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You may not want Teams, but do not live in the illusion that nobody wants Teams. As proof: I want Teams.

by elygre 5y ago

skohan 5y ago
What do you prefer about teams over alternatives? It may be anecdotal, but I have only ever heard people complain about teams.
- fennecfoxen 5y ago
  Teams video-chat is great, easily better than things like Cisco's offering (and zero-security offerings like Zoom). On the other hand, it's also trying to be a weird combination of Slack and Facebook at the same time (only less searchable than either) and that's pretty terrible.
  - GekkePrutser 5y ago
    Really think so? I think the free alternative jitsi is so much better than teams. I use teams for work and its video is pretty slow. Jitsi (I use this for my local makerspace) achieves a much better frame rate. Which makes it more realistic and improves communication. It's also so much lighter on the computer than teams.
- extr 5y ago
  They complain about it in the same way they complain about computers in general. Sometimes it doesn't work right. That doesn't mean that 99.5% of the time it doesn't get the job done.
  - skohan 5y ago
    But for instance people like to be on slack, and Zoom calls were fun before everyone got sick of them. The sentiment around Teams whenever it has come up around me has always been one of pained obligation.
- reader_mode 5y ago
  I haven't used teams in 3 years (I use what clients use, mostly it's slack) back then I really liked wiki + channel combo, it was super simple to keep channel specific notes in one place and everyone used it since it was right there, fast to update and search - way better than pinned messages which I find almost useless
- koffiezet 5y ago
  From my experience, the only thing teams does mostly better than the alternatives, is the moment you're actually in a call. The audio quality seems to better than something like slack or alternatives in my experience. But once out of a call you end up in a messy maze of random cluttered functionality and different, confusing styles of chat options, integration with a bunch of stuff that on paper sounds like a good idea, but in reality is annoying as hell and hard to navigate.

You may not want Teams, but do not live in the illusion that nobody wants Teams. As proof: I want Teams.

by elygre 5y ago

You may not want Teams, but do not live in the illusion that nobody wants Teams. As proof: I want Teams.

What do you prefer about teams over alternatives? It may be anecdotal, but I have only ever heard people complain about teams.

fennecfoxen 5y ago
Teams video-chat is great, easily better than things like Cisco's offering (and zero-security offerings like Zoom). On the other hand, it's also trying to be a weird combination of Slack and Facebook at the same time (only less searchable than either) and that's pretty terrible.
- GekkePrutser 5y ago
  Really think so? I think the free alternative jitsi is so much better than teams. I use teams for work and its video is pretty slow. Jitsi (I use this for my local makerspace) achieves a much better frame rate. Which makes it more realistic and improves communication. It's also so much lighter on the computer than teams.
extr 5y ago
They complain about it in the same way they complain about computers in general. Sometimes it doesn't work right. That doesn't mean that 99.5% of the time it doesn't get the job done.
- skohan 5y ago
  But for instance people like to be on slack, and Zoom calls were fun before everyone got sick of them. The sentiment around Teams whenever it has come up around me has always been one of pained obligation.
reader_mode 5y ago
I haven't used teams in 3 years (I use what clients use, mostly it's slack) back then I really liked wiki + channel combo, it was super simple to keep channel specific notes in one place and everyone used it since it was right there, fast to update and search - way better than pinned messages which I find almost useless
koffiezet 5y ago
From my experience, the only thing teams does mostly better than the alternatives, is the moment you're actually in a call. The audio quality seems to better than something like slack or alternatives in my experience. But once out of a call you end up in a messy maze of random cluttered functionality and different, confusing styles of chat options, integration with a bunch of stuff that on paper sounds like a good idea, but in reality is annoying as hell and hard to navigate.