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by pwg 803 days ago
> What specifically are teh workflow issues people have with teams?

The "channels" and accompanying wiki/file store is simply sharepoint with a different web-ui -- and it inherits all the problems of original sharepoint, i.e., it is where documents go to die.

It fails miserably to recognize when the system is "locked" and to "STFU" with its bleeps/blurbs/rings for new IM's/phone calls/whatever else it decides to be noisy about. Locked system means "not at work" which should mean "no noises from you, ever".

If you first initiate a screen share with someone, you can not add in a voice call (thereby making the screen share rather less than useful in most instances). Yet, if you begin a voice call first, you can then add in a screen share and keep the voice call going.

It is an "electron" app, so it is the single biggest resource hog (second only to Win11 itself) on the system. It even manages to out-hog Google Chrome by about 50% or better, which given Chrome's legendary hogginess is a testament to MS's ability to produce bloated software.

Just about the only thing it does get right is holding meetings. Click the link, meeting widow opens, hold meeting, click "leave" when done.

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> Locked system means "not at work" which should mean "no noises from you, ever".

Many companies auto-lock desktops after a few minutes of inactivity. If I go to chat to someone away from my desk, I definitely want Teams to make noises if somebody is phoning me - especially since I no longer have a desk phone.

> "It is an "electron" app"

No, it isn't. It moved away from electron to WebView2 for better performance: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-teams-blog/...

It's still horrible slow.
Performance is no longer it's main issue. There are serious bugs that show up randomly for example sometimes you send 4 messages in a row and they arrive in reverse order. Imagine trying to explain something to someone and this happens in the middle of the chat, without you realising.
This true. There are so many bugs with it, it's almost like the people prioritising bugs and features either don't actually have to use it, or aren't promoted based upon delivering a produce that isn't complete shit but instead by tying to another completely unrelated Microsoft product that no one who uses it wants.

Performance is still abysmal.