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slack-disable-wysiwyg-bookmarklet

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kfahy / slack-disable-wysiwyg-bookmarklet

slack-disable-wysiwyg-bookmarklet

Disables the WYSIWYG editor in Slack.

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What it is

Disables the WYSIWYG editor in Slack.

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Where it is used

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Observed mentions: 2019-11-21 06:45:57 UTC to 2019-11-22 15:42:47 UTC.

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Period	Start (UTC)	End (exclusive, UTC)	Mentions	Submissions	Comments
Nov 21, 06:00	2019-11-21 06:00:00 UTC	2019-11-21 09:00:00 UTC	1	1	0
Nov 21, 09:00	2019-11-21 09:00:00 UTC	2019-11-21 12:00:00 UTC	2	0	2
Nov 21, 12:00	2019-11-21 12:00:00 UTC	2019-11-21 15:00:00 UTC	1	0	1
Nov 21, 15:00	2019-11-21 15:00:00 UTC	2019-11-21 18:00:00 UTC	1	0	1
Nov 21, 18:00	2019-11-21 18:00:00 UTC	2019-11-21 21:00:00 UTC	3	0	3
Nov 21, 21:00	2019-11-21 21:00:00 UTC	2019-11-22 00:00:00 UTC	1	0	1
Nov 22, 00:00	2019-11-22 00:00:00 UTC	2019-11-22 03:00:00 UTC	0	0	0
Nov 22, 03:00	2019-11-22 03:00:00 UTC	2019-11-22 06:00:00 UTC	0	0	0
Nov 22, 06:00	2019-11-22 06:00:00 UTC	2019-11-22 09:00:00 UTC	0	0	0
Nov 22, 09:00	2019-11-22 09:00:00 UTC	2019-11-22 12:00:00 UTC	0	0	0
Nov 22, 12:00	2019-11-22 12:00:00 UTC	2019-11-22 15:00:00 UTC	0	0	0
Nov 22, 15:00	2019-11-22 15:00:00 UTC	2019-11-22 18:00:00 UTC	1	0	1

What Hacker News says

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p0cc·Nov 22, 2019

These extensions have been registered: * Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/disable-slack-wysiwyg/ * Chrome: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/jenojkbpialbgpbgokiakifhpmoponjn Based on the script by Kevin Fahy [1] and multiple discussions [2] [3] about Slack's new interface. Let me know if you have any questions. [1]: https://github.com/kfahy/slack-disable-wysiwyg-bookmarklet [2]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21589647 [3]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21591950

In Show HN: Browser extensions to disable Slack's new WYSIWYG editor

p0cc·Nov 21, 2019

I made a firefox/chrome extension [1] based on Kevin Hafy's script [2]. Firefox Addon: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/disable-slack... Chrome Extn: Pending Review Per Sean0-'s comment, it looks like this might not be necessary though. Edited: formatting [1]: https://github.com/pocc/no-wysiwyg [2]: https://github.com/kfahy/slack-disable-wysiwyg-bookmarklet

In Slack’s new WYSIWYG input box is terrible

taormina·Nov 21, 2019

They deployed it as an A/B test[0]. Which means they are blatantly lying about being able to roll it back. [0] https://github.com/kfahy/slack-disable-wysiwyg-bookmarklet/b...

In Slack’s new WYSIWYG input box is terrible

igetspam·Nov 21, 2019

I couldn't figure out how to select a portion of a message and copy it. My only option was to copy the whole message. Made it a bit of a PITA. This is working better: https://github.com/kfahy/slack-disable-wysiwyg-bookmarklet (not my code)

In Slack’s new WYSIWYG input box is terrible

igetspam·Nov 21, 2019

Someone has supplied a fix: https://github.com/kfahy/slack-disable-wysiwyg-bookmarklet

In Slack’s new WYSIWYG input box is terrible

dimonomid·Nov 21, 2019

Meanwhile here's a real way to disable it right now: https://github.com/kfahy/slack-disable-wysiwyg-bookmarklet/ Thanks a lot to Kevin for sharing that, you're savior.

In Slack’s new WYSIWYG input box is terrible

waynenilsen·Nov 21, 2019

This bookmarklet disables it on web https://github.com/kfahy/slack-disable-wysiwyg-bookmarklet

In Slack’s new WYSIWYG input box is terrible

emlun·Nov 21, 2019

Someone made a bookmarklet to disable it: https://github.com/kfahy/slack-disable-wysiwyg-bookmarklet

In Slack’s new WYSIWYG input box is terrible

l-p·Nov 21, 2019

There is a way to disable it via a bookmarklet: https://github.com/kfahy/slack-disable-wysiwyg-bookmarklet

In Slack’s new WYSIWYG input box is terrible

akhaku·Nov 21, 2019Submission

Disable new Slack WYSIWYG editor with this bookmarklet

490 points · Open discussion