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Re: Ask HN: Why is Microsoft Teams still so bad?

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Post by Pooge »

archi42 wrote: post #356

I never experienced any crashes, and neither can I recall a team mate complaining about that . Bugs I encountered: 1. Opening the link to a scheduled meeting opens the browser (good), but then clicking the "open in teams" and confirming the external URL handler in the browser does... Nothing. Restarting teams fixes that. (Happens for my team mates as well). 2. I have a dedicated USB mic that's always on, while my spe…

> I have to reconfigure the audio settings very often, which is especially annoying since I can't do that before answering a call.

A similar issue occurs on Skype for Enterprise. You cannot plug your headphones in after someone starts calling. You have to decline the call, go in the settings and call back.

Re: Ask HN: Why is Microsoft Teams still so bad?

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Post by marvinvz »

twobitshifter wrote: post #98
Maarten88 wrote: post #85

Long ago Microsoft had MSN Messenger, which was one of the leading messaging apps. It worked well, and many 'normal' users were using it. Then Microsoft dissolved the team behind it and screwed up the product so bad with bloatware and ads that everyone moved to WhatsApp (except in the US where people went back to texting). Then Microsoft came out with Communicator, renamed it to Lync, which was a corporate messenger/…

I started a new job and decided to go all in on using o365, including keeping notes in onenote. They’re launching a new version next month and I’m hoping that things go in the right direction and they keep the features i’ve just started to use.

I signed into o365 a few days ago and it recommended a random excel file of a completely unrelated department to me. Not sure why an office application needs to "recommend" files.

Re: Ask HN: Why is Microsoft Teams still so bad?

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Post by DocTomoe »

It may just be good enough.

I work as a consultant, and that also means I adapt to the videoconferencing solutions my clients use. In the last week, I used Teams, Zoom, Slack, Cisco Webex and Google Meet.

Each of these come with different advantages and disadvantages. None works perfectly, but interestingly, Teams is the one I experience the fewest problems with (closely followed by Google Meet) - and if my company was a Microsoft centered shop where lots of office documents are shared around, Teams would probably be what I choose.

Worst is Cisco Webex, which imho needs to die quickly.

Re: Ask HN: Why is Microsoft Teams still so bad?

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Post by archi42 »

Pooge wrote: post #361
archi42 wrote: post #356

I never experienced any crashes, and neither can I recall a team mate complaining about that . Bugs I encountered: 1. Opening the link to a scheduled meeting opens the browser (good), but then clicking the "open in teams" and confirming the external URL handler in the browser does... Nothing. Restarting teams fixes that. (Happens for my team mates as well). 2. I have a dedicated USB mic that's always on, while my spe…

> I have to reconfigure the audio settings very often, which is especially annoying since I can't do that before answering a call. A similar issue occurs on Skype for Enterprise. You cannot plug your headphones in after someone starts calling. You have to decline the call, go in the settings and call back.

I always tell them something like "can't hear you, give me 5s".

Re: Ask HN: Why is Microsoft Teams still so bad?

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Post by r_hoods_ghost »

Alternatively - in the past 2 1/2 years of using it intensively every day I don't think I've had it crash once and have no trouble switching between headphones, speakers and my hearing aids. Slack on the other hand shudder.I do wonder if a lot of this is due to addons, poorly managed windows installations by corporate IT, or conflicts with other processes.

Re: Ask HN: Why is Microsoft Teams still so bad?

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Post by primeblue »

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Re: Ask HN: Why is Microsoft Teams still so bad?

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Post by shapefrog »

Why is still so bad?

It's buggy, and it crashes more often than any other app I use. God forbid you try to

Seriously, with all the money and resources thrown at this company and this app, you'd think it'd be a little more stable, faster, and reliable. I am literally forced to use this app at work...

Response:

Mine doesnt crash and havent seen any bugs and I use it for 28 hours a day - unlike which is buggy, and it crashes more often than any other app I use. God forbid you try to .

Re: Ask HN: Why is Microsoft Teams still so bad?

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Post by lordnacho »

shadowofneptune wrote: post #285
thekingofrome wrote: post #263

Earlier quoted context omitted.

TIL people in the US use SMS

Why don't people use it elsewhere? I know that WhatsApp is dominant, but why?

Wasn't it originally because carriers used to charge per SMS message? Whereas you could send a message with very little data usage, and mostly for free when on WiFi.
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