It's good to remind people, but Zoom does everything it can from my perspective to ensure no one is aware of this.
By default if you click a Zoom meeting link to join, it takes you to the Zoom page and starts a download of the installer (.pkg for Mac). The "Join from Browser" option is hidden and if I remember right, you have to click "Join" again, and then it will show a small HTML link about Join from Browser.
The Browser experience is subpar and buggy. A lot of features lag in the UI, it's very slow to connect to audio, and there are a few options I recall that reload the entire page without warning, meaning you leave the meeting and have to reconnect, often to find a double of yourself.
I also noticed issues with USB Audio devices where after awhile, a static-ey robot noise would appear from you. No other voice apps I used experienced this, only Zoom and only with USB devices and from the browser version. Maybe it's something with Firefox + USB audio, but never was interested to investigate more.
Zoom is really not good software and it's an exercise in frustration when we have to use it at work, and the pricing model seems a bit ridiculous, even for basic users.
By default if you click a Zoom meeting link to join, it takes you to the Zoom page and starts a download of the installer (.pkg for Mac). The "Join from Browser" option is hidden and if I remember right, you have to click "Join" again, and then it will show a small HTML link about Join from Browser.
The Browser experience is subpar and buggy. A lot of features lag in the UI, it's very slow to connect to audio, and there are a few options I recall that reload the entire page without warning, meaning you leave the meeting and have to reconnect, often to find a double of yourself.
I also noticed issues with USB Audio devices where after awhile, a static-ey robot noise would appear from you. No other voice apps I used experienced this, only Zoom and only with USB devices and from the browser version. Maybe it's something with Firefox + USB audio, but never was interested to investigate more.
Zoom is really not good software and it's an exercise in frustration when we have to use it at work, and the pricing model seems a bit ridiculous, even for basic users.