one or two other entire web browsers just to do a bit of chatting. On the other hand, it is Qt garbage instead,…
Have you used volt? How do they compare resource usage wise? https://volt-app.com/
I'll be happy to give it a go once they put their Linux client back out.