"Skype" for business isn't even Skype code. It's Lync with a sticker slapped over the top.
Re:Hello, GitHub
by ponyfleisch on Tuesday June 05, 2018 @01:29AM
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Skype for Business is really, really bad on MacOS. Half of the time i'm trying to use it, messages don't get sent with an error message. Sometimes they do get sent but i still get an error message.
Skype on MacOS tends to get stuck in some loop that eats my CPU. So does MS Excel. MS Excel also had other, very annoying issues in the not so distant past.
Sure, as a MacOS user i'm maybe not that important to MSFT, but the quality of some of their products is surprisingly low.
The excel bit is likely because multi core support isn’t on Mac just yet. If you opt into their latest beta channel for updates, it gets way better.
Re:Hello, GitHub
by ponyfleisch on Tuesday June 05, 2018 @02:58AM
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No i had a different issue. I think it was after hard resets when excel goes "do you want me to restore the stuff i had open before?"
I would ignore this for a while (since plenty of other apps would also start up again) and then wonder what is eating my CPU. Surprise surprise, it's an Excel message box.
Re:Hello, GitHub
by icebraining on Monday June 04, 2018 @03:26PM
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Well, then you won't be glad to know it's going away: https://www.theverge.com/2017/9/25/16360072/microsoft-teams-...
Re:Hello, GitHub
by debaserab2 on Monday June 04, 2018 @03:25PM
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Skype and performance are two words that don't ever belong in the same sentence.
You just gave a counter example ;)
"Skype has performance issues"
"Skype has abysmal performance"
"Performance in not Skype's priority"
I thought I would give some excellent examples of how to use "performance" with "Skype" - all of which are true!
It could have the word 'bad' somewhere in the middle.
but what if we don't use outlook - not everyone does. this is at the fundamental heart of the problem with Microsoft (Apple is just as guilty, btw). It is the "hey, we have a nice ecosystem - everyone should use it" viewpoint. As a developer and consultant - I will decide which tools are appropriate and best for the job at hand, not something dictated by corporate marketing. Skype has gotten much worse since Microsoft acquired them. Every time I start Skype I have to update it and its not as stable as it once was, especially on OSX
all of the tools and integration with outlook is pretty smooth...