Is this really more important than some rather basic messaging principles Slack is still ignoring? - No way to ignore/mute users. Yes, I sometimes need to do that even on my team. - Group DMs inherit notification preferences of channels instead of DMs. - No visual distinction between "/me says hi" and "_says hi_". (OK, may be minor, but as a long-time IRC user it's quite annoying.) I can't wait for this threading to…
Some other basic issues i have with Slack: * Spell-checking is semi-broken on macOS when you have more than one system language specified. * A few months ago they broke the holding-Shift thing when uploading files. * The fake Markdown is awful. Aside from the fact that the syntax is just close enough to actual Markdown to be confusing — and i realise that's probably not something they'll ever fix, due to inertia if n…
+1 on this. I'd be much happier with Slack if they supported Github style markdown, including syntax-highlighting.
I don't understand objections to this based on inertia. The markdown style could be specified on a per-channel basis: traditional or Github-like.
If my team ever moves away from Slack, it would most likely be because of this issue.