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Out of interest why do you still use the app and not just use it in the browser? I feel much more secure having it in the browser sandbox and everything I care

by mcintyre1994 20d ago

Out of interest why do you still use the app and not just use it in the browser? I feel much more secure having it in the browser sandbox and everything I care about works in the browser.

rmellow 20d ago
99% of the time I use the browser. However, the video quality in the browser is worse, so depending on the use case I might have to use the app (via sandbox). It's been years since I've had to though.
3eb7988a1663 20d ago
Not parent, but the web player used to be a down-graded experience from the native app. If you need Zoom for a professional setting, those functions could be important. Do not know if this is still true, but at one point, the web player would only let you see one speaker at a time, while the app would show multiple people at once.
- DANmode 20d ago
  So the web is a better experience!
  - samus 19d ago
    Unless you have to run the meeting.
    - DANmode 19d ago
      Everything is a better experience unless you have to run the meeting! ^_^
- hdgvhicv 19d ago
  I always turn off incoming video on teams. Waste of bandwidth and cpu, so I don’t see the loss there.
- c-hendricks 19d ago
  I've been using the web client for over a year and that hasn't been the case the whole time, gallery view is an option.
  - 3eb7988a1663 19d ago
    Well this was back in COVID, sometime fresh after the always-open-port news had surfaced. Can easily believe the experience has been improved since then.
asveikau 20d ago
I notice the browser version is a little resource intensive. I use it on freebsd and I need to renice the browser to -10 for it to be somewhat stable. (This is an improvement because I remember 6 years ago it didn't work on freebsd.) I ran it on a Mac last week and it spun the fan more than I'd expect.
- DANmode 20d ago
  Close it when you’re done with the meeting.
  - MrDrMcCoy 19d ago
    By that time, your battery may already be dead.
- lxgr 20d ago
  Last time I looked at their web client, it was indeed doing absurd things (I think it used TCP and web sockets to carry video instead of WebRTC and shipped a WASM video codec that obviously can’t be GPU/hardware accelerated). Not sure if that’s malice (to nudge people towards using their invasive desktop app) or incompetence.
  - asveikau 19d ago
    That explains a lot. I would guess incompetence.
zdc1 20d ago
I recently had to use the browser and was shocked to find there was no option for Gallery View. You were just stuck with one square in the middle that would bounce between different faces. I feel like they have the worst web experience out of all the meeting apps.
duskdozer 20d ago
I always try to use browser versions of things, but zoom just hasn't worked for me in it for changes. No error messages or anything, just insistence on downloading the app. I assumed they got rid of it but I guess not.
- dotancohen 20d ago
  The link is just smaller, and I think the text is now something to the effect of "Can't Download App" or similar.

Out of interest why do you still use the app and not just use it in the browser? I feel much more secure having it in the browser sandbox and everything I care about works in the browser.

rmellow 20d ago

99% of the time I use the browser. However, the video quality in the browser is worse, so depending on the use case I might have to use the app (via sandbox). It's been years since I've had to though.

3eb7988a1663 20d ago

Not parent, but the web player used to be a down-graded experience from the native app. If you need Zoom for a professional setting, those functions could be important. Do not know if this is still true, but at one point, the web player would only let you see one speaker at a time, while the app would show multiple people at once.

DANmode 20d ago
So the web is a better experience!
- samus 19d ago
  Unless you have to run the meeting.
  - DANmode 19d ago
    Everything is a better experience unless you have to run the meeting! ^_^
hdgvhicv 19d ago
I always turn off incoming video on teams. Waste of bandwidth and cpu, so I don’t see the loss there.
c-hendricks 19d ago
I've been using the web client for over a year and that hasn't been the case the whole time, gallery view is an option.
- 3eb7988a1663 19d ago
  Well this was back in COVID, sometime fresh after the always-open-port news had surfaced. Can easily believe the experience has been improved since then.

asveikau 20d ago

I notice the browser version is a little resource intensive. I use it on freebsd and I need to renice the browser to -10 for it to be somewhat stable. (This is an improvement because I remember 6 years ago it didn't work on freebsd.) I ran it on a Mac last week and it spun the fan more than I'd expect.

DANmode 20d ago
Close it when you’re done with the meeting.
- MrDrMcCoy 19d ago
  By that time, your battery may already be dead.
lxgr 20d ago
Last time I looked at their web client, it was indeed doing absurd things (I think it used TCP and web sockets to carry video instead of WebRTC and shipped a WASM video codec that obviously can’t be GPU/hardware accelerated). Not sure if that’s malice (to nudge people towards using their invasive desktop app) or incompetence.
- asveikau 19d ago
  That explains a lot. I would guess incompetence.

zdc1 20d ago

I recently had to use the browser and was shocked to find there was no option for Gallery View. You were just stuck with one square in the middle that would bounce between different faces. I feel like they have the worst web experience out of all the meeting apps.

duskdozer 20d ago

I always try to use browser versions of things, but zoom just hasn't worked for me in it for changes. No error messages or anything, just insistence on downloading the app. I assumed they got rid of it but I guess not.

dotancohen 20d ago
The link is just smaller, and I think the text is now something to the effect of "Can't Download App" or similar.