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Video conferencing software
Raised as a usability problem by 9 people on Hacker News over 6 years (2017–2022), in 9 threads.
This is a broad category rather than one product, so its issues aren't ranked on the home page.
People raised many different problems with Video conferencing software, but no single problem has yet been raised by 3 people in 3 different months and threads.
Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.
The newest 8 complaints
- Videoconferencing software is painful to use and tries to mimic being in the same place2022-05-19
- High latency makes turn-taking awkward, causing constant talk-overs and crosstalk2021-05-18
- Users must alt-tab between programs to mute themselves, with no push-to-talk control2020-11-02
- Changing an unrelated setting mid-call unexpectedly switched modes and turned on everyone's camera2020-07-11
- Screen reader users cannot tell if they are streaming video or whether mic is muted2020-03-23
- Video call apps are confusing for non-tech participants, wasting about 15 minutes2018-05-10
- No visible latency, packet loss or volume feedback, so people keep asking if audio is OK2017-05-02
- Video calls across countries keep dropping audio, forcing repeated 'can you hear me' checks2017-01-30