NatalyaD

ICQ vs Teams. So very true. I'm probably going to have to get a new work computer with days of reconfig cos so much is not saved properly in our profiles cos Teams just Cannot Cope and is eating 97% of the RAM constantly even when not in a video call.

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Nov 15, 2023 at 2:12pmWeb
Show thread🌊 Tempest  Nov 15, 2023

@NatalyaD Teams is one of the most unoptimized apps that's widely used that I've ever seen. I use it occasionally for college, but I have to completely close out of it if I don't want it to affect my performance in games.

Zoom is way better in this regard, even if it is a privacy nightmare (though Teams isn't much better either).

Show threadNatalyaDNov 15, 2023

@TempestDerg Basically yes to both of those points.

We have to use Teams for work, presumably cos while it's privacy sucks, our employer has signed up to that and it might be more secure than Zoom.

Teams has the Worst UI and I hate how I can't see the speaker and the slides as a deaf lipreader.

Show threadJernej Simončič �Nov 16, 2023
@NatalyaD If you have Office 365, Teams is included in most plans, which is why it got so wide adoption.
Show threadBindestrichNov 15, 2023
@NatalyaD this is what you get when web apps plus chrome are cosplaying as programs. The other day, I was thinking how much energy slack is wasting worldwide by just being a trash app
Show threadaburtchNov 15, 2023
@NatalyaD @JoelFromNYC
Show threadJoel LevinNov 16, 2023
@aburtch @NatalyaD ICQ was the first (for me) chat platform for me ~25 years ago. And I'm not sure I've seen much else that is any better. I was #183127
Show threadaburtchNov 16, 2023
@JoelFromNYC I tagged you because you were the one who introduced it to me. I remember being amazed at what it could do.
Show threadPatrick Van OosterwijckNov 15, 2023
@NatalyaD So true. If you consider what the #software world has accomplished in the mean time, it almost feels like a giant #scam that just exists to waste the amazing increase in #hardware resources that has happened. I find the software world appalling now to be honest.
One important reason why I prefer to work in the #embedded world. Unfortunately, it seems to be sliding down a slope into the same quagmire as well...
Show thread🇳𝗮ꜟ𝖼𝘩Nov 15, 2023
@NatalyaD
I feel that most Microsoft stuff these days is just a random mess that's been slung together in a confusing blob of icons and tabs. It's like they have given up trying to actually design anything in favour of just throwing everything at the user at once. There you go, now fuck off.
Show threadDavid BNov 16, 2023
@NatalyaD I still have my ICQ account. Should probably delete it for security reasons, but I am terribly nostalgic for my 7 digit account number
Show threadNatalyaDNov 16, 2023
@lorewanderer I do too. I wonder what my password is...
Show threadDavid BNov 17, 2023
@NatalyaD hunter2?
Show threadBig Kumera EnergyNov 16, 2023
@NatalyaD Work had to upgrade me to a MBP specifically because the Air couldn't handle teams. Crazy stuff.
Show threadJames OhNov 16, 2023
@NatalyaD Well said. I'm routinely astounded by how, otherwise discerning, folk seem to tolerate Teams.
Show threadPandanusNov 16, 2023
@NatalyaD I solved it by moving Teams to my iPad... Dunno if it'll work for everyone's use case but it does seem that having to work in a strict sandbox stops MS getting too baroque with memory…
Show threadNatalyaDNov 16, 2023
@pandanus I have nothing else I'm allowed to put work stuff on and my personal desktop is 8yrs old (works fine for Linux, win 10 chokes a but even without teams).
Show threadNew England Clam ChowderNov 16, 2023
@NatalyaD 1237101
Show threadtomGNov 16, 2023
@NatalyaD 💯💯💯💯😂
Show threadFelix 🇨🇦 🇩🇪 🇺🇦Nov 16, 2023
@NatalyaD Ahhh ... good old #ICQ
Show threadChrisNov 16, 2023
@NatalyaD At least the long fabled new version of Teams is modestly better performance wise. On the old one I swear any call made my poor work Mac Mini sound like a small plane.
Show threadmoving_target01Nov 16, 2023

@NatalyaD I miss ICQ. It was super simple to use.

Teams is a bloody mess, and I have to use it daily for work.

Show threadDavid AdamNov 16, 2023
@NatalyaD I posted this in a channel and got "what's the flower logo" in reply 👴
Show threadRachel_CxYNov 16, 2023
@zanchey @NatalyaD Well I need to apologize here because I don't know the flower logo either, it seems great, pretty please?
Show threadDavid AdamNov 16, 2023

@RachelC_Y @NatalyaD thanks for helping me to crumble to dust as the sands of time sweep around my legs

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICQ

ICQ - Wikipedia

Show threadRachel_CxYNov 16, 2023
@zanchey @NatalyaD oh ICQ really? Is is still working? I used this when I was a baby engineer many many years ago (sorry).
Show threadGearliciousNov 16, 2023
@NatalyaD this isn't unique to Teams, but just about every electron-based application.
Show threadJernej Simončič �Nov 16, 2023
@gearlicious Don't worry, Teams is moving from Electron to … WebView2 (which is still Chromium, just a bit different).
Show threadAdam Nov 16, 2023
@NatalyaD I'd have fewer complaints about the amount of RAM it uses if the interface wasn't so clunky and unresponsive.
Show thread🆎Nov 16, 2023
@NatalyaD @piofthings 6099367 iirc
Show threadNatalyaDNov 16, 2023

@bloor @piofthings 59285398...

Reminds me I also still know my late 90s compuserve id I think....

I've lost my memory skills tho. Used to know most of our family address book by heart....

Show threadMatt 🔶 (LordMatt)Nov 16, 2023
@NatalyaD I remember ICQ it was amazing.
Show threadJ. Gavin Ray Nov 16, 2023
@NatalyaD pitty ICQ isn't making a comeback. Seems like a better platform in general
Show threadNatalyaDNov 16, 2023
@jgavinray Yeah. I switched to Trillian for a while and then Pidgin but most of the IM services died and users stopped using them. We still use IRC and were playing with Thunderbird's IRC/chat client the other day as a "maybe last surviving least worst option".
Show threadgmooreNov 16, 2023

@NatalyaD @ebooksyearn "The most amazing achievement of the computer software industry is its continuing cancellation of the steady and staggering gains made by the computer hardware industry."

-Henry Petroski

Show threadրպհտին ջվգեան ⊽🜁Nov 17, 2023

@[email protected] heh. when my work required 'teams' i did this:

used pidgin (which is you know floss software kind of in the style of icq, and i use it anyway for personal communication via xmpp/jabber) with teams plugin for chats.

used web browser to connect to calls.

another useful tip: to get less nervous during calls open a soundclound set in another tab, and regulate its volume as necessary.

NatalyaD (@[email protected])

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Show threadAlexeyMar 10, 2024

@NatalyaD ICQ was great. I still remember my UIN and sounds.

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