Microsoft Teams 2 will use half the memory, dropping Electron for Edge Webview2

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Post by riffraff » Sat, Jun 26, 2021, 11:32 AM UTC

Microsoft Teams 2 will use half the memory, dropping Electron for Edge Webview2
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Post by j4yav » Sat, Jun 26, 2021, 1:32 PM UTC

The amount of memory that app uses is the least of its issues.

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Post by gbil » Sat, Jun 26, 2021, 1:35 PM UTC

Some hope for Mac users maybe? Current state is just shit, especially for corporate users who can't just drop it https://microsoftteams.uservoice.com/forums/555103-public/su...

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Post by aetherspawn » Sat, Jun 26, 2021, 1:35 PM UTC

Well if it’s prebundled, I guess it will be properly audited and hopefully less evil than Zoom.. which has been known to install services on your PC that are easily exploitable.

Maybe people will stop sending me zoom invites.

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Post by thrower123 » Sat, Jun 26, 2021, 1:36 PM UTC

It had better use less memory. Currently it runs at about a gig on my machine, without any meetings in progress.

This is about 8-10 times heavier than the Skype for Business client was.

WebView2 looks to be a great choice instead of Electron, now that they're shipping Edgeium everywhere. The old IE WebBrowser control has been a non-starter for a while.

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Post by jbverschoor » Sat, Jun 26, 2021, 1:37 PM UTC

Are they using react-native?

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Post by richardstephens » Sat, Jun 26, 2021, 1:38 PM UTC

Drop Electron.... for Edge Webview2. I mean, okay sure, half the memory is an improvement. But what is going on in the chat industry that everyone's converged on Electron? You'd think Microsoft of all companies would be able to figure out how to build native apps. If I want a chat service with native apps, it seems like my only option is IRC.

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Post by MattGaiser » Sat, Jun 26, 2021, 1:39 PM UTC

richardstephens wrote: post #7

Drop Electron.... for Edge Webview2. I mean, okay sure, half the memory is an improvement. But what is going on in the chat industry that everyone's converged on Electron? You'd think Microsoft of all companies would be able to figure out how to build native apps. If I want a chat service with native apps, it seems like my only option is IRC.

Native anything is a lot of work for not a lot of gain as most users of Teams are forced to have it.

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Post by therobot24 » Sat, Jun 26, 2021, 1:40 PM UTC

richardstephens wrote: post #7

Drop Electron.... for Edge Webview2. I mean, okay sure, half the memory is an improvement. But what is going on in the chat industry that everyone's converged on Electron? You'd think Microsoft of all companies would be able to figure out how to build native apps. If I want a chat service with native apps, it seems like my only option is IRC.

>> half the memory is an improvement

would call it more than just an "improvement", only using 1/2 memory is pretty freakin great when you're already known for hogging mem

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Post by nailer » Sat, Jun 26, 2021, 1:40 PM UTC

jbverschoor wrote: post #6

Are they using react-native?

No react Js. Web view 2 is still a web view backed by Chromium