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Re:Microsoft Teams 2 will use half the memory, dropping Elec... by apexalpha on Saturday June 26, 2021 @12:04PM (#27643015)
I still can't get over the fact that even Microsoft uses an electron app for their own OS.

If not even Microsoft itself writes native code for their own bloody OS then we're just doomed. It's just all so sluggish.

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Re:Microsoft Teams 2 will use half the memory, dropping Elec... by Closi on Saturday June 26, 2021 @04:14PM (#27645414)
> If not even Microsoft itself writes native code for their own bloody OS then we're just doomed

I agree a native client would be great, although I assume this choice is more because Microsoft wanted it to be multi-platform across iOS, Android, Web, Mac, Linux, Windows, Chromebook e.t.c. and that would either require building it multiple times, or building it in html/js as the lowest common denominator (web).

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Re:Microsoft Teams 2 will use half the memory, dropping Elec... by dsego on Saturday June 26, 2021 @02:52PM (#27644723)
Yeah, what ever happened to their Silverlight platform?
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Re:Microsoft Teams 2 will use half the memory, dropping Elec... by Someone on Saturday June 26, 2021 @04:07PM (#27645350)
It’s alive, but only on IE 11, and only for four more months.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/silverlight-end-...:

“Microsoft Silverlight will reach the end of support on October 12, 2021. Silverlight development framework is currently only supported on Internet Explorer 10 and Internet Explorer 11, with support for Internet Explorer 10 ending on January 31, 2020. There is no longer support for Chrome, Firefox, or any browser using the Mac operating system.”

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