We want Slack to be a great experience for everyone, whether you're using your laptop, your computer, or your toaster oven. And of course, no Windows app would be complete without the option to automatically launch on login. Clicking the tray icon will summon the app to do your bidding once more. When the window is closed, Slack for Windows will run from the tray, unseen but still heard. The usual suspects of Windows preferences are available for your customization. And if you're busy - doing an important presentation, perhaps? - we'll keep it to ourselves until you're done. Whenever you receive a notification, we'll light up the taskbar so that you know something's up, even when you come back to your desk. Each one is hand-crafted and locally sourced to match your team's theme. All of your teams, perched on the left pane and organized however you see fit (with handy keyboard shortcuts).įor anyone used to notifications in the web version, the notifications in the app go above and beyond. Maintaining multiple teams in the browser means keeping one tab open per team, and as we all know, tab real estate doesn't come cheap these days. It runs on Windows 7 and above (even the Windows 10 Preview!), installs simply, updates itself automatically, and remains generally courteous throughout. Slack for Windows brings all the functionality you get in your browser into a standalone version that sits, contentedly, on your desktop. How is this different from just working in the browser? We've worked hard to make it as good as people expected. There's been a constant hum of requests in feedback tickets and tweets: the request for a Windows app to match our Mac app - and one that provides the experience users expect from a native Windows application. More than 30% of our users run Windows, and their disappointment in the lack of desktop app has been noted. In the past week alone, 365,000 people have logged in to Slack from their web browser on Windows, and (we imagine) yearned for something more. Press the Start Button: Slack for Windows Has Arrived

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