replacing close/min/max buttons when screen sharing on macos?

Anonymous
2024-09-20T19:16:59+00:00

why does teams now replace the normal close / min / max buttons on macos:

with:

when sharing your desktop (or window).

this is the same icon that is shown in the notification bar when screen sharing, but annoyingly replaces the window chrome... and teams is the only application to do this.

OBS studio (which records / captures the desktop) does not do this.

Zoom does not do this...

only microsoft.

why?

please remove this annoyance.

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  1. Anonymous
    2025-02-01T00:22:06+00:00

    I apologize for the delay in addressing this issue. We understand how frustrating it is when software changes disrupt your workflow.

    The fix for this issue will reach all Teams users by the end of February. This will address the problem with the close, minimize, and maximize buttons being replaced during screen sharing on macOS. Note that if you share a specific window (instead of the whole screen), that specific window will still have the new sharing icon/button. This is because Apple wants it to be super clear what window is being shared.The fact that this showed up on all windows for a period of time was due to a bug resulting from changes in the underlying macOS API. The fix is now making its way to you.

    Thank you so much for your engagement and passionate encouragement on this issue. We really appreciate your input and patience as we work to improve your experience with Microsoft Teams. 

    I want to let you know that we really appreciate our Teams users and customers on Macs. Many of us at Microsoft use Macs every day. When Apple changes its approach to how certain things function on macOS, it can sometimes take a little longer than we would like to address resulting challenges. We are working closely with Apple to get better at this!

    Thank you again!

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  2. Anonymous
    2025-01-29T14:34:33+00:00

    2 months since reporting this issue to Microsoft, still no answer..

    Hey, we are customers here! And we are not happy!

    To top it all off, now the teams bubble AFTER A VIDEO CALL remains open in the FINDER, in SAFARI, a bug that begins to modify the Mac system itself.

    I have to restart the entire Mac, wasting time and money.

    Where are the limits?

    What a disaster Microsoft, what a shame that companies don't invest more in Apple and stop using MS altogether.

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  3. Anonymous
    2025-01-29T08:57:21+00:00

    Please make this feature optional!!!

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  4. Anonymous
    2025-01-16T18:44:45+00:00

    OBS studio (which records / captures the desktop) does not do this.

    Zoom does not do this...

    We've also tested several apps including Messenger and WhatsApp I am really curious if this is so dumb feature of microsoft. And why the hell apple allows this in theirs API?

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  5. Anonymous
    2025-01-16T18:41:36+00:00

    You don't need to use the dock. You can click that stupid icon and popup menu with window controls appears.

    But Microsoft, remove this already. How can this be for so long in production when it's so annoying.

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