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I find the metaphor of a "call" in Skype or Google Meet easier to use for chats with relatives than the metaphor of a "meeting". The latter one works great in a
by azangru 6y ago
I find the metaphor of a "call" in Skype or Google Meet easier to use for chats with relatives than the metaphor of a "meeting". The latter one works great in a business setting, when you "schedule a meeting" and post its details to Slack, or email them, or stick them in a calendar; but when you want an immediate one-on-one chat, it's so much easier to "call" a person.
Zoom weirds me out in that in order to chat with someone you need to "create a meeting", then copy the meeting url/id, and send it via a different channel to the person you want to chat with.
- shwoopdiwoop 6y agoOn the surface, it doesn’t sound like a big difference. In reality, I find using the native /call command in slack a game changer. It opens up a call immediately, no links, copy/pasting, changing applications etc. It just feels right.
- chirag64 6y agoThat's not entirely true. Zoom does have tabs called 'Chat' and 'Contacts' where you can find all your contacts & initiate a 'Call' with them without ever having to share a URL / ID
- zaroth 6y agoDiscoverability is everything!
- toxik 6y agoZoom could easily subsume this though, just add a contact list and a call UI. I guess that actually isn’t entirely trivial but certainly doable.
- mkl 6y agoThat's already in Zoom. That's all you do: click Contacts, click the person, click Meet, and they answer the call. It also shows you if they're available, on another call, etc.
- mkl 6y agoNone of that is necessary with Zoom. You have two easier options: Call them: 1. Click Contacts. 2. Click the person. 3. Click Meet. Or use your personal meeting room: 1. Click New Meeting. 2. Click Participants. 3. Click the person. 4. Click Invite.