Re:Fuckin' user interface design, I swear
by gezfrg321 on Tuesday March 09, 2021 @07:59AM
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To me only number one and two are concerns. I guess I don't do enough video conferencing to care about the other features. As long there is video, audio and screenshare I don't care about anything else.
Edit: I didn't notice 9 initially, that one is actually a must
1. It is slow. It heats my laptop and phone.
2. UI elements appear/disappear, slide-in/slide-out based on mouse hover.
3. There is no native app.
4. It is horribly feature deficient. Look at what use-cases Zoom supports. Meet probably supports less features than Zoom's initial PoC.
5. The videos are tied to the presentation.
6. There is no overlay mode.
7. There is no remote control mode.
8. There is no handover between mobile and PC.
9. There is no way to call somebody.
10. There is no way to share a tablet or phone screen, while you are connecting using a PC.
It just infuriates me to no end being forced to use this piece of trash software at work. I genuinely wonder what the Google Meet dev team uses for video conferencing? Do they not know that it is so crappy? Are they using Zoom to collaborate??