Comment by jll29
14 hours ago
Why would I want to use Teams on Linux? One reason to use Linux is to avoid such bloatware with unbearably poor UX.
Rumor has it that a usability consultant died from a heart attack when he saw the first alpha build, but I may misremember the story (or confuse it with the deadly joke by Monty Python).
I'm totally fine with text-based chat, and it had better be implementing an open standard (e.g. USENET news or Jabber).
And it's by no means restricted to Microsoft: many companies use unclear interfaces with non-existant discoverability, sluggish response times, and cryptic menu names like "..." or "+"; and nobody neads multi-row menus at the top to compete for attention with left-side column menus, each of which featuring symbols that lack clarity - since when is one pane of icons not enough?
It’s for when your company gave you the freedom of installing linux on work machine but mandated Teams for company wide communication
>> Why would I want to use Teams on Linux?
Well, I use Teams on Linux sometimes because I have a meeting and using a Linux machine at the time.
Because you work for a company that uses Microsoft teams most likely. It's not always a choice you get to make.
> Why would I want to use Teams on Linux? One reason to use Linux is to avoid such bloatware with unbearably poor UX.
That might be YOUR reason, but I'm sure there are plenty to use linux besides to avoid bloatware.
Some customers (e.g. DoD, gov) basically exclusively use it, so you'd have to if you ever interacted with them. This is a win.
I use Linux because I find that it has more capability than commercial operating systems for my needs.
I do count “running commercial software” as a need of mine. I would not be using Linux if I couldn’t run Windows games on Steam, 1Password, Slack, Discord, etc.
Nobody’s forcing you to install Teams, and someone out there is breathing a sigh of relief because they have another option besides Mac and Windows for running the programs they need to run.
I’m not really in a race to be the most opinionated user on the planet who refuses to use an app with a … or + menu, I just want a good OS that runs any program I might need.