Tell HN: You Can Revert Your Slack UI

by apimade on 9/14/2023, 6:44 AM with 11 comments

Firefox addon is awaiting approval. However in the meantime, open up console and type this in - then hit refresh:

    localStorage.setItem("localConfig_v2", localStorage.getItem("localConfig_v2").replace(/\"is_unified_user_client_enabled\":true/g, '\"is_unified_user_client_enabled\":false'))
Addon will be available here: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/slackrevert/

If you're on Chrome: sorry. I'm not paying the developer fee.

  • by darksoulranger on 9/14/2023, 5:20 PM

    For mac you can get dev tools by either launching slack with

        export SLACK_DEVELOPER_MENU=true; open -a /Applications/Slack.app
    to make this persistent you can use.

        launchctl setenv SLACK_DEVELOPER_MENU true
    and then right click and inspect element and add the scripts

  • by gabrielsroka on 9/14/2023, 3:37 PM

      localStorage.setItem('localConfig_v2', localStorage.getItem('localConfig_v2').replace(/"is_unified_user_client_enabled":true/g, '"is_unified_user_client_enabled":false'))
    For folks who might be wondering, the fee to publish in the Chrome store is $5 one time. Safari I believe is $100 a year. Firefox is free.

  • by rmjacque on 9/20/2023, 4:05 AM

    for ubuntu(VM installed w/SNAP): export SLACK_DEVELOPER_MENU=true; /snap/bin/slack snap update snap upgrade right-click an element and inspect, switch to dev console: localStorage.setItem("localConfig_v2", localStorage.getItem("localConfig_v2").replace(/\"is_unified_user_client_enabled\":true/g, '\"is_unified_user_client_enabled\":false')) restart slack

  • by Pro4TLZZ on 9/19/2023, 9:04 AM

    javascript:(async function () { localStorage.setItem("localConfig_v2", localStorage.getItem("localConfig_v2").replace(/\"is_unified_user_client_enabled\":true/g, '\"is_unified_user_client_enabled\":false')); location.refresh(); }) ();

    Copy this to a bookmark and then press it whilst you're on Slack web

  • by tra3 on 9/15/2023, 3:10 AM

    Is there anyway to automate slack without going the api route (since it requires workspace admin approval)?

    I want to start by having a global shortcut in macOS that sets me away and disables notifications. I don’t want to click anywhere.

  • by Raed667 on 9/14/2023, 1:56 PM

    I guess this will work until they remove the feature flag.

    If you have a chrome build I can publish it for you. My email is in my profile.

  • by IdiranVibe on 9/14/2023, 4:13 PM

    Any way to do this in the desktop app?