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The well-known business application Slack has received a comprehensive update in iOS. The app has been fundamentally revised.
Slack received a major update to the desktop version in March, and now iOS is following suit. With the 20.05.10 update, the business app gets a completely new user interface. The redesign features a new navigation bar with the most important functions. This means that from now on, the "Home," "Direct Messages," "Mentions," and "You" sections can be accessed directly with a tap. In addition to the new interface, some bugs have also been fixed and changes have been made. The full update description can be found below.
Slack version 20.05.10
What's new? A lot. Actually, almost everything is brand new. Because May brings everything new. And that also applies to our app.
Troubleshooting:
- Until now, it was a little complicated to get to the four features our users use most on mobile, so we've created a new navigation bar that sits at the bottom of the app. And there you'll find: a home view for your sidebar, direct messages (the most recent DMs will still be listed first), mentions (so you're always up to date), and the "You" display (because we think you're awesome) (and also to make it easier for you to set your status and preferences on mobile).
- The quick switcher in the desktop app is great, but we noticed that people weren't using this feature as much on their phones. So we made the Go To box more prominent (and more engaging) to change that. We hope it has the desired effect!
- Creating a new message in a channel or direct message without having the necessary clues was unnecessarily complicated. Thanks to the application of logic and software engineering, this can now be done easily with a message button in the bottom right corner.
- We apologize to anyone who wanted to easily set reminders, start workflows, or access favorite apps in channels and conversations—it was difficult to figure out how to do this on the go. A new lightning bolt icon below the message field now gives you instant access to actions, which solves this problem.
- And finally, it turns out that in the old version of the app you had to swipe back and forth far too much before you finally got to where you wanted to go. Now it all works without a lot of waffling and is much simpler: swiping to the right shows your workspace and settings, and swiping to the left takes you to your last conversation in no time. Now you are virtually omniscient and can take a little trip back in time. At least in our app.
- And yes. We know this all too well ourselves. Change is not always easy! We have become accustomed to certain things over time and have also continuously added new functions. So we had to take another look at the whole thing and make sure that the buttons and features still make sense and are clear overall. You can find out more about these improvements in our blog post and, as always, we welcome your feedback. Thank you for taking the time to read to the end. We really appreciate it - and of course you do too. (Photo by Postmodern Studio / Bigstockphoto)
