How the hell did we go from realizing massive enterprise software was a bad deal to suddenly embracing it all over again? Not that stuff like Oracle and Salesforce ever went away, but I seriously don't understand why small companies buy into the Faustian bargain of "yes please vendor, I'd love to be in a position where I'm tied to your company forever, that sounds great".
Atlassian launches Stride, its Slack competitor
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#122Does each chat line submission take at least one second to process? If so I will feel right at home, knowing it's Atlassian-made!
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#124I can't find any information about accessibility features.
Getting zero results in their docs.
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#125Earlier quoted context omitted.
I wish people used IRC instead of all of these proprietary tools. I don't love the Slack client, xchat is much better.
Agreed, there is little that Slack gives me IRC doesn't, a good client and I'm set.
You really also need to run a bot server on a reliable connection that can log and index everything to approach the utility of Slack.
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#126We need a study measuring how much business chat tools are used for non-work communication. I keep hearing from managers that these tools aren't massive distractions, so let's look at the data!
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#127More examples of needless tool cloning. Rather than reinvent IRC of the 90s/00s, where is the real innovation from Silicon Valley and the tech world?
Sometimes tech isn't about innovation, discovery and breakthrough. Sometimes it's about integrating existing technology into the workflow of your customer base. Plenty of businesses big and small use the Atlassian product suite. This is a way for those businesses to have a chat client that is native to their suite. Tech isn't always sexy. Sometimes tech is just good business sense.
Don't agree. I will accept the term "business technology" insofar as Atlassian is rewriting existing concepts for business. But that's like saying buying a house and renting it for profit is "good business technology" -- its just an existing method being used for something else, I guess a house is a type of technology.
In my mind, when someone says they are a "technology company", what that means is that they want to sell technology (new approaches to solving problems). Making the same thing over and over with minor variations and calling it "tech" just because it runs on computers (30 year old tech) is just excusing it.
The truth is, Atlassian saw the $$ that slack is making and wanted to get a piece of the pie, I highly doubt they thought: "Eureka! I've come up with a new technology to improve communication of a team. Its like email but in real time!"
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#129Now we have Slack, Discord, Gitter, Microsoft Teams, and Atlassian Stride. I'm not sure when chat rooms became a business tool. Personally, I find myself distracted more than anything from all the notifications these apps cause, I get less done. I have to be sure to quit every chat app and put my phone in "do not disturb" to disconnect and focus, and then I get coworkers mad that I'm not online. At least with email I…
Working remotely, these tools are critical for communication (even focused communication, with periods of disconnection) as well as building some semblance of culture. In an office, you may not need it as much but it's definitely useful, especially with APIs and other commands integrated.
As for notifications - that comes down to personal preferences and team norms. Disconnecting / setting do not disturb (which I notice is an explicit mode in this app) is important. People should know when to get a hold of you, how best to escalate, etc so you can do your best work.
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#130So we have all of these chat apps. Choice is never a bad thing, but this has to be somewhat beyond saturation point, no? I don't know about anyone else, but I would rather have my work chat apps resemble social media chat apps less rather than more. Fewer Gif's, fewer emojis — they can be funny and endearing in the right context, but just feel forced and obtuse in a work setting. Also, this is coming from the makers of Confluence and Jira...I'll have to try it and see it in person before forming a true opinion, but not holding out too much hope.