> - Zoom is indeed great. Reliable and clean UI. Local recording to MP4 makes for easy sharing.
I disagree on the "clean UI". The actual "call in progress" window, yes - easy to find screen sharing, chat etc.
The Zoom application on Windows, the scheduling 'feature' (did I get the right meeting room ID? Have I joined my personal one or the call's one?) and the website, both are among the most confusing UIs I've used. Beaten only by some enterprise Java-GUI'd software.
I completely agree. How many times I've been invited and didn't press the right buttons in the right order, there is always that dance "oh I didn't enable the camera, oh i didn't see my mic was disabled, can you hear me". It's not quite right. I always wondered why they couldn't really streamline that. And there is a serious flaw in their chat mechanism: it doesn't offer to email you or say "do you want to save your chat" before you log off, and I've lost more times than I remember some important notes.
I disagree on the "clean UI". The actual "call in progress" window, yes - easy to find screen sharing, chat etc.
The Zoom application on Windows, the scheduling 'feature' (did I get the right meeting room ID? Have I joined my personal one or the call's one?) and the website, both are among the most confusing UIs I've used. Beaten only by some enterprise Java-GUI'd software.