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

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

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Post by viraptor »

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.

There's also Ripcord https://cancel.fm/ripcord/ which is tiny, native, and works with slack. Going with electron is a simple way to get quick results so companies like it.

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

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Post by sdwvit »

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.

They have to support 5 platforms. Porting Electron app is just as easy as checking if chromium supports the platform.

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

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Post by jrochkind1 »

I wonder if/when this will effect MacOS Teams.

My 2015 MacBook, despite being old, is generally just fine for my web development work -- the one notable exception is Teams, it is almost unusably slow for me. I hadn't yet investigated whether it was a RAM/swap issue or other. But it's the only thing I have to regularly use (per employer) that gives me trouble.

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

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Post by tyingq »

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.

My guess is that because they also have to maintain a web version of Teams, it cuts down the amount of work significantly.

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

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Post by Hamuko »

MattGaiser wrote: post #8
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.

Why bother integrating it into the operating system itself then? That's also a lot of work for something that people are forced to install anyways.
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