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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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I apologize...
seems Feb. has come and gone, and we're still here with the same ol same ol...
Wow I can't believe someone thought this was a good idea 😕 And no way to turn it off. Crazy.
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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.
What I can never understand is why microsoft always has to do things differently than how everyone else... everywhere... does things.
Its almost like they've asked a pair of goldfish to design an airplane (things that have never been out of water, to design a craft for flying).
Why replace any window chrome at all??? what about the red ( / green / blue / whatever color people are less blind to, etc.) border to designate the shared... screen / window / etc. instead of impeding peoples ability to use their operating system.
This is analogous to microsoft removing all windows borders on a microsoft platform when sharing a window or screen (not that I think ms would consider user experience to their UX design at all... but)... think how your users might react to that...
Don't Do it...
At all.
I've reported this "defect" to Apple on each beta release of their operating system. Replacing *any* operating system level functionality like this shouldn't be possible in my opinion (but i don't work at apple so... they can do what they want, but I am a user and can give my feedback).
if you all care at all about your product which IMHO is questionable, you wouldn't either.
This is because Apple wants it to be super clear what window is being shared
What about al those other applications?
Slack, Discord, Google Meet (chrome), ...
Let's not blame your issue on others...