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Slack for Windows - A stand-alone app for Slack for Windows 7+

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Hi everyone, lead developer on the Slack for Windows app here. We're excited to bring an app to Windows that is as much of a joy to use as our Mac application, and we've finally finished our initial release to the world. Our app has a lot of features that are nice for Windows folks - it runs in the Tray similar to many messaging apps on Windows, it has great support for multiple teams, so you don't have to keep N browser tabs open, and our notifications are definitely better than the Chrome ones (for example, the Taskbar icon flashes even when you might have missed the notification, so you know something is up). From a technical side, Slack for Windows is built using Atom Shell, ES6, and RxJS. Since we're guaranteed to have Chrome 40 (one behind the current release), we were able to use all the latest built-in web technologies in our app like the Picture tag and JS animations, that web developers are still waiting to use. Hope you enjoy the app!
Thanks for the great work.I'm using Slack for Mac having a little trouble there…
Great work, awesome product. If you are using different technologies on the Windows client, how do you keep the frontend code in sync across various platforms?
Congrats on the launch, and team. Somewhat related: what are your thoughts on the Apple Watch and how Slack might work with wearables or other new interfaces?
Maker
Too soon for me to really say! We're doing our best to design for 'em, but until they are live in the wild it's really hard to imagine what the day-to-day experience will be.
As a windows junkie (I'm retarded, that's understood) thanks!
Really happy to see this land, finally! Keep up the great work folks!
Wait this whole time they haven't had a Windows desktop app?
Nope! The Chrome app was effective enough for me. You could pin it to the taskbar and let it run in it's own fullscreen window. That's the beauty of Slack, universally immaculate experience across all platforms.
Finally...now everyone else in the office can join the conversation without moaning about Chrome plugins.
This has gone viral in my team. No senior management allowed :)
I am fond of Windows and good to know that we will get all the features in Windows itself and I also like the idea of flashing Taskbar to remind missing notifications