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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[Frodo Douchebaggins]

Well, I'm still glad I don't have to use it, but at least they're trying to make it better.

 

[Frodo Douchebaggins]

That's such a great headline.

My daughter, whose university demands that she use a mid-level Windows laptop for work... could have written that headline.

I must be getting the other headline…

 

[Frodo Douchebaggins]

You are right! (sort of...)

The headline on my iOS device:

"Rebuilt Teams app will run faster and use less RAM on your terrible work laptop"

Ah yeah, I'm getting:

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

Microsoft dumps Electron framework for its own Edge WebView2 backend.​

 

[Frodo Douchebaggins]

I can understand - though still hate - that smaller devs need to use frameworks like Electron to be able to support cross-platform, but there's really no excuse for a gorilla like Microsoft from not developing fully native on each platform.

I don't disagree, but at least they're not using fucking Java.

 

[Frodo Douchebaggins]

having used WebEx for years then finally moving to Teams this year, I gotta say I'm a fan of Teams especially on mobile (iOS, Android).

In related news, microwaved leftover chicken McNuggets are more enjoyable than broken glass salad with salted lemon juice dressing.

 

[Frodo Douchebaggins]

To be fair, WebEx is arguably just about the worst webcast/collaboration platform. It brings any computer I've used it on (there are still some web conferences that use it) to its knees, and won't run at all on the Atom tablet or my Nokia 6.1. Even current Teams improves on that experience. A version that uses memory more efficiently (and takes up less space in storage, because it's using libraries that are already in the OS?) should have no trouble beating WebEx.

That's what I mean: The bar is VERY low to beat the experience of webex.

 

[Frodo Douchebaggins]

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

If we are only talking about performance, sure.