Slack removed option to disable unread priority ordering
Slack users who rely on consistent sidebar ordering lost the ability to disable unread-priority sorting after a product update. This disrupts muscle memory and increases navigation time for power users managing many channels.
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Slack's mobile app lacks a channel sort option available on desktop — sorting by last accessed within channel categories. This forces mobile users to manually scroll through ordered channel lists rather than quickly finding their most recently active conversations. The feature gap makes Slack mobile less efficient than desktop for multi-channel users.
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Collaboration platforms silently re-enable notification settings that users have deliberately paused, breaking expected quiet hours. The settings UI is confusing enough that users cannot reliably prevent unwanted interruptions. Affects anyone relying on manual notification control in team messaging tools.
Slack Starred Items Reset to Default Section After a Few Minutes
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