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Every government and school meeting I've had to attend over the last two years is on Zoom. We tried to go with someone else but peer pressure made us get a con

Every government and school meeting I've had to attend over the last two years is on Zoom. We tried to go with someone else but peer pressure made us get a contract with Zoom for all classes.

Traubenfuchs 5y ago
Zoom UI & UX remains atrocious, I don't understand why they got that much traction.
- throwawaycuriou 5y ago
  I agree. Also, those who claim it's more reliable than alternatives seem to have no qualms installing a native app. Like-for-like comparison with browser-based alternatives doesn't perform favorably.
- mattl 5y ago
  It’s cross platform and not owned by a FAANG company
- Wowfunhappy 5y ago
  It’s really good at one thing, which is getting people into calls in the Zoom client quickly and painlessly, no matter what device they're on. And, those calls have much better quality than any in-browser solution I’ve tried (e.g. Google Meet).
  - Doctor_Fegg 5y ago
    And unlike Google Meet or MS Teams, it doesn't cause my Macbook's fans to spin into orbit.
- jrochkind1 5y ago
  The video and audio quality is still more reliable than anything else I've tried. In the sense of not "breaking up"; not that it's actually high-res audio or video. It's the only one where regardless of participants network or machine quality, the conversation hardly ever gets interrupted. It also still can show more simultaneous "squares" of video than most (maybe not all anymore) of it's competitors. Also it's atrocious UI and UX may still be better than MS Teams.
- fortran77 5y ago
  Really? It works well for me. I've never had a problem participating in a Zoom meeting.
- corpdronejuly 5y ago
  I teach on zoom every week, and the UI is head and shoulders above every other competitor for screen share and annotation. Google meet, and jitsi meet are both depressingly bad for this use case.
  - Planktonne 5y ago
    Agreed; I also teach virtually, across a number of platforms, and Zoom is the one that just works easily and intuitively for everyone. Screen sharing and breakout rooms are a pain in all the other tools I've tried. It's not my favourite piece of software, but for virtual teaching, it is head-and-shoulders above the competition.
  - Traubenfuchs 5y ago
    I also taught on zoom -when I had connection issues I had no idea how to reconnect to a dropped call. Meanwhile students where thrown out of the call when I took to long. Compared to google meet it all felt like a bad joke.
- NikolaeVarius 5y ago
  Interesting contrarian opinion. I have literally never met a person who thought this, and I have managed Zoom migrations for multiple companies
  - vultour 5y ago
    Agree, recently changed jobs and went from Zoom to Teams and it's a complete dumpster fire. Never had a single issue with Zoom.

Every government and school meeting I've had to attend over the last two years is on Zoom. We tried to go with someone else but peer pressure made us get a contract with Zoom for all classes.

Traubenfuchs 5y ago

Zoom UI & UX remains atrocious, I don't understand why they got that much traction.

throwawaycuriou 5y ago
I agree. Also, those who claim it's more reliable than alternatives seem to have no qualms installing a native app. Like-for-like comparison with browser-based alternatives doesn't perform favorably.
mattl 5y ago
It’s cross platform and not owned by a FAANG company
Wowfunhappy 5y ago
It’s really good at one thing, which is getting people into calls in the Zoom client quickly and painlessly, no matter what device they're on. And, those calls have much better quality than any in-browser solution I’ve tried (e.g. Google Meet).
- Doctor_Fegg 5y ago
  And unlike Google Meet or MS Teams, it doesn't cause my Macbook's fans to spin into orbit.
jrochkind1 5y ago
The video and audio quality is still more reliable than anything else I've tried. In the sense of not "breaking up"; not that it's actually high-res audio or video. It's the only one where regardless of participants network or machine quality, the conversation hardly ever gets interrupted. It also still can show more simultaneous "squares" of video than most (maybe not all anymore) of it's competitors. Also it's atrocious UI and UX may still be better than MS Teams.
fortran77 5y ago
Really? It works well for me. I've never had a problem participating in a Zoom meeting.
corpdronejuly 5y ago
I teach on zoom every week, and the UI is head and shoulders above every other competitor for screen share and annotation. Google meet, and jitsi meet are both depressingly bad for this use case.
- Planktonne 5y ago
  Agreed; I also teach virtually, across a number of platforms, and Zoom is the one that just works easily and intuitively for everyone. Screen sharing and breakout rooms are a pain in all the other tools I've tried. It's not my favourite piece of software, but for virtual teaching, it is head-and-shoulders above the competition.
- Traubenfuchs 5y ago
  I also taught on zoom -when I had connection issues I had no idea how to reconnect to a dropped call. Meanwhile students where thrown out of the call when I took to long. Compared to google meet it all felt like a bad joke.
NikolaeVarius 5y ago
Interesting contrarian opinion. I have literally never met a person who thought this, and I have managed Zoom migrations for multiple companies
- vultour 5y ago
  Agree, recently changed jobs and went from Zoom to Teams and it's a complete dumpster fire. Never had a single issue with Zoom.