Strong systems require checks and balances, and we’re pleased to report ours now has one more check.
We discovered that when an update to the app failed, people were still being notified that the update was a success.It’s possible the “Copy” button did nothing at all. Maybe we gave you an option to copy that version number to your clipboard. Perhaps you wanted to know which version of the app you had installed.If you don’t want to see these each time because you enjoy living on the edge, just check the box “Always open files of this type.” Starting today, you’ll see a confirmation pop-up when a link in Slack is prompting another program to open.We’ve tinkered with the internal workings and polished some rough edges.We’ll return you to your regular, more interesting types of release next time (we hope). We tweaked some things too small to notice or too difficult to explain.Clicking on a notification was sometimes causing the app to stop responding, breaking its silence only to say “Slack is not responding.” No one enjoyed that, so we’ve endeavored to make sure that doesn’t happen anymore.This release includes minor security improvements.Can bugs be crafty? Not when they’re squished. If you had notifications disabled at the system level, Slack had very crafty ways of evading the preventative measures of Windows.Are you sure you’d like one less approval? YES/NO We’ve added the most common Apple and Microsoft file extensions to our approved list so you won’t be asked to confirm each time you open a Word doc or Keynote presentation.TL DR: A few more numbers for you, a bit more specificity for everyone.
Going forward, while you’ll still see the numbers laid out in a sequence, the “Build” numbers will now correspond to specific builds on our end as opposed to a small sequential number. You may have noticed that with this release there’s a new, larger number at the end of the version string.