Comment by lmm
10 years ago
Skype used to be great (this predates the MS switchover). They were the first major messaging network to get the multi-client use case right (i.e. sign in from your home desktop, your work desktop, and your phone at the same time - under skype this will just work).
Sadly the increasingly forced updates always made the UI/UX worse, the phone client was a resource hog, and they weren't quick enough with a user-friendly web client. Meanwhile Slack showed us all how it's done.
I'm genuinely trying to get my friends to switch to AIM - as far as I can tell that's the free option that comes closest to getting it right.
I'm going to have to strongly disagree that "slack showed us all how it's done." Trust me when I say, I am being forced to use Slack on a daily basis and I want nothing more for it to crash and burn.
Give me MSN Messenger and IRC again -- you know things that actually worked.
Slack on desktop is a resource hog. And connection hog.
If you can, give ScudCloud a look. While like the regular Slack desktop client, it's essentially a browser window, I've found that overall it works that bit better than the official client.
I believe you. But I have a surfeit of resources on my desktop. The slack mobile app performs well, which is where performance is important, and the desktop version is good enough.
>Skype used to be great (this predates the MS switchover).
It predates being bought by ebay too.