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Re:The Rise and Fall of Getting Things Done by foobarian on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @09:25AM (#25137065)
I hate the video call latency. I feel like the major apps are overoptimizing on video smoothness. I wish they would have the guts to deliver choppy artifact-laden video but with < 100ms latency.
Re:The Rise and Fall of Getting Things Done by naravara on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @10:38AM (#25137938)
Honestly I don't really care about video at ALL. I almost wish they'd replace videos with Animoji or a kind of animated avatar like some Twitch streamers are using.

I care a lot about video when doing calls to keep in touch with family and friends, but I find it's really not pertinent or useful at work.

Re:The Rise and Fall of Getting Things Done by igneo676 on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @01:17PM (#25140256)
Tuple is great at this. It's for pair programming (which requires low latency desktop streaming) but turns out it's just a good experience for video calls too.

My favorite part is how low-effort the video calls themselves are. It makes me far more likely to end the conversation instead of waffling around looking for other things to shove into a meeting

Re:The Rise and Fall of Getting Things Done by athenot on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @10:02AM (#25137478)
Haven't noticed that audio issue on Webex Teams but some of my coworkers with poor internet connection use PSTN callbacks so while their audio sounds a bit more "tin can", at least it's a predictable quality. And that still works along with video sharing.

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