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> The video conferencing service has announced a change to its platform that will allow all meeting participants to make annotations whilst on a call.
> Previously, only a participant sharing their screen on a Microsoft Teams call could make annotations, which allowed for quick and simple collaboration on thoughts, suggestions or ideas - however this ability will now be expanded to all users.
Brace for the smiley faces.
As others have pointed out, this article is much ado about nothing.
Barely coherent article in desperate need of an editor, making much ado about nothing. Teams is wretched; this hardly seems like it will make matters worse.
This update "could turn your meeting into a complete mess" in the same way that I can turn a meeting into a complete mess by screaming into my microphone.
How did this article even get approved?
Its Teams--the meeting was a mess the minute it was scheduled using Teams
What meeting platform is not a mess then?
I'm not putting on a cape for Teams, it's just the best entree in the buffet line to me right now. I do hate that they removed the ability for any meeting attendee to go add notes to the meeting in advance though.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
What meeting platform is not a mess then?
Honestly? I don't even think an in person, at a table, meetings arn't a mess....
But as a team (if you have a meeting with a team) there's agreements you can make, like how only one person can speak at a time (use an accessory like a ball to indicate who can speak right now). This will make the meeting more egalitarian, since in a lot of meetings (usually involving men), it's a lot of people interrupting and talking over each other so that the less forward participants are effectively pushed out of the meeting.
Its Teams--the meeting was a mess the minute it was scheduled using Teams
It seems to be bad wether or not its on Windows or Mac (I used to think it was just bad on Mac but I have had that assumption proven wrong multiple times now).
The number of times I have coworkers whose cameras just don't work.
My current fun 2 issues, I no longer get any alerts so I am stuck keeping my work phone next to me for teams alerts and my microphone has a weird popping or static to it (I can't reproduce this with any other app).
It feels like almost every meeting someone will end up uttering the words "damnit teams" or some variation when something just doesn't work as it should.
Slack may have had some problems but I really miss using it.
What annoys me the most with Teams is that the menu we use every time, the one where you choose which speaker and which microphone you will be using, is buried under "...", then "settings", then "peripherals" ... I hate that so much!
Earlier quoted context omitted.
What meeting platform is not a mess then?
I realize it's pretty easy fodder to dump on Teams around here, but I've honestly found it works better than any of the alternatives that I've used (Zoom, BlueJeans, Meet, Webex). It's a little bloated, though the new preview version my team is enrolled in for some reason loads faster though some features are missing. I'm not putting on a cape for Teams, it's just the best entree in the buffet line to me right now. I…
Barely coherent article in desperate need of an editor, making much ado about nothing. Teams is wretched; this hardly seems like it will make matters worse.
> Making edits and suggestions in real-time can be an incredibly useful tool, and cut down on wasted time and countless emails - but only if people use the service for good. This update "could turn your meeting into a complete mess" in the same way that I can turn a meeting into a complete mess by screaming into my microphone. How did this article even get approved?
Or the same way that one person in a large meeting randomly keeps unmuting throughout the meeting and we hear a bunch of feedback.
(I got a good chuckle imagining someone unmuting to scream into the microphone)