Slack finally releases a standalone app for Windows users
Workplace communications platform Slack is the fastest-growing business software ever — and that was without having a proper Windows app. That’s changing today as the company is releasing a full-fledged app for machines running Windows 7 or newer (including the Windows 10 preview). The official Slack blog post announcing the new apps notes that more than 30 percent of the company’s users are on Windows, and they’ve been asking for a proper app for a while — Slack may run well enough in a browser tab, but it’s the kind of app that makes sense to keep on its own. It’s essentially the same as the Mac app (pictured above), but works with native WIndows features like the system tray.
Aside from not having to run in the browser, the most…
Source:: The Verge
