Improvements that make working in Slack easier for everyone
These improvements make it easier for anyone to use Slack, adapt it to how they work, and access essential tools. Highlights: - New navigation - New compose button - Custom sidebar sections - Shortcuts button for apps, workflows - New themes (coming soon)
About Slack 2.0 on Product Hunt
“Improvements that make working in Slack easier for everyone”
Slack 2.0 launched on Product Hunt on March 18th, 2020 and earned 405 upvotes and 18 comments, earning #3 Product of the Day. These improvements make it easier for anyone to use Slack, adapt it to how they work, and access essential tools. Highlights: - New navigation - New compose button - Custom sidebar sections - Shortcuts button for apps, workflows - New themes (coming soon)
On the analytics side, Slack 2.0 competes within Slack, Productivity, Messaging and Tech — topics that collectively have 1.4M followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how Slack 2.0 performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
Who hunted Slack 2.0?
Slack 2.0 was hunted by Sam Evans. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
Sam Evans