If you use Slack on Windows, you’ve probably found yourself feeling a bit… unloved. Despite making up over a quarter of Slack’s userbase, using Slack on Windows has always meant running it in a browser tab — unlike with OS X, Android, or iOS, there was no dedicated Windows app.
Well, today’s your day. Slack has, at long last, released a Windows app.
In case you’re unfamiliar, Slack is perhaps best described in an overly simple way: it’s a private chatroom for teams. Think Hipchat, but prettier and with the ability to integrate anything from Dropbox to Giphy with just a click.
So why is a dedicated app better?
First and foremost, it just makes jumping in and out of Slack easier. It lets you run Slack in its own window, give it a home in your start menu, and gives you something to alt-tab to that isn’t one of many browser tabs you might have open.
It also means you get chat notifications that are more tightly-integrated into the OS, the ability to jump between multiple Slack teams in one window (as opposed to a separate tab for each team), and neat tricks like the ability to tuck Slack into the task tray until you actually need it. Plus, it just feels a whole lot nicer.
You can find Slack for Windows right here
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