I use the Hoth theme in Slack and through it was pretty cute that they change the name of that theme to Dagobah in dark mode.
Dark Mode for Slack
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#112Earlier quoted context omitted.
Unfortunately I believe they've said "since this is a product for professional workplaces we don't see a need for this feature".
Professional workspaces always contain chatty people…
And how exactly do you explain that you didn’t get the important ping of something being broken because you muted the person? Seems like a lot more problems than just telling the person to be less chatty in important channels.
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#113Now that’s done, please delete the drafts section, so messages stay in one place?
I really wish they would let you turn off the whole "show other users' typing activity" thing, so that people don't hold back their replies if they see someone else replying.
I'd turn it off for our whole org if I could because I'd rather the conversation happen quickly than...well I'm not sure what their goal is. It's like they're taking a page from Apple's anti-user/anti-choice playbook for iOS Messages by not giving you a painfully obvious option at all, at any level.
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#114This is actually a pretty bad implementation. It's very hard to read compared to my IDE dark modes. Like the font weight is too high or something. I had to change back to Light mode. I'm all about dark mode but not a fan here. They need to spend some time and make it more readable.
I strongly agree. I use dark modes on almost all my other desktop applications where it is available, but after a few hours of using the dark mode in Slack my eyes got tired.
If they allowed customization of the main dark background color this would be remediable, but the only part of the theme that can be changed is the sidebar.
After literally years of promises, this is such a poor implementation that it's shocking. And I say this as someone who actually mostly likes Slack as a product.
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#115Sad news for custom emoji users. So many look bad now. In all seriousness though - I don't see why all apps/sites don't develop in a "dark mode" first mindset. With all the studies showing eye strain related health issues correlated to bright screens, you'd think this would be an easy solution to help alleviate the problem. Imagine writing your name in the sand on a beach by digging out all the area around the text t…
The custom emoji upload flow now includes previews for both light and dark mode! Doesn't help with existing custom emoji, but is hopefully helpful when adding new ones.
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#116I wish they fixed the recurring “enable desktop notifications” prompt in the browser as well. It’s beyond annoying to use Slack in a browser these days because it, especially if (like myself) you only go in for a few minutes every hour and close the tab afterwards.
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#117Funny 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…
Maybe not for a small company, but I simply can't imagine it for a larger organization. Even ignoring integrations/plugins/bots – of which Discord has almost nothing useful for product development – a huge issue with Discord is that you have no choice over which channels you are in. At Atlassian, we literally have hundreds of different Slack channels for various teams/products/whatever, and everyone has access to eve…
You could quote easily create a bot account that allows people to set their own custom role for specific channel access, though? There's API bindings for basically any language. Of course it's not as good as native access but if it's a big problem, creating a simple bot is a viable solution.
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#118What's the deal with dark modes? With glossy laptop screens they're 100% unreadable in good natural light conditions; even with a matte screen, they're pretty bad.
Other than some accessibility concerns for some people, it's a purely aesthetic preference.
I find my eyes are quite comfortable in light mode, and it's easier to read... but I do turn my screen brightness down quite a lot. My work monitors are on 40%. Most of my colleagues' screens are a lot brighter, which might explain why they find light mode a little bit uncomfortable sometimes.
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#119Earlier quoted context omitted.
Professional workspaces always contain chatty people…
And how exactly do you explain that you didn’t get the important ping of something being broken because you muted the person? Seems like a lot more problems than just telling the person to be less chatty in important channels.
Important alerts should be automated from some software, not from the coworker that thinks every shower-thought is good #random material.
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#120Earlier quoted context omitted.
And how exactly do you explain that you didn’t get the important ping of something being broken because you muted the person? Seems like a lot more problems than just telling the person to be less chatty in important channels.
Important alerts should be automated from some software, not from the coworker that thinks every shower-thought is good #random material.
Wouldn’t it be nice if the whole stack is perfectly tested and alerts are there for every small detail. Unfortunately in the real world that’s not always the case.