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Comment Re:Slack Welcomes Competition (Score 1) 36

Mod this up by 1,000. People don't realize Teams is a botched job of taping SharePoint and S4B together. Hence why it runs like crap, also because it had so little actual work to make a good product...they just did the minimal viable product. As noted, mapping Explorer to any SP site/Teams site is the feature no one talks about.

If anyone would actually give Webex a try they would realize how much better it is than MS Teams. Sure, its different than Slack and Discord. But the Webex app for meetings and chat is pretty freaking awesome when compared to MS or Zoom.

Comment Re:Is this with or without cameras on...? (Score 2) 68

Transmitting your video isn't causing fatigue, it is viewing yourself which does. Pre-COVID no one ever had self-view enabled, the industry standard was to not see yourself. Then Zoom and MS changed the game because their solutions could not be trusted or users couldn't figure out video, so they defaulted self-view on.

All of a sudden, everyone is staring at themselves as well as others. The fatigue is not looking at others. Rather, it is looking at yourself, mentally processing how you appearing to others, compensating, rinse/repeat. Try it some time. Have your camera on with self-view off. Zero fatigue. No different to hearing yourself talk while talking - mind numbing.

Comment Lecture vs meeting? (Score 2) 68

It's interesting that they used lectures as the test. I'd guess that most people in day long videoconferences experiencing fatigue are not attending lectures, but rather attending meetings for work.

Having taken a bunch of classes the past couple years in person and via videoconferencing, I can attest that the subject certainly impacts if the online meeting/lecture is fatiguing. I had some classes which I enjoyed remote, while others I wished were actually offered in person.

As it relates to business/work, I'd venture to say the fatique is just the pure number of meetings. Having supported videoconferencing for the past 20+ years, the fatigue is likely do to back to back meetings, in ability to get a break, senseless meetings, etc. Videoconference adoption has really made it super easy for people to mismanage meetings and be inconsiderate (unintentional, or otherwise) to those attending.

PS: I'm glad Webex was mentioned in the article header. It is far to often overlooked and a much more suitable and quality product over Zoom and MS Teams. Before the haters chime in, those who dislike it please make sure you have used the latest version, not the one from 20 years ago. Please also do back-to-back comparisons between the 3 platforms as well. It will become clear which platform offers a higher quality experience.

Comment Re:Is this why buyers are avoiding Ford's EV Truck (Score 1, Insightful) 127

You couldn't see the volume adjustment on the lower right corner of the screen? Or didn't try one of the scroll wheels on the wheel, like every other car on the market? And the braking option to drive like a classic ICE is in their very easy to use menu - or just use the search box.

I'm not sure they could have made the car any easier to use. Compare this to ICE cards with their horrible menus - some even having different menus based on how you access them or if the vehicle is in P or D.

Comment Re:Grasping all the straws? (Score 1) 14

Actually, Cisco hardware works fine with Zoom, Teams, etc. Either via SIP or BYOD USB. Cisco devices are now able to run in MTR mode too if you want.

Even better, almost all advanced features work on any meeting platform due to it running local on the device. The same cannot be said for Zoom Rooms which in almost all cases is only available in Zoom Meetings.

And the final icing on the cake, Cisco solutions are almost always more simplified, cheaper and function in a better capacity than anything coming from Logi, Poly, Neat, etc.

Comment Grasping all the straws? (Score 1, Insightful) 14

Cisco released meeting summaries and actions items for meetings many, many years ago. For some reason just Microsoft and Zoom seem to get all the press in the collab space. Meanwhile, Cisco is leading the charge - this was even admitted to me by Zoom.

I think Zoom is just grasping at the straws to try and keep customers, as well as justify the price for their more expensive plans.

And before anyone starts ripping on Webex, make sure you have used the Webex with the advanced noise reduction, Slido integration, proper HD video, that all works amazingly well with their proper Room series video units running SpeakerTrack and People Focus. I'm not speaking about the Webex of 15 years ago which seems to be the only version people tend to refer to.

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