Moving the participants' videos to the top instead of bottom of screen

Anonymous
2020-03-31T22:34:19+00:00

It would be great if when a user is sharing their screen during a video call, the list of participants and their small video feeds were shown above the shared content rather than below it. Many times people are looking at themselves or other participants when speaking, and it looks to others like their eyes are closed. By moving the user's own image and the images of others to the top of the screen, above the shared content, there's a better likelihood that users will be looking upwards towards the camera rather than down.

Can this be changed in user settings or is this an optimization request?

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-10-19T11:47:56+00:00

    Agreed.   This really is Video Conferencing 101.  The participants should have natural as possible eye-contact with their colleagues.  This is a major issue and (at the moment for me) is the key reason why Zoom is better for meetings. 

    I advise clients on these technologies, and for most of them Teams would make more sense financially (and for integration into the wider collaboration features of M365), but the lack of ability to move and control participant images is a big enough reason to stay with Zoom (esp. during lockdown when we're dependant on this for almost ALL meetings). 

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-11-02T02:01:03+00:00

    Agree!

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-11-02T02:19:32+00:00

    Done.  I am quite amazed that something as simple as this is overlooked - and has been for the past 6+ months that it was identified, with the millions of users in 2020.

    Looking down on your screen loses a lot of the virtual meeting feel if the person on the other side isn't looking at you, and you not at them.  Would you ever speak to someone in real life like that?  That's the whole point of virtual meetings - to imitate normal interaction as best as possible.

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-11-02T05:04:31+00:00

    Amen to that!

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  5. Anonymous
    2020-11-03T19:01:38+00:00

    Yes, please allow for windows manipulation in a Windows product.

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