Rebuilt Microsoft Teams app promises twice the speed and half the RAM usage

Microsoft dumps Electron framework for its own Edge WebView2 backend.

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[NetMage]

How is Java worse than a make-your-webapp-standalone framework, at least in terms of performance?

Why ask about Java when Microsoft has their much better alternative right there? (That they couldn't be bothered to use for Teams.)

 

[NetMage]

I see you still can't change the default for opening files to use the desktop application instead of on the web - it prompts you to open the Classic Teams instead.

Doesn't seem like its ready to be rolled out to everyone if it isn't feature complete.

 

[NetMage]

So the code base can be shared among desktop, mobile, and web platforms.

FTFY: So the application can be terrible on desktop, mobile and web platforms.

 

[NetMage]

Outlook is also an Electron app.

I suppose that’s why it has the hard to fathom bug with search where it loses focus to drop down the previous searches right after you click in the box (or less Ctrl-e) so your typing selects a random email and opens it instead of searching.