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Re: Dark Mode for Slack

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Post by bobakanoosh »

makewavesnotwar wrote: post #47

Funny 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…

Just a sidenote - Discord has always had a light theme, they just revamped it recently. Sadly the light theme will never be usable until they change the color of rank names and such not. The majority of people use dark theme, so they make server icons and role colors that look good on dark theme, not light theme.

Re: Dark Mode for Slack

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Post by Cyberdog »

amyjess wrote: post #36
Cyberdog wrote: post #29

I'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,…

As a KDE user, this looks really tempting. The only thing I'd be worried about is that using third-party clients is a violation of Discord's TOS, and I'd be terrified of getting banned for using it. Do you know if Discord has a history of banning Ripcord users, or is it something they look the other way on?

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.

Re: Dark Mode for Slack

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Post by tenebrisalietum »

freediver wrote: post #3

Why is this HN front-page worthy?

- 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 page.

Re: Dark Mode for Slack

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Post by jedieaston »

makewavesnotwar wrote: post #47

Funny 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…

Discord doesn't have any integrations for Enterprise users, like SSO, retention policies, etc. Many large companies probably wouldn't be able to use it, not to mention we don't know what Discord is doing with the data (not that it is a bad chat tool, it's great, but only really useful for casual groups).

Re: Dark Mode for Slack

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Post by 83457 »

makewavesnotwar wrote: post #47

Funny 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…

Threaded conversations are nice

Re: Dark Mode for Slack

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Post by grardb »

makewavesnotwar wrote: post #47

Funny 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 everything which isn't private. With Discord, that would get ugly really quickly.

In my eyes, that's the biggest reason I'd choose Slack over Discord. Legitimately, I think it's a better tool overall, but even for what I use Discord for, it's very annoying not to be able to leave a channel that you have no interest in. I can collapse/mute things, but it's still not super helpful when there are tons of them.

Re: Dark Mode for Slack

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Post by camhenlin »

thanatropism wrote: post #6

What'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.

I'm not sure if it's real or not, but I feel like dark mode apps are easier on my eyes. I sit in front of a computer in my office most of the day, and I don't need a bunch of white light shining in my face all day. I prefer to have the majority of the screen be dark colors and text be light colored.

Re: Dark Mode for Slack

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Post by acid303 »

TeMPOraL wrote: post #43
bmpafa wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think it's a fashion thing with a thin veneer of eye strain reduction (since, AFAIK, there's little conclusive evidence dark mode matters here)

I have HN and a terminal open side by side, and I can tell you HN is more painful to look at, simply because it's like shining flashlight into the eyes compared to a black-background terminal.

You should try using dark mode extensions like DarkReader if you aren't already. I have it enabled on most sites and it works almost flawlessly.

[0]https://darkreader.org/

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