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Have you tried the Teams tab in Microsoft Teams[1]? It features a concept similar to the proposed Content View (the ability to start a new thread and allowing u

by cglong 6y ago

Have you tried the Teams tab in Microsoft Teams[1]? It features a concept similar to the proposed Content View (the ability to start a new thread and allowing users to reply within that thread, grouping contexts and preventing collisions). Unfortunately, IME, people tend to neglect/not notice this and will instead create a new thread just for their reply. Creating an affordance to help users decide which type of message they want to send is key to increasing adoption here. [1]: Screenshot here: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-teams-blog/introducing-a-free-version-of-microsoft-teams/ba-p/214592 https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-teams-blog/...

thejarren 6y ago
I haven’t seen the Teams implementation, though it sounds a bit like Slack’s approach. I’ll have to take a look. Unfortunately creating another post/thread for previously mentioned content is a problem with most platforms (HN & Reddit included). Calling on older conversations is often as valuable (or more valuable) as the new conversation, so perhaps a way to link/reference the posts in a more formal way would be helpful.
- cglong 6y ago
  Having used both, there's a big difference between Teams's approach and Slack's. Slack assumes a flat list where messages are in-line by default, but a thread can spawn out of an arbitrary one. Every message composed from the bottom bar of Teams creates a new thread, whether it has any replies or not.
  - thejarren 6y ago
    Thanks for the insight. I’ll definitely take a look. I haven’t used many Microsoft services in the past couple of years, so I admit I’m a bit in the dark with their newer services.
ntw1103 6y ago
I have to use teams for work, and feel this whole approach, and as described in the article is pretty awful. I think Slack's threads are better. Just having the reply option, as Discord does is also most sufficent. Having all this different thread containers causes the timing of the topic to get lost. I'll have to keep scrolling up to something important, and expand it, and then scroll to another on and expand it. then if I make any response, or want to see the latest that someone said, I need to lose my place again.
PurpleFoxy 6y ago
Teams fixed this mostly by removing the text box in groups and replaced it with a button “New Conversation”

by cglong 6y ago

thejarren 6y ago

I haven’t seen the Teams implementation, though it sounds a bit like Slack’s approach. I’ll have to take a look. Unfortunately creating another post/thread for previously mentioned content is a problem with most platforms (HN & Reddit included). Calling on older conversations is often as valuable (or more valuable) as the new conversation, so perhaps a way to link/reference the posts in a more formal way would be helpful.

cglong 6y ago
Having used both, there's a big difference between Teams's approach and Slack's. Slack assumes a flat list where messages are in-line by default, but a thread can spawn out of an arbitrary one. Every message composed from the bottom bar of Teams creates a new thread, whether it has any replies or not.
- thejarren 6y ago
  Thanks for the insight. I’ll definitely take a look. I haven’t used many Microsoft services in the past couple of years, so I admit I’m a bit in the dark with their newer services.

ntw1103 6y ago

I have to use teams for work, and feel this whole approach, and as described in the article is pretty awful. I think Slack's threads are better. Just having the reply option, as Discord does is also most sufficent. Having all this different thread containers causes the timing of the topic to get lost. I'll have to keep scrolling up to something important, and expand it, and then scroll to another on and expand it. then if I make any response, or want to see the latest that someone said, I need to lose my place again.

PurpleFoxy 6y ago

Teams fixed this mostly by removing the text box in groups and replaced it with a button “New Conversation”