A two-person startup already uses twenty-eight other tools

Re:A two-person startup already uses twenty-eight other tools by Ididntdothis on Saturday February 29, 2020 @09:50AM (#22450814)

I think the rule is that the other conferencing system always works better than the current system until you buy it. Then they all seem to fail :)

Right now we are using MS Teams which so far has been reliable. I am just waiting for the day when it becomes flaky too.

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Re:A two-person startup already uses twenty-eight other tools by bjelkeman-again on Saturday February 29, 2020 @01:19PM (#22452008)

The Teams UI on a Mac seems like a horrible abomination. Using it as a guest I have 45 sec startup time with a blank screen, no UI pieces visible other than a logo. I have lost the chat function and it is nowhere to be seen. The workspace is confusing. I could go on. I hope it is better on Windows, as on the Mac it is terrible.

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Re:A two-person startup already uses twenty-eight other tools by IggleSniggle on Saturday February 29, 2020 @01:28PM (#22452066)

Teams is just using Skype for teleconferencing under the hood I believe. Unfortunately it has been terrible quality for my distributed team in comparison to other options. Results definitely vary!

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Re:A two-person startup already uses twenty-eight other tools by jschwartzi on Saturday February 29, 2020 @10:35AM (#22451034)

Teams actually works well for us too. My only complaint is about startup time and the consistent 2 or 3 second hangs that happen when I'm typing things sometimes.

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Re:A two-person startup already uses twenty-eight other tools by pasta-driven on Sunday March 01, 2020 @07:33AM (#22456617)

So for the n+1: For us there are lots of problems. Bluetooth headsets seem to make it nondeterministic if and how sound works. Sharing and videoconf have sometimes extreme bandwidth problems. People aren’t getting into the conference sometimes.

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