With, out, fail…
Also anyone got a new job available?
I do this. I’m aware I do this. Yet I can’t help but do this.
You forgot the intro: Hello, hello, hello, can everybody hear me? Is everybody there?
I…I’m not a cat.
Is there anybody out there?
quiet guitar picking
In this day and age, surely someone can put this into a website and play the melody?
I hate it so much. I always say “I just assume you all see my screen. As you can see…”. Screen sharing works in what? 99% of cases? We do not need to ask if everyone can see my screen and let 1-10 people answer that stupid question every time. The modus operandi is that this software works in the vast majority of cases and the recipients just need to know that I started sharing my screen and that it will in 99% of cases work just fine. Let them speak up for the 1% of times where it does not work.
I am also a big fan of ending my emails with “A response is not needed”. Stop sending me replies with those stupid one line emails “Thank you so much for sending me what I asked you for… bla bla”. Not every emails needs a response.
Screen sharing works in what? 99% of cases?
It works 95% of the time but it often takes 10+ seconds until everyone can see the screen.
I get your point, but teams is such a broken mess that I think the question is legitimate. Half the time it doesn’t even register my microphone even if Windows doesn’t have a problem with it.
Fun Fact, Teams under Linux works way better than under Windows…
The PWA? Shouldn’t it work the same everywhere?
No, the arch package, i think they use the Debian one.
Wait, what? I thought they killed Teams for Linux a few years back. I’ve been piping my Webcam to a Windows VM just so I can run Teams and Outlook.
the AUR teams for arch works fine for me…
Nice! I’ll give it a try. I tried the web version through Firefox and it was unusable. I was able to join a meeting, but as soon as I turned on my mic, my opponents freaked out, saying their sounds were echoing back to them. Firefox + web teams was not doing any noise cancellation between speakers and mic.
Could teams run in waydroid? That would be a bit lighter if it could.
Ooh, that’s a good suggestion to try, too! My specific problem with teams in the browser is the feedback cancelation bits. When I am unmuted, the people I’m chatting with hear themselves echoed. Using the full teams app in a windows VM with my webcam piped to the windows VM works fine. I’ll try the AUR teams first, but if that doesn’t work I’ll look into waydroid, too. Thanks!
That’s the exact opposite of what I’ve read in most linux threads on here. Most people seem to complain about teams not working at all under Linux.
That’s the exact opposite of what I’ve read in most linux threads on here.Most people seem to complain aboutteams not working at all underLinux.FTFY.
I use Arch btw.
me too…
Let me pooooost aaaaa com - ment.
Can ev - ery - one see my com - ment?
This started my day on the right note
Nice! Can you do: Are you sharing anything? Cause we can’t see anything.
“I think you’re sharing the wrong screen, we just see an Amazon checkout page.”
There was a really Fun pregnant pause, the one time I accidentally shared the wrong monitor, and everyone on that work project got to see my search results for sarcoidosis. Scary thing that I do not have but was researching while waiting for test results.
I do find it interesting that not a single soul said anything to me about it later.
It’s missing the awkward pause where nobody can speak for “everyone”, so everyone is silent.
Jokes on you, I just say
“I’m gonna assume everyone can see my screen… silence is golden”
That’s an important lesson from the early days of the pandemic: assume you’ll get zero reaction from the group, so set up your questions/requests/etc. in such a way that a non-response gives you the answer you want.
“Okay I’m getting ready to start here, speak up if you can’t see my screen.”
“I’m setting our target completion date for next Thursday. Anyone have any issues meeting that deadline?”
“This new wrinkle seems like something that is mostly within the area of expertise of Bob’s team, so I’m going to ask that they resolve it before our next meeting. Bob, do you have any issues with adding that to your list?”
Only thing I do differently is throw that “Bob” at the start of the phrase instead of the end. Hearing your name triggers your brain to focus, so start with "Bob, let me know if you have an issue with this… Since XYZ is in your team’s area of expertise I’m asking that you resolve it by… "
Saves a lot of time and embarrassment on the “sorry, I was multitasking, can you repeat that?”
Oh god this. The number of times somebody says my name after the end of a long monologue is too damn high.
Meetings are times when we’re doing double work—sitting on the meeting, and actually doing stuff. Don’t expect me to give you my full attention, you know full well that I’m working on things more important than you.
