Freely Switching Between Screens When Screensharing
Looking for the ability in screen sharing where you can freely switch between screens without having to manually go back into the video call and switch screens. There is a big lag time and it interrupts your though process when explaining things over video call. Let me know if there's a way around this!
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Taylor
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Please. This is a horrible user experience and a big drain on productivity. Having to stop what you are showing to show a new item distracts your audience and breaks up the flow and momentum you have created during your discussion. A seamless jump from showing one window to the next is much better from both presenter and audience point of view.
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Anonymous
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yes, we need a more seamless way of switching screens to share. Zoom has this and its a breeze and so professional too.
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David Mitchell
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Needs to be seamless, at the moment it is not, it's painful, especially if you have a few windows open.
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Anonymous
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Echoing everyone else. There should be a seamless way to change screen sharing without having to terminate it first. it seems like it would be simple to change the "stop screen sharing" icon to be a "change screen sharing" with the first option being "stop screen sharing" and, below that, the list of alternate screens that could be shared. Or there could be a "stop screen sharing icon" and a separate "change screen sharing" icon next to it.
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Dan Johnson
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My wide monitor work-around is to set the monitors resolution to something low like 1080p and then I share my desktop. You'll want to close that window running "Elder Scrolls Online" first. Speaking from experience here.
With the resolution set low enough the viewers will be able to see your screen well enough.
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boardtc
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There have been some excellent recent additions like Polls and Breakout rooms, please can you let us know that this is on the roadmap ASAP?
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Dennis Fisher
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I've used Skype and Teams and it seems that Teams is a step-back from Skype in several areas.
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Nate
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How hard is it to have an Alt+ function that pulls up the app share options to click on an app to switch back and forth between apps?
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Anonymous
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This is so frustrating! Not the comments - the process!
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Anonymous
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The only workaround now is to share your entire desktop to allow you to move between apps without having to unshare and reshare a window. However, you have to close any distracting windows as users can see everything on your screen. Also when using an ultra-wide monitor the meeting attendees see a reduced screen. I have to zoom in pretty close to what I'm presenting for them to see clearly.
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Anonymous
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Reason to stick with Skype if I could, major flaw!!
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[Deleted User]
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yes, we need updates on this!
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A Boudreau
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I wholeheartedly agree.
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Jesse Spade
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Slack has this functionality out of the box. Really annoying when one is presenting and must manually switch between Chrome, iTerm, Atom, etc.
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Chad C
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As someone else said, this is a basic missing functionality. Other webconferencing softwares allow this feature already and it ruins the flow of a meeting to constantly have to exit out of screensharing to show another application.
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Anonymous
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Glad this isn't just me missing something obvious. I'm running client workshops and they're preferred platform is Teams but this missing function just makes the whole experience much clunkier than say Zoom where you can still see the audience while using the presentation/tool.
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Simon Beck
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Basic missing functionality.
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Anonymous
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I have an ultra-wide screen, so desktop sharing/switching doesn't work for me. I would like a keyboard shortcut or toggle switch to quickly switch between applications. Un-sharing and re-sharing in order to pick a different application in the share tray is so agricultural!
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Chris Thawley
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How is this not an option yet?
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Bond
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In the middle of a lesson I shared my screen and then hit the unshared button. I could no longer see any of the students nor the screen. I heard myself and the students but could not see anyone nor the buttons home screen. I tried to go back to TEAMS to join again and had 2 audios playing causing an echoing. I had to end the lesson but the audio remained as I could not find it to close it. I had to shut down my computer. Please explain how to find the screen again after sharing. Thank you