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Teams is utterly devoid of charm. If your goal is to "send this string to Jim Bob" then Teams works just as well as Slack but if you want an application that's

by ponker 6y ago

Teams is utterly devoid of charm. If your goal is to "send this string to Jim Bob" then Teams works just as well as Slack but if you want an application that's enjoyable to use for multiple hours per day, Teams is not the droid you're looking for.

foepys 6y ago
I don't care about charm in my chat application. It is supposed to deliver text and media to one or more recipients in real-time. I don't need stickers, emojis, reactions gifs, or memes. A chat is not my main application, not even in my top 10. If it doesn't work as expected, I will try the next. There is literally 0 loyalty involved in my company.
- kyawzazaw 6y ago
  How many employees are in your company? Are they all technically inclined? Switching from one to tool to another frequently is quite a drain, imo.
- cwsx 6y ago
  My core problem with this comes down to UX. I don't think that falls under 'charm' but Teams feels horrible to use in comparison to Slack. As an example, when switching to Teams to reply to a message why does it focus the search bar instead of the chat window? How often do users search (as their first focussed action) in comparison to using the chat window? Teams seems to be full of these minor UX annoyances that all add up to make Teams a chore to use. Slack has done a much better job on UX (in my opinion).
lawnchair_larry 6y ago
Sounds like a feature to me. Aside from the poor experience on mobile, I’d be happier still using IRC. But I’m probably not most people.
- elkos 6y ago
  I love using IRC via the Element/matrix solution. It covers my needs and its pretty effective for what I use it for.
- ponker 6y ago
  It could be a feature. No question that people with Slack likely send more messages per day than people with Teams. That could be a plus or a minus.
magicalhippo 6y ago
We use it as a business tool. Charm is not a consideration. Teams works for us. Chat works, charming or not. And say suddenly you need to share your desktop while chatting to show some issue, well no problem. Need to invite a couple of folks from support to get some of their input? No problem, just invite them. Poof you got an ad-hoc meeting going and you get an issue solved in 5-10 minutes and customer is happy. It's not like I want to marry it, but for the most part it works quite well and doesn't get in my way. And so it's a decent enough tool.
Wagmire 6y ago
Teams is functional and user friendly. Bosses approve of functionality over ejoyment and admin probably spends less on an extension to microsoft office.

by ponker 6y ago

foepys 6y ago

I don't care about charm in my chat application. It is supposed to deliver text and media to one or more recipients in real-time. I don't need stickers, emojis, reactions gifs, or memes. A chat is not my main application, not even in my top 10. If it doesn't work as expected, I will try the next. There is literally 0 loyalty involved in my company.

kyawzazaw 6y ago
How many employees are in your company? Are they all technically inclined? Switching from one to tool to another frequently is quite a drain, imo.
cwsx 6y ago
My core problem with this comes down to UX. I don't think that falls under 'charm' but Teams feels horrible to use in comparison to Slack. As an example, when switching to Teams to reply to a message why does it focus the search bar instead of the chat window? How often do users search (as their first focussed action) in comparison to using the chat window? Teams seems to be full of these minor UX annoyances that all add up to make Teams a chore to use. Slack has done a much better job on UX (in my opinion).

lawnchair_larry 6y ago

Sounds like a feature to me. Aside from the poor experience on mobile, I’d be happier still using IRC. But I’m probably not most people.

elkos 6y ago
I love using IRC via the Element/matrix solution. It covers my needs and its pretty effective for what I use it for.
ponker 6y ago
It could be a feature. No question that people with Slack likely send more messages per day than people with Teams. That could be a plus or a minus.

magicalhippo 6y ago

We use it as a business tool. Charm is not a consideration. Teams works for us. Chat works, charming or not. And say suddenly you need to share your desktop while chatting to show some issue, well no problem. Need to invite a couple of folks from support to get some of their input? No problem, just invite them. Poof you got an ad-hoc meeting going and you get an issue solved in 5-10 minutes and customer is happy. It's not like I want to marry it, but for the most part it works quite well and doesn't get in my way. And so it's a decent enough tool.

Wagmire 6y ago

Teams is functional and user friendly. Bosses approve of functionality over ejoyment and admin probably spends less on an extension to microsoft office.