Slack for Desktop App Reviews

Before this update, the Mac client worked pretty well. This update changed that. Every once in a while, Ill be typing in a message, then boom, Mac spinner. Now my whole computer is frozen! So I wait a couple minutes for the spinner to stop... good, its gone. Ok back to work. Everythings great for 10, maybe 15 minutes. Until I start typing another message and... the spinner of death came back. Do this enough times and eventually my computer crashes altogether. Switching to the web client fixed my issue.

The page is all the time loading, never shows up the interface.

I used to zoom in to look @ something in slack and then would sometimes close my computer with the zoomed in version of slack still open. When I returned to slack, the text used to be MUCH LARGER than I had left it and I’d have to press “Cmd+0” to fix it. But now, it doesn’t do this anymore! Nice Slackheads!

Hey, Slack 2.0 is cool and all that, but I’m still waiting on full OS X sharesheet support. I share many things from Safari to my different slack groups, so it wouldve been nice if the 2.0 update wouldve includes some new feature, like share sheet support, instead of only bug fixes. -Your grumpy grandpa

Upgraded from v1 to v2, lost all my teams (had to re-login again to each one) as well as all my "Starred" contacts. Would be great if an upgrade would preserve all settings and preferences from the previous version.

One of the most humorus release notes I’ve read in a while. Stoked the see Slack having a little fun with this formality. Not sure why this is considerd a .0 release though.

I love you. Please send more stickers. And socks.

After about an hour (on OSX Mavericks, 10.9) the app freezes and has to be force quit. There was an update today (2/24/16) so (crossing fingers) maybe this will fix that problem.

The latest version sometimes fails to clear the dock notification icon when all messages are read. After upgrading, I frequently find the unread messages notification on the dock icon, but when I bring up the app, there are no channels or direct messages with unread conversations.

In a public channel with several team members, the discussions get pretty chaotic if different people start to talk about different topics. There is a strong need for a grouped or threaded converstation inside a channel. My team likes Slack but a lack of this feature is keeping everyone from loving it.

I think the upgrade broke my slack. I am in an infinite “Connecting…” state that never changes and clicking Window > Change Team launches a blank dialog that never populates.

Update 6: Unread count is still unreliable and the bar won’t show until one switches the channel. Do you people test anything? At all? Update 5: Unread count is unreliable. It crashes every time I put my computer to sleep. It’s slow to connect when it launches. This is crap. Update 4: It regularly fails to connect and is having connectivity issues. Amateur hour. Update 3: They leaked my personal information by getting hacked. DO NOT TRUST Slack with any of your information. They *will* lose them. Update 2: This app is not native and doesn’t at all act like one. Shame. Update: Crappy app and service that let my information be stolen. Useless. This is nothing more than their website wrapped in an app chrome. This is not a native app and therefore it exhibits all the horrible behavior of a web site (e.g. Opt+Shift+K doesn’t enter an Apple logo). Weird, sticky menus, non-standard shortcuts, lack of integration with system services, etc. Get serious, treat your paying customers with respect and create a proper native app.

this version is constantly struggling to send messages, and often presents the puke yellow bar of unconnectivty for 1-2 seconds, this happens anytime io have internet. often on app start up i have to force quit the loading screen….

The best app to chat and work! Great!

I can’t believe they shipped this. It crashes. And crashes and crashes. Other than that it’s exactly the same as using it in a browser. Oh well.

CPU hog. Latest version was hitting 99%+ of CPU at times. Killed app, now it wont load at all. The performance issues have been ongoing. Seemingly not enough engineers on the desktop experience. Huge issue for those of us paying to use the service.

I am a softball coach and was trying your software. I was under the impression my credit card would not be charged during trial and that I could cancel and get a refund if it did not fil my need, and further more was unaware I would be billed for team members. I feel deceived and you have $1100 of my money. I will be seeking legal advice and disputing the charges. Totally unethical rip off.

I was on multiple teams. I left a team and not I cant launch Slack without crashing.

On a 13” macbook pro, with the highest resolution OSX settings offer, Slacks minimum width still covers nearly half the screen. Given the choice, I would make it half as wide and collapse or at least reduce the width of the left column, which is probably 25% wider than it needs to be. At present, if my company chooses to switch from Skype to Slack then I’ll be forced to position around 30% of the Slack client off of the right side of my screen, or perhaps find a workaround. I submitted this as a bug over a year ago, received a human response, but nothing changed. I’m pretty sure this change would be very easy to make and would improve this product for all Mac users. Why much this thing be so much larger than its contents?

Sound notifications no longer work. Sound should not be tied to desktop notifications. Who thought this was a good idea?