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In my case, I've had a few issues with screen sharing online meetings: - Webex doesn't provide screen sharing in larger meetings via WebRTC. It really sucks, s

by danhor 5y ago

In my case, I've had a few issues with screen sharing online meetings: - Webex doesn't provide screen sharing in larger meetings via WebRTC. It really sucks, since it works in smaller ones and people really get suprised by this. - The last time I used Webex via their "desktop" app, they didn't properly support pipewire. - Same with zoom, except that they don't seem to provide browser meetings at all sometimes & their app doesn't seem to support pipewire I've had no issues with jitsi or bbb in the meantime, since they simply allow me to use my browser. Same with other screen recording software. For me, it's pretty clear that the issue lies with vendors trying to make people install their software and then not properly supporting it on linux. This impedes the usability of linux for this purpose, but there's little that can come from people other than the vendors. Open Source software seems to work fine.

d110af5ccf 5y ago
> Webex doesn't provide screen sharing in larger meetings via WebRTC Can you not capture your screen manually and make it available to your browser as a generic web cam? (Not that you should have to, but still.) > [Zoom] don't seem to provide browser meetings at all sometimes Last time I used it they were engaging in website trickery. You had to click the link to download (and maybe do something else) before it would present you with the "join from browser" link.
- christophilus 5y ago
  Zoom is the shittiest pile of dark patterns. I hate it. But I can confirm that it works just fine in the browser on Linux.
- danhor 5y ago
  > Can you not capture your screen manually and make it available to your browser as a generic web cam? I could but I didn't anticipate that issue with larger meetings and it caught me by surprise My understanding is that the web cam also uses different compression, leading to issues with readability > Last time I used it they were engaging in website trickery. You had to click the link to download (and maybe do something else) before it would present you with the "join from browser" link. Tried that since I've already heard about these dark patterns, but wasn't able to. It's easier and more intuitive to add a local account on windows.

by danhor 5y ago

d110af5ccf 5y ago

> Webex doesn't provide screen sharing in larger meetings via WebRTC Can you not capture your screen manually and make it available to your browser as a generic web cam? (Not that you should have to, but still.) > [Zoom] don't seem to provide browser meetings at all sometimes Last time I used it they were engaging in website trickery. You had to click the link to download (and maybe do something else) before it would present you with the "join from browser" link.

christophilus 5y ago
Zoom is the shittiest pile of dark patterns. I hate it. But I can confirm that it works just fine in the browser on Linux.
danhor 5y ago
> Can you not capture your screen manually and make it available to your browser as a generic web cam? I could but I didn't anticipate that issue with larger meetings and it caught me by surprise My understanding is that the web cam also uses different compression, leading to issues with readability > Last time I used it they were engaging in website trickery. You had to click the link to download (and maybe do something else) before it would present you with the "join from browser" link. Tried that since I've already heard about these dark patterns, but wasn't able to. It's easier and more intuitive to add a local account on windows.