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Re:The Horror of Microsoft Teams by toxican on Monday August 12, 2019 @10:58PM (#20682412)
It's built on Electron and still no native Linux client. There's a web version, but you can't join meetings or screenshare. There are 3rd party wrappers for the web version that enable meetings, but you still can't screenshare.

At the very least their web version needs to have parity with the desktop application. It's 2019, browsers can handle voice chat and screensharing!

Re:The Horror of Microsoft Teams by swebs on Tuesday August 13, 2019 @06:38AM (#20684353)
>It's built on Electron and still no native Linux client

Remember this next time their PR team tries to pull another round of "Microsoft has totally changed you guys, we swear! The new Microsoft loves Linux"

Re:The Horror of Microsoft Teams by bgdnyxbjx on Tuesday August 13, 2019 @10:33AM (#20686195)
Re:The Horror of Microsoft Teams by pacoverdi on Tuesday August 13, 2019 @03:03AM (#20683448)
Well, there is an unofficial 'snap' package for Linux that enables all features including screen sharing. I don't remember the name but it must be easy to find.

Edit: probably https://snapcraft.io/teams-for-linux

Re:The Horror of Microsoft Teams by briffle on Tuesday August 13, 2019 @10:59AM (#20686452)
you can view in a screen share, but not send your screen.
Re:The Horror of Microsoft Teams by dzhiurgis on Tuesday August 13, 2019 @07:56AM (#20684855)
Can Slack do screenshare via Chrome? I know you can see others screen, but can't share mine.
Re:The Horror of Microsoft Teams by utopian3 on Monday August 12, 2019 @11:46PM (#20682657)
Wow, I’m pretty sure Hipchat is built on Electron and has had all these features for years! Microsoft must really be struggling
Re:The Horror of Microsoft Teams by youdontknowtho on Tuesday August 13, 2019 @06:00AM (#20684146)
"Microsoft must really be struggling"

Not really. They are making more money than ever. They don't have customers asking for a Linux client in large enough numbers. That's all it is.

Re:The Horror of Microsoft Teams by rekoros on Monday August 12, 2019 @11:50PM (#20682679)
What’s Hipchat?
Re:The Horror of Microsoft Teams by thethirdone on Tuesday August 13, 2019 @12:00AM (#20682718)
What information are you expecting that wouldn't be easier to find by googling Hipchat? I can't understand why anyone would ask this.
Re:The Horror of Microsoft Teams by sebcat on Tuesday August 13, 2019 @12:57AM (#20682937)
No one is asking ”What’s Microsoft?” though.
Re:The Horror of Microsoft Teams by cwyers on Tuesday August 13, 2019 @02:27AM (#20683287)
Yeah, Hipchat is EOL and Teams has a market. Now, I _hate_ Teams, but it is nonobvious that Hipchat has a better notion of what features are necessary to be successful.
Re:The Horror of Microsoft Teams by grzm on Monday August 12, 2019 @11:52PM (#20682684)