Yeah, I agree that's an issue. It's funny though because even if I'm running Slack in my browser, if someone posts a picture, it shows a thumbnail and you have to click on it and open it in a new window. It's such a horrible workflow. Ripcord makes that even slightly worse because if I click on an image in Ripcord, it launches my browser and I have to log in to Slack, navigate to the channel with the image, click on the image to open a new window... etc.

Given that Slack doesn't work remotely, I also have to ask, do they actually use their product? Because I can't imagine someone who can change the product putting up with the ridiculous workflows that Slack forces on you.