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Teams has so many bugs and crashes, I'm flabbergasted how Microsoft can deliver something like that. Especially given that they have shown that they are capabl

Teams has so many bugs and crashes, I'm flabbergasted how Microsoft can deliver something like that. Especially given that they have shown that they are capable of delivering a good experience based on the Electron platform with VSCode. My only explanation would be that it was cobbled together by interns, never meant for public release, then some project manager discovered it and said "Ship it!".

jimnotgym 6y ago
This has not been my experience at all. It is quirky, but very usable none the less.
belltaco 6y ago
Are you using it on OS X? Runs fine on Windows for me and haven't heard any complaints from any of my coworkers. Everyone says it's better than WebEx.
- gautamdivgi 6y ago
  Runs fine on OSX for me as well. No issues, pretty clear audio. Happy in general.
xnyan 6y ago
I think your comparison to VSCode is very useful, but with regards to crashing - I’ve not had Teams crash even once after a year of heavy use. VSCode was made with the explicit intent of attracting software developers, who not always but generally get to use whatever editor they want. If VSCode was not snappy and responsive, it would never have been a viable product for its target market. Chat is the other way around. Slack is on my computer and there’s nothing stopping me from using it, but every org I’ve been at has mandated official communication channels, and for me it’s teams. Chat platform decisions are not made by the same metrics that software developers use for editors. I’m not excusing it, but I don’t see how it could work another way. I would assume teams project managers are incentivized to deliver a list of features and integrations that are targeted squarely at the desires of mid to senior level enterprise IT execs.
azalemeth 6y ago
Teams for me is an almost unusable, frustrating, pile of js. It also seems very polarising -- most other colleagues don't have the crashes and issues I do, but some people have similar experiences. I'm genuinely convinced it just hates a small proportion of all SSOs. I literally can't make any calls on the Mac app at the moment, and haven't been able to since August.

jimnotgym 6y ago

This has not been my experience at all. It is quirky, but very usable none the less.

belltaco 6y ago

Are you using it on OS X? Runs fine on Windows for me and haven't heard any complaints from any of my coworkers. Everyone says it's better than WebEx.

gautamdivgi 6y ago
Runs fine on OSX for me as well. No issues, pretty clear audio. Happy in general.

xnyan 6y ago

I think your comparison to VSCode is very useful, but with regards to crashing - I’ve not had Teams crash even once after a year of heavy use. VSCode was made with the explicit intent of attracting software developers, who not always but generally get to use whatever editor they want. If VSCode was not snappy and responsive, it would never have been a viable product for its target market. Chat is the other way around. Slack is on my computer and there’s nothing stopping me from using it, but every org I’ve been at has mandated official communication channels, and for me it’s teams. Chat platform decisions are not made by the same metrics that software developers use for editors. I’m not excusing it, but I don’t see how it could work another way. I would assume teams project managers are incentivized to deliver a list of features and integrations that are targeted squarely at the desires of mid to senior level enterprise IT execs.

azalemeth 6y ago

Teams for me is an almost unusable, frustrating, pile of js. It also seems very polarising -- most other colleagues don't have the crashes and issues I do, but some people have similar experiences. I'm genuinely convinced it just hates a small proportion of all SSOs. I literally can't make any calls on the Mac app at the moment, and haven't been able to since August.