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crowdhailer
I'm curious about the claim of "fewer notifications" I'm not really sure that I see how a new chat app achieves that. Would you be able to expand further?
luddep
we don't send notifications for @-mentions, by default. instead, mentions ends up in your activity feed so you can check it on your time. But, for when you need to reach someone, we have !!-mentions — which will send a notification.

(you can also set per-channel and per-thread notification settings — so you can turn it down, or turn it up.)

xfalcox
On the Linux "app" it appears to be Electron, but it's somehow a lot more responsive than others electron apps. Any comments on this?
jeffd
It is indeed Electron on Linux, but we're not doing anything special to make it more snappy on Linux.