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> joining a voice channel is really weird Isn't it just a single left click on the voice channel name?

• Kiro 6y ago
  It's completely natural now but I remember not realizing it and forgetting how to join the first few times. Also accidentally joining voice channels etc.
• weaksauce 6y ago
  yes it is. must be something else about it that confuses them. I guess having joining a voice channel be one click could be considered odd if you are not used to initiating a "call" that allows people to hear you immediately like that.
  • brundolf 6y ago
    You get used to it quickly, but it is odd. Putting an explicit "Join" button with some relevant icon next to the channel name would be much more intuitive. It would also clarify, for example, how you leave the channel. Once you're in one, a separate "Leave" button appears at a totally different location in the footer of the UI, but I can't honestly be sure whether or not clicking the channel name would also do the job of backing you out. I think the discomfort in this case comes from the semantics of clicking an item in a list. Every desktop interface for the last 25 years has taught us that clicking a list-item means "select". This works for text-channels, and I can kind of see how you might stretch that definition to joining a voice channel - though that's more of a "significant action", which traditionally warrants an actual button - but it makes absolutely no sense for leaving a voice channel.
  • numpad0 6y ago
    Maybe they have experience with Skype but not used to multiparty walkie talkie radios or TeamSpeak?