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Am I the only one who finds Zoom more difficult to use than Google Meet? I am not a regular user of Zoom, and do not want to install the app on my computer, but
by agakshat 6y ago
Am I the only one who finds Zoom more difficult to use than Google Meet? I am not a regular user of Zoom, and do not want to install the app on my computer, but Zoom apparently requires the meeting organizer to go into their settings and enable a "Join from your browser" link for participants [0]. This is quite user unfriendly, and if I have to watch some seminar on Zoom I can't be asking the organizer to enable this option.
Note this is coming from someone who uses Firefox and Duck Duck Go to resist Google's monopoly (i.e., I'm not a Google fanboy.)
[0]: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/115005666383 https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/115005666383
- Dayshine 6y agoYes, if you refuse to use the features they have that make it easy to just use, it isn't easy to just use. Why is that a surprise?
- ajmurmann 6y agoI think you are right that Google Meet in general is easier to use. However, I think that's at least in part because Zoom is so full of options. I mostly realize this when playing games via Zoom with friends. "your laptop that has no video on is making it so that we cannot see you iPad's video!" - "just turn on 'hide non-video participants'". "you need to get closer together or move the iPad further away because the edges of your video get cut off" - "Just double click the video and it will stop cropping". "Can you stop sharing your screen? I'd much rather see participants" - "Just click the icon in the top right to swap video and shared screen. You could also turn on dual monitor support".
- agakshat 6y agoFair point. The ever-present tradeoff between features and simplicity... I guess for my fairly vanilla use case of talking to my friends or colleagues at work, there are just a lot of easier options. I’m glad Zoom is forcing Google Meet to innovate, though.