[toxican]

It's built on Electron and still no native Linux client. There's a web version, but you can't join meetings or screenshare. There are 3rd party wrappers for the web version that enable meetings, but you still can't screenshare.

At the very least their web version needs to have parity with the desktop application. It's 2019, browsers can handle voice chat and screensharing!

[swebs]

>It's built on Electron and still no native Linux client

Remember this next time their PR team tries to pull another round of "Microsoft has totally changed you guys, we swear! The new Microsoft loves Linux"

[bgdnyxbjx]

https://www.neowin.net/amp/microsoft-teams-might-be-coming-t...

[pacoverdi]

Well, there is an unofficial 'snap' package for Linux that enables all features including screen sharing. I don't remember the name but it must be easy to find.

Edit: probably https://snapcraft.io/teams-for-linux

[briffle]

you can view in a screen share, but not send your screen.

[dzhiurgis]

Can Slack do screenshare via Chrome? I know you can see others screen, but can't share mine.

[utopian3]

Wow, I’m pretty sure Hipchat is built on Electron and has had all these features for years! Microsoft must really be struggling

[youdontknowtho]

"Microsoft must really be struggling"

Not really. They are making more money than ever. They don't have customers asking for a Linux client in large enough numbers. That's all it is.

[rekoros]

What’s Hipchat?

[thethirdone]

What information are you expecting that wouldn't be easier to find by googling Hipchat? I can't understand why anyone would ask this.

[sebcat]

No one is asking ”What’s Microsoft?” though.

[cwyers]

Yeah, Hipchat is EOL and Teams has a market. Now, I _hate_ Teams, but it is nonobvious that Hipchat has a better notion of what features are necessary to be successful.

[grzm]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HipChat