Slack just launched a redesign, but don't freak out

The nature of work is changing every day as the coronavirus pandemic rumbles on. Offices are shutting their doors temporarily, and white-collar professionals are moving their work online in response. Slack’s 12 million daily users will also be seeing some new changes in the next few weeks.

On Wednesday, the work chat app unveiled a redesign for its interface — the app’s biggest since its launch in 2013, according to the company’s director of product management Jaime DeLanghe.

With the new design comes a "people" page, a “compose” button, and a lightning-looking “shortcut” button for accessing and using conversation tools  — polls, reminders, calls, and calendar, for example. Read more...