Spot on. I really wonder if all those people claiming "Zoom just works, unlike x" have really believed that the first time joining a meeting, or if they're just used to its weird UX quirks.
How Zoom works [slides]
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Re: How Zoom works [slides]
#22Title is "How Zoom works". It's a good article with valid points but nothing about Skype. The editorialized title "Turns out Zoom isn't all that different to Skype after all" has no appreciation for how hostile Skype's technology has become in the past 10 years. It went from nicely working Qt program that worked well on OSX, Linux, and Windows to Electron beast that maybe works on Windows, could possibly be mining bi…
Agree - the title of this article needs changing - maybe dang or one of the mods can do that.
Re: How Zoom works [slides]
#23Title is "How Zoom works". It's a good article with valid points but nothing about Skype. The editorialized title "Turns out Zoom isn't all that different to Skype after all" has no appreciation for how hostile Skype's technology has become in the past 10 years. It went from nicely working Qt program that worked well on OSX, Linux, and Windows to Electron beast that maybe works on Windows, could possibly be mining bi…
Skype on windows is a disaster. On iOS my girlfriend and I use it (we have to) and I can never connect to her, no matter how fast my connection is, she has to call me.
Re: How Zoom works [slides]
#24Spot on. I really wonder if all those people claiming "Zoom just works, unlike x" have really believed that the first time joining a meeting, or if they're just used to its weird UX quirks.
I think people just jumped on the 'Zoom bandwagon' and assumed it was great, because everyone kept saying how great it was.
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#25A large part seems to be about the invite feature and UI, which is something that I never encountered because I wouldn't even think about inviting people from inside a video conference software. Passing links around in other channels seems far more useful to me, and is the only way I access or share meetings. And Skype, where you first have to find the people you want to talk with is much, much more annoying there th…
For what it's worth, Skype does have the ability to invite people to group chats via shared links - I don't think it's always had this, but has had it for a while now
Re: How Zoom works [slides]
#26Title is "How Zoom works". It's a good article with valid points but nothing about Skype. The editorialized title "Turns out Zoom isn't all that different to Skype after all" has no appreciation for how hostile Skype's technology has become in the past 10 years. It went from nicely working Qt program that worked well on OSX, Linux, and Windows to Electron beast that maybe works on Windows, could possibly be mining bi…
The linux client does work. Its pretty bad, but the one redeeming feature that it has over Zoom is that I can turn off incoming video.
I am in a country with poor internet, and when no one is sharing their screen, I prefer to turn off incoming (and outgoing) video. Others can continue to benefit from seeing each other on video, while I get to talk and hear them properly.
Re: How Zoom works [slides]
#27What are some open source skype alternatives? The ones I have used all require central server. I would like to see something which is more p2p with super nodes.
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#28Great-great analysis! We need more of those exposing apparent lack of understanding of basic principles of usability by designers of many modern products. My instinct is to tell them, “Read The Design of Everyday Things at least, please!”
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#29What are some open source skype alternatives? The ones I have used all require central server. I would like to see something which is more p2p with super nodes.
Is that a model that would actually still scale? As far as I remember, supernodes require an unfirewalled public IP and clients that are available for extended periods of time, i.e. somebody's desktop tower PC. How many of these are still around these days and are allowed to run non-corporate approved software?
Re: How Zoom works [slides]
#30A large part seems to be about the invite feature and UI, which is something that I never encountered because I wouldn't even think about inviting people from inside a video conference software. Passing links around in other channels seems far more useful to me, and is the only way I access or share meetings. And Skype, where you first have to find the people you want to talk with is much, much more annoying there th…
Well the byline is "but is their UX any better than Skype or Cisco". So the focus wouldn't necessarily be on what's under the hood.