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have you ever spent the first 10 minutes of your meeting answering technical questions from guests that are still trying to figure out how to log in? This isn'
by Shenglong 15y ago
have you ever spent the first 10 minutes of your meeting answering technical questions from guests that are still trying to figure out how to log in?
This isn't a function of how easy software is to use. Some of the stuff I use, I find extremely easy and intuitive. What I fail to remember, is that depending on who's in my group, they may not necessarily understand how to Google small problems they have, or how the internet works in general (yes, I had to explain that URL referred to the text input bar at the top of the browser).
In one case, I actually wrote a PDF document with screenshots, on how to get a specific software working. As the meeting started, I received a call on my cell, with a member asking for help, in connecting. After diagnosing for a little while, I realized it was my fault - I had forgotten to write down that the software needs to be installed first.
As for this: Plugins? Downloads? Port restrictions on certain computers? I haven't checked this out yet, but I appreciate the effort of making meetings easier... but I'd bet six pennies that someone will still manage to screw up.
- petervandijck 15y agoWhat you described is totally a function of how easy it is to use.
- rahoulb 15y agoYears ago my employer released a new version of their desktop app. Occasionally, under certain versions of Windows, it would complain and show a dialogue box during the installation process. We needed to hit a release date (yes, it was our own fault - we didn't have time to deal with the error message in the installer) so on the upgrade instructions, on our website, we added "you may see a box like this [screenshot] - just click the OK button, the box will close and installation will continue". A couple of days later we had a call from an exasperated customer - "I keep clicking OK but the box won't go away". After an hour of talking we finally figured out that he was clicking the OK button on the screenshot on the webpage and hadn't even started the upgrade process.