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Zoom is the new skype
by imron 8y ago
Zoom is the new skype
- lozaning 8y agoI've never once "zoom'ed" a friend. Do you find yourself doing that frequently?
- imron 8y agoNo, but I don't use Skype for that either. And though I don't use it with friends (FaceTime mostly fills that role) I work remotely and do use Zoom several times a week for video meetings and screen sharing.
- purple_ducks 8y agoZoom is the new Webex
- walterbell 8y agoWire is made by people who made the old Skype. Open-source and E2E encryption.
- metildaa 8y agoDoesn't it require some weird browser extension rather than asking for camera/mic or screensharing permissions through the APIs offered in all modern browsers? Seemed like a kludge when my SO had to use it, like they took the idea of Jitsi and wrecked it.
- Izkata 8y agoI use their standalone program on Ubuntu at work; we're switching from hangouts/meet to zoom for a lot (though ad-hoc stuff will likely remain hangouts due to it only being one-click to start one up). It's pretty straightforward, I've almost never had issues.
- imron 8y agoI just use their desktop app. The call quality of video and screen sharing is significantly better than Skype and hangouts.
- alasdair_ 8y agoZoom is buggy as shit. Example: all of the control buttons randomly disappear if you are running OSX Mojave. Wait. You're right, I guess Zoom IS the new Skype...
- willtim 8y agoTo be fair, most software is full of bugs, Mojave especially.
- nindalf 8y agoI ignored the constant reminders to update until I saw that it had reached 10.14.1. I figured with the point release they've fixed all the issues and I seem to be right so far. No issues, and I love the Dark Mode.
- kerng 8y agoZoom is bad. It hangs frequently for me... it's so frustrating.
- pers0n 8y agoZoom requires like 64gb of ram to run properly when someone does screensharing