As a result, I believe the growing trend to use Slack to be part of multiple communities is seriously flawed until Slack resolve this problem.
This is because CPU and memory usage increases linearly as you add more accounts to your Slack desktop client. Whilst investigating this, it turns out that Slack desktop fails badly when used with multiple accounts. I noticed that my machine has been sluggish and its battery life has become poor. I’ve recently joined a few more Slack groups, outside my core business Ably’s team account, to chat with old colleagues, the tech community and even our recent investors and their portfolio companies. Slack resource usage increases linearly as you add more accounts, and it quickly adds up.Ģ8 July update: One of the Slack developers got in touch and recommended I try out their latest beta version in which the CPU issue appears to have been fixed. TLDR If you care about battery life or availability of your finite CPU and memory on your computer, then you probably won’t want to use Slack desktop with more than one or two accounts. Have any thoughts on this? Let us know down below in the comments or carry the discussion over to our Twitter or Facebook.Where’s all my CPU and memory gone? The answer: Slack What are you waiting for? Do it, cowards. Again, instructions on how to do it can be found at the top of the post.
The update is now live and you can go ahead and apply dark mode to your Slack app now. Not to mention, it’s a whole lot easier on the eyes too. Accessibility features are cool, sure, but I just want my shit looking like a computer from The Matrix, and dark mode helps make that a reality. Sure, that sounds cool and all, but honestly, dark mode is great because it just looks so boss. It’s helpful for working at night or in low-light, and we know many need it for accessibility reasons like visual impairments, migraines or other visual disorders.” “Dark Mode is an important feature for lots of people. George Zamfir, an accessibility product manager at Slack had this to say in a blog post: READ MORE: Slack prices are increasing – here’s what to expect
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