[ngrilly]

I think Zulip has the potential to become a dominant solution in this space if they find way to make the UI as appealing as Slack. Zulip offers a new approach on how to structure discussions by threads while still being a chat application with a “linear” flow.

[molsongolden]

I switched companies which meant moving from Zulip to Slack. I don’t understand why people like Slack or what they like about the UI.

Threading is terrible, async catchup is difficult, gif links don’t convert cleanly, group DMs are limited to 8 users then Slack suggests creating a new channel…?!

[epivosism]

I've never used Zulip, and prefer slack threads to discord's attempt. Could you explain how they work in Zulip?

[kibwen]

Zulip requires all conversations to happen inside of topics; think of it like an extremely lightweight and synchronous email, where the topic is the subject line. You can view a channel to see all its messages chronologically, and in the sidebar you can narrow to a single topic.

Zulip is great, I highly recommend it. On projects where I have to use Slack or Slack clones, I end up closing them when it's time to get work done because they're terrible at being productive and hopeless at preserving information for more than a few seconds. With Zulip I have successfully searched for information sent months ago/thousands of messages ago and still found it, thanks to the powerful search and mandatory topics.

[ngrilly]

I agree with view from a functional point of view. But I think that Slack looks “nicer”, more polished, more structured from an aesthetic perspective.

[jimkleiber]

Yes I want to use Zulip but very often feel disoriented when opening up, borderline dizzy. I'm not sure why, what about the UI causes that for me.

Are there any specific UI recommendations you'd give?