For Vim users

Team chat that speaks Vim.

Normal mode, insert mode, j and k, gg and G, and a colon command line. Switch the web app to its Minimal style and the keys are designed in, not bolted on.

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Normal and insert mode
app i esc
Move through messages with j and k, press i to write, esc to go back to normal mode. No mouse, no focus traps.
g-chords to jump
app g i
g i for the inbox, g d for pages, g s for settings, gg and G for the top and bottom of any list.
A : command line
app :
Press : for an ex-style command line (:b channel, :e page, :q, :new space) with Tab completion and history; / searches messages and pages.
Tabs with H and L
app H L
Spaces are tabs: 0–9 switch them (0 is the inbox), H and L or gt and gT go to the previous and next; h and l move through the open space's channels and pages.

Keyboard shortcuts that aren’t an afterthought

Most chat apps have a handful of shortcuts and a cheat sheet nobody reads. In Hasarak’s Minimal style the keyboard is the primary interface: every action in a channel, a thread, the inbox or a page has a key, one key means one thing everywhere, and ? lists them all wherever you are.

The keys

In a channel, j and k move between messages, ⌃D and ⌃U by half a screen, ↵ or o opens the thread or page, r replies, c edits your message, x deletes it (x again to confirm) and + adds a thumbs up. q or esc closes what is open, and ⌃O goes back to where you were. The composer is real Vim: text objects, counts, u and ..

The inbox works like a to-do list: x or dd marks an item done, s snoozes it and u undoes the last thing you did. In the pages list, n makes a new page; on a page, c edits it in Vim.

Two styles, one workspace

Minimal is one of the web app’s two styles; switch in Settings, from the palette, or by opening app.hasarak.com/?ui=minimal. Teammates who prefer a conventional look use Modern, with ⌘K to jump anywhere, in the same channels. The terminal and desktop apps in development use Minimal’s keys too.

For every key side by side with Slack’s and Discord’s, see the keyboard shortcuts cheat sheet.