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We were forced to move to Slack as well. Do not like it. It is more distracting than making us productive. I enjoyed HipChat [https://www.atlassian.com/softwar

We were forced to move to Slack as well. Do not like it. It is more distracting than making us productive. I enjoyed HipChat [https://www.atlassian.com/software/hipchat https://www.atlassian.com/software/hipchat]

ComputerGuru 9y ago
> I enjoyed HipChat Is that just due to client fit and polish or for a more fundamental reason?
strictnein 9y ago
Ugh... Hipchat. Relatively straightforward things that they don't seem to be able to address: You can't chat with more than 1 person without creating a private room. Slack makes this effortless. It's been on Atlassian's radar for almost 1.5 years with no movement: https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Hipchat-questions/chat-with-two-or-more-people-without-to-use-room/qaq-p/125060 https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Hipchat-questions/chat-wi... https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/HCPUB-431 https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/HCPUB-431 And when you're in a private chat with someone, the jumping text you see when the person you're chatting with is typing. Over 1.5 years and they can't fix that? It's horribly distracting and just kinda sucks. https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/HCPUB-950 https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/HCPUB-950 Anyways, the whole thing feels dead and is very clearly a low priority for Atlassian.
- chrisco255 9y ago
  Atlassian employee here. We moved much of our development efforts to Stride, our next gen team chat software. Be sure to check it out: https://www.stride.com https://www.stride.com
  - vesak 9y ago
    You guys oughta think about pricing. We just moved, a bit reluctantly, to Microsoft Teams (essentially free because existing MS subscription) because even Hipchat was way too expensive. Does Stride really need to be $36/user/year, and double that if we need SAML?
    - robotmay 9y ago
      Atlassian's pricing is a massive pain in the arse if you're neither a small nor a big business. There's a perfect pain point in the middle of their pricing brackets where you jump from $10 per month for 3 users, to $20 per user as soon as you add a 4th (Helpdesk as an example there).
    - chrisco255 9y ago
      That's half the price of Slack.
      - vesak 9y ago
        Slack's pricing is absurd.

ComputerGuru 9y ago

> I enjoyed HipChat Is that just due to client fit and polish or for a more fundamental reason?

strictnein 9y ago

Ugh... Hipchat. Relatively straightforward things that they don't seem to be able to address: You can't chat with more than 1 person without creating a private room. Slack makes this effortless. It's been on Atlassian's radar for almost 1.5 years with no movement: https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Hipchat-questions/chat-with-two-or-more-people-without-to-use-room/qaq-p/125060 https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Hipchat-questions/chat-wi... https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/HCPUB-431 https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/HCPUB-431 And when you're in a private chat with someone, the jumping text you see when the person you're chatting with is typing. Over 1.5 years and they can't fix that? It's horribly distracting and just kinda sucks. https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/HCPUB-950 https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/HCPUB-950 Anyways, the whole thing feels dead and is very clearly a low priority for Atlassian.

chrisco255 9y ago
Atlassian employee here. We moved much of our development efforts to Stride, our next gen team chat software. Be sure to check it out: https://www.stride.com https://www.stride.com
- vesak 9y ago
  You guys oughta think about pricing. We just moved, a bit reluctantly, to Microsoft Teams (essentially free because existing MS subscription) because even Hipchat was way too expensive. Does Stride really need to be $36/user/year, and double that if we need SAML?
  - robotmay 9y ago
    Atlassian's pricing is a massive pain in the arse if you're neither a small nor a big business. There's a perfect pain point in the middle of their pricing brackets where you jump from $10 per month for 3 users, to $20 per user as soon as you add a 4th (Helpdesk as an example there).
  - chrisco255 9y ago
    That's half the price of Slack.
    - vesak 9y ago
      Slack's pricing is absurd.