I just got rid of my last Windows computer and switched to Linux full time. I’m forced to use Zoom to attend online lectures at my university and WOW is the Linux client for Zoom terrible compared to Windows. For one, it doesn’t have an option to have the gallery view above the screen share view, only beside it, which wastes screen space. It also forces itself into full screen mode whenever someone starts sharing their screen, AND when I switch it back to windowed mode, it’s not maximized even when it was before. It also launches a blank “join a meeting” window alongside the active meeting every time I click on a meeting from Canvas (my University’s course management system) or switch into a breakout group. Finally, for some reason it forcibly disables KDE’s power management modes whenever it’s active.

Screw you Zoom. Fix your shitty software on Linux!

  • @redjoker
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    Hard agree, they also don’t have certain features enabled when you’re a host, which really screws things royally when you find this out in the middle of cohosting an event and you’re supposed to handle the heavy lifting of moderation

    • @AgreeableLandscape@lemmy.mlOPM
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      3 years ago

      How did you get a pre-scheduled Zoom meeting to not immediately tell you to install the app and actually go to the web client? I never even got an option to use the web version.

      • @jelbana@lemmy.ml
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        3 years ago

        At the very bottom of the page there’s usually a link that says: “Having issues with Zoom Client? Join from Your Browser”

  • @Lowey@lemmy.ml
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    13 years ago

    Just use the web version! When you get a zoom link after clicking on the join meeting once, a link will come at the bottom “Open in browser”