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
    2020-09-30T17:25:26+00:00

    I agree with this and would like to see this added!  This seems like an obvious thing that should already be available.  In a virtual world right now we need to make it as personable as possible.  This is available in other apps and some people would rather use the other apps since this is an option.

    I would also like to move the member row, but would prefer it on the left or right side of the screen, so the shared screen image would be larger.

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-09-24T18:45:50+00:00

    I totally agree.  In other meeting software like Zoom, I can position the videos across the Top, allowing my eyes to focus up near my camera.  (I assume most people's cameras are located at the Top of their monitors, and NOT at the bottom.)

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-09-18T00:44:50+00:00

    That would be a great feature of teams, well said Daryl.  But it would also be great if you can pick up your own camera window and put it wherever you like on the screen as you can do in other systems.

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-09-03T14:09:33+00:00

    I would like to suggest that there is also an option to have the person who is currently speaking to appear in the top centre of the screen on the participants ribbon. So that your focus is immediately below the camera so as to maintain eye contact.

    An enthusiastic +1 on this idea.  At the very least, moving the images to the top of screen or allowing for manually moving them around.

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  5. Anonymous
    2020-09-01T15:37:33+00:00

    Agreed! Needs to happen please. This should be an easy GUI fix. I call it a fix because it seems so obvious to have participants at the top.

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