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We use teams at work. Most people i know cant stand it. Its chatoix UI. 10 tabs on each «teams». Ive deleted the app. Whenever someone tags me i just open their

by grezql 7y ago

We use teams at work. Most people i know cant stand it. Its chatoix UI. 10 tabs on each «teams». Ive deleted the app. Whenever someone tags me i just open their browser app, reply and close. Even having the tab open sometimes causes cpu and memory spike and my laptop fans starts wirring. If they kill skype/lync for teams, MS is making a huge mistake. Lync and Outlook are the most distraction free softwares we use.

freeone3000 7y ago
Skype for Business (Lync) was discontinued in July, and support will stop July 31, 2021.
- HeWhoLurksLate 7y ago
  Hold up, what? I was using it until last week (I'm no longer with that company), and it was the semi-de-facto IM solution, because the entire team isn't on Slack, and worked well enough to serve our needs- the person we want to talk to is at another location right then (we moved around a lot) and we needed to talk to them. Discontinuation is news to me.
- senectus1 7y ago
  yeah thats not quite right: Microsoft announced that Skype for Business online will retire on July 31, 2021. They still sell the product, and the hybrid/on premises solution is going to be around for a while. MS Teams will replace the "Online" only. There is no "on Premises" solution for Teams so S4B will be around a while I think.
delfinom 7y ago
Lync itself is decent from a UX standpoint. But holy fucking batman, the backend for Lync is an absolute nightmare to setup and maintain. I wouldn't blame Microsoft for wanting to get rid of Lync just to be rid of it.
- senectus1 7y ago
  what? are you serious? Lync and Skype for Business UX is an abomination. I rage every day any time I have to use it, and I've been using it for about 10 years. Its the worse UX in any app I've ever had, I find GIMP easier to navigate than S4B.
C1sc0cat 7y ago
That is a bit odd I have never seen teams spike my laptop and I have outlook and excel and an ubuntu vm plus a load of other stuff running

by grezql 7y ago

freeone3000 7y ago

Skype for Business (Lync) was discontinued in July, and support will stop July 31, 2021.

HeWhoLurksLate 7y ago
Hold up, what? I was using it until last week (I'm no longer with that company), and it was the semi-de-facto IM solution, because the entire team isn't on Slack, and worked well enough to serve our needs- the person we want to talk to is at another location right then (we moved around a lot) and we needed to talk to them. Discontinuation is news to me.
senectus1 7y ago
yeah thats not quite right: Microsoft announced that Skype for Business online will retire on July 31, 2021. They still sell the product, and the hybrid/on premises solution is going to be around for a while. MS Teams will replace the "Online" only. There is no "on Premises" solution for Teams so S4B will be around a while I think.

delfinom 7y ago

Lync itself is decent from a UX standpoint. But holy fucking batman, the backend for Lync is an absolute nightmare to setup and maintain. I wouldn't blame Microsoft for wanting to get rid of Lync just to be rid of it.

senectus1 7y ago
what? are you serious? Lync and Skype for Business UX is an abomination. I rage every day any time I have to use it, and I've been using it for about 10 years. Its the worse UX in any app I've ever had, I find GIMP easier to navigate than S4B.

C1sc0cat 7y ago

That is a bit odd I have never seen teams spike my laptop and I have outlook and excel and an ubuntu vm plus a load of other stuff running