Slack just lately made just a few modifications to its free plan, limiting message archives to the previous 90 days as an alternative of the earlier restrict of 10,000 messages. There are methods to work round this limitation, however I think quite a lot of communities will discover themselves shifting to Discord as an alternative.
If you are a part of that migration, you would possibly discover that Discord appears to be like and feels slightly … bizarre in contrast to what you are used to. Here’s how to make it slightly bit extra snug.
Switch to Light Mode
Let’s begin with the obvious distinction: Discord is darkish by default, even when your pc or telephone is not set to darkish mode.
That would possibly look acquainted for those who used Slack in darkish mode, granted, however for light-mode folks this appears to be like alien. You can change Discord to work in gentle mode by clicking the gear subsequent to your title within the backside left nook, which opens User Settings. Head to Appearance and you will discover the choice to allow the Light theme. Alternatively, for those who’re the sort of one who switches between darkish and gentle mode usually, you need to use the Sync With Computer possibility to maintain Discord lined up with all the pieces else.
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Add a Little Contrast
Discord’s gentle mode turns all the pieces gentle, together with the left-hand sidebar. This, for Slack customers, makes it straightforward to get misplaced—there is no differentiation between the channel record and the remainder of the person interface. That’s why I additionally suggest checking Dark Sidebar. Enable this and the left panel will keep darkish in gentle mode, which suggests it stands out visually. This goes a great distance.
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Change the Fonts and Colors (A Little)
Somewhat beneath the Theme choices is Font Scaling. The closest you will get the fonts to Slack’s default is to change the Chat Font Scaling degree to 16px and the Space Between Messages Groups to 4px, or simply tweak issues till they give the impression of being proper to you.
Finally, for those who’re not a fan of how some folks’s usernames are totally different colours, head to the Accessibility part. Usernames in Discord servers are coloured in accordance to their roles (normally granted by admins to arrange folks into teams based mostly on their pursuits, moderator or admin roles, or different particular standing) within the server. If you’d reasonably each username look the identical, test Don’t present position colours—now everybody would be the identical coloration, identical to in Slack. (Alternatively, if you don’t need to lose this context, you’ll be able to choose Show position colours subsequent to names and a coloured circle will present up subsequent to their names.)
Finally, you’ll be able to flip down the colours normally by adjusting the Saturation. This will mute the assorted blues within the person interface, in addition to the position colours.
Add the Custom Emoji You Loved So Much in Slack
Every Slack finally ends up choosing up a seemingly infinite variety of customized emoji, so for those who just lately migrated to Discord you most likely miss them. The excellent news is you’ll be able to take a few of them with you; the dangerous information is, not all of them. Every server can supply up to 50 emojis. Every server also can supply up to 50 animated emojis, although solely paying Discord Nitro clients can use these.
Having stated that, let’s discover and add your favourite emoji. Odds are they are often discovered at Slackmojis and its practically equivalent sister website Discordmojis, so search there and obtain those you need. Now, in Discord, click on the title of the present server within the high left nook and click on Server Settings. Head to Emoji and you’ll be able to add up to 50 customized emoji. If the Emoji possibility is not there, it is as a result of you do not have permission to add emotes to the server, which you’ll be able to most likely ask an admin to provide you with. Everyone in your server can use the emoji you add.
Discord is not equivalent to Slack, and it by no means can be. That doesn’t suggest you’ll be able to’t make it slightly extra acquainted. These tweaks will get you nearer.
