Oh god the CSC301 vibes.
I actually quite like slack, but there are a couple of problems with using it.
First of all, even though it's essentially just a web-based IRC client, it really has this dev-team connotation associated with it. That is, they focus on things like GitHub integration and those sorts of things, and if anything, it just feels off using it as event group coordination.
Second, I'm fairly certain that pretty much nobody else in this group will have had used Slack, and one of the main reasons why I suggested to use something different from Hangouts is to find something that more people are familiar with. The more people you have that aren't familiar with your platform, the more people will have to go out of their way to download and set up a new service, and the more hassle there will be.
And also, there still isn't any good app for Slack on Windows Phone.
That being said, if you open a vote and everyone agrees that they want to go with Slack, then I'm all for it.
I actually quite like slack, but there are a couple of problems with using it.
First of all, even though it's essentially just a web-based IRC client, it really has this dev-team connotation associated with it. That is, they focus on things like GitHub integration and those sorts of things, and if anything, it just feels off using it as event group coordination.
Second, I'm fairly certain that pretty much nobody else in this group will have had used Slack, and one of the main reasons why I suggested to use something different from Hangouts is to find something that more people are familiar with. The more people you have that aren't familiar with your platform, the more people will have to go out of their way to download and set up a new service, and the more hassle there will be.
And also, there still isn't any good app for Slack on Windows Phone.
That being said, if you open a vote and everyone agrees that they want to go with Slack, then I'm all for it.