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Jessamyn

Important tech tip for Slack users not sold on the new "design"

If you hard-refresh Slack Command-Shift-R, and then type Command-Shift-S, you get an extra vertical sidebar that disaggregates your individual slacks.

Thanks to @snarkout who has improved my life for the better, this day.

20 Sep 2023 at 16:09 | Open on glammr.us
46 comments
JJDavis :terminal:

@jessamyn @snarkout Sing along to "Won't Get Fooled Again": Meet the new design / Worse than the old design <insert Pete Townshend windmill power chords here>

20 Sep 2023 at 16:15 | Open on infosec.exchange
Josh Wold
Nelson Minar 🧚‍♂️

@jessamyn @snarkout Important and good news! Now if they could just somehow combine the left Slack buttons with the new middle navigation buttons into a single column, we'd really be getting somewhere.

20 Sep 2023 at 16:35 | Open on tech.lgbt
Jessamyn

@nelson @snarkout That really really should have been the plan all along.

20 Sep 2023 at 16:49 | Open on glammr.us
graydon james

@jessamyn @nelson @snarkout Yes, two side panels had better not be the future of UI...

20 Sep 2023 at 19:57 | Open on mastodon.social
David Connell
Tim Carmody
Maya :v_gay: :v_trans:
yuvipanda
ct
Alex, just zis guy, you know?
Alex, just zis guy, you know?

@jessamyn @snarkout figured out this does work on linux (ctrl, not command) but sometimes doesn't hit?

20 Sep 2023 at 17:41 | Open on mastodon.social
Chris Petrilli
Khyrie

@jessamyn @snarkout IT WORKED!!!
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!1!!!!!!ELEVEN!!!!!

20 Sep 2023 at 18:10 | Open on sfba.social
Kelly Guimont

@jessamyn @snarkout blessings upon you for this glorious tidbit that makes my life better!

20 Sep 2023 at 18:31 | Open on mastodon.social
Admiral Memo

@jessamyn @snarkout Oh this will definitely help me during Desert Bus.

20 Sep 2023 at 18:34 | Open on mastodon.social
Mike Hucka
danseely
Jim Lipsey

@jessamyn @snarkout @marcoarment Leave it to Slack to implement the well-proven three-column layout with four columns.

20 Sep 2023 at 20:15 | Open on mastodon.world
Josh Burton 🇳🇿

@jessamyn @snarkout oh thank you! The one part of the new design I hated.

20 Sep 2023 at 20:16 | Open on mastodon.social
Jessamyn

@athornz @snarkout Yep. I hated to be such a crank about it, I know design is hard, but I'm in a LOT of active Slacks (at least a few for work) and it was a real problem to keep track of notifications with this redesign.

20 Sep 2023 at 22:17 | Open on glammr.us
Tracy Thomas
shandrew

@jessamyn
this worked for me (at least for now) on the mac app:

quit slack.app

export SLACK_DEVELOPER_MENU=true open /Applications/Slack.app

cmd-option-i, to open the chrome devtools (or pick it out of the menu)

go to console

at the prompt, change the appropriate js w/

localStorage.setItem("localConfig_v2", localStorage.getItem("localConfig_v2").replace (/\"is_unified_user_client_enabled\":true/g, '\"is_unified_user_client_enabled\": false'))

cmd-r reload slack

@jessamyn
this worked for me (at least for now) on the mac app:

quit slack.app

export SLACK_DEVELOPER_MENU=true open /Applications/Slack.app

cmd-option-i, to open the chrome devtools (or pick it out of the menu)

go to console

at the prompt, change the appropriate js w/

localStorage.setItem("localConfig_v2", localStorage.getItem("localConfig_v2").replace (/\"is_unified_user_client_enabled\":true/g, '\"is_unified_user_client_enabled\": false'))

20 Sep 2023 at 20:51 | Open on hachyderm.io
Jerry Sievert

@shandrew @jessamyn beware, they are actively overriding that - just keep it in developer mode, open dev tools again, and re-run.

20 Sep 2023 at 21:45 | Open on xoxo.zone
shandrew

@jerrysv

Interesting! Looks like it gets reset pretty often by a variety of actions, so you need to get that first reload in before it gets reset.

20 Sep 2023 at 22:17 | Open on hachyderm.io
Jerry Sievert

@shandrew I think I'm just going to keep the dev tools open for a while. should help mitigate it.

20 Sep 2023 at 22:35 | Open on xoxo.zone
kcǃ
Jenni Leder ( ͡♥️ ͜ʖ ͡♥️)
Andrew Hedges 🏡
Ken

@jessamyn you are an absolute lifesaver.

20 Sep 2023 at 22:50 | Open on masto.ai
Dan Gillmor

@jessamyn You don't happen to know what the Linux command would be, do you? @snarkout

20 Sep 2023 at 22:55 | Open on mastodon.social
Nate Tharp
Mat Gadd

@jessamyn @snarkout oof, glad to have the functionality back, but *my eyes* is that ugly!

20 Sep 2023 at 23:46 | Open on mastodon.social
Óscar Morales Vivó

@jessamyn @snarkout You dawg, I heard you liked sidebars, so we put a sidebar on the sidebar of your sidebar so you can…

21 Sep 2023 at 0:49 | Open on sfba.social
Reg
Simon (a 🐮 in 🇳🇿)
davidrperry
Andy Polaine

@jessamyn @snarkout I found that Command-Q makes Snack enormously better.

21 Sep 2023 at 17:12 | Open on pkm.social
Jessamyn

@apolaine @snarkout If only I did not need it for at least three of my jobs....

21 Sep 2023 at 17:23 | Open on glammr.us
Anthea

@jessamyn @snarkout @duckalini thank you SO MUCH on behalf of my dear person who has a zillion Slacks and was losing so much time due to this interface change. Much appreciated!

21 Sep 2023 at 22:54 | Open on mastodon.nz
Paul Cantrell

@jessamyn
This is the rare occasion on which I fully approve the use of scare quotes.

22 Sep 2023 at 3:16 | Open on hachyderm.io
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