Chrome lets you create apps that open in separate windows.[0] Then it's precisely as bad as any other IM app.
> you need to keep an eye on that tab in case something comes up
If your team members don't @ you when something might be relevant to you, sure. However, if they don't, you can just check every hour or so and get back to them. That's the beauty of Slack - it sits somewhere between IM and email, not everything has to be instant (because everything's saved and you can read it at your pace) but it has the ability to be used as such when enough people are around.
Eleven Giants, the team working on repairing Tiny Speck's previous game, uses Slack like this. Nobody's ever all going to be on at the same time, but everyone can join discussions.
> the 'notifications' don't work all the time (Archlinux + Firefox)
Never had this issue - I'd blame you using a "bleeding edge" distro.
I'm sure Firefox can do the same thing (allow you to create a shortcut to open a Firefox window in chromeless mode to a website), but I'm not sure how - hence only mentioning Chrome.
Chrome lets you create apps that open in separate windows.[0] Then it's precisely as bad as any other IM app.
> you need to keep an eye on that tab in case something comes up
If your team members don't @ you when something might be relevant to you, sure. However, if they don't, you can just check every hour or so and get back to them. That's the beauty of Slack - it sits somewhere between IM and email, not everything has to be instant (because everything's saved and you can read it at your pace) but it has the ability to be used as such when enough people are around.
Eleven Giants, the team working on repairing Tiny Speck's previous game, uses Slack like this. Nobody's ever all going to be on at the same time, but everyone can join discussions.
> the 'notifications' don't work all the time (Archlinux + Firefox)
Never had this issue - I'd blame you using a "bleeding edge" distro.