intro the ability to put participant thumbnail views during a Teams meeting to the top of the screen when someone is sharing
Introduce option to put participant thumbnail views during a Teams meeting to the top of the screen when someone is sharing their screen.
Zoom does this and visually it looks like we're talking to each other as opposed to the bottom of our screens. That slight tilt of the neck is ever-so more ergonomic too.
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Anonymous
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Yes hurts my neck and all other platforms zoom, google teams allows you to move thumbnail!!
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Anonymous
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This is such a major flaw in Teams. I use the video calling conference option several times a day and any time when someone shares a screen we are all staring at the bottom of the screen to see the person talking.
Zoom is just so much better at this!
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Daniel Veneziano
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Please prioritize this. Thank you.
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Anonymous
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This would be a great option to allow for some additional connections instead of everyone looking at the top of my head.
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David
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I'd rather have the illusion that people are actually looking at me, and they that I am looking at them, than appear dis-interested or even passive by looking down all the time. It's not good for morale, to say the least.
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Anonymous
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Hard to understand why such a basic option is still not available. Please allow participant thumbnails either above or below main content
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Adilson Simões
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That's a must. Anyone that uses Teams for the first time realizes that is something wrong with the usability of the Thumbnails. It's really hard to look at the people at the bottom of the screen.
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Henri Folse
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I'm just piling on to add support for all the comments on this thread. This feature should be implemented and rolled out ASAP. Thumbnail videos at bottom of screen makes no sense.
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Wayne
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NO doubt! This would be a tremendous improvement. Especially given the social isolation that so many people are experiencing, it would be a pleasure to have a more face-to-face conversation with those in my meetings...
Thanks!
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Brian Pedersen
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With the camera on top of the screen, the placement of the gallery is really not ideal. It would be great to have this feature.
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Anonymous
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This is so badly needed! I like to look at people in the eye when I converse. Thumbnails on the bottom of the screen do not allow for that :(
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Gavin Kistner US
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It is disappointing (but perhaps not surprising) that Microsoft's application developers chose to ignore existing good ideas and design something worse for the sake of being different.
It is astonishing that 10 months after video conferencing suddenly became so important in the world, MS has not performed the simple fix needed to remedy this definite usability problem. It's like they're hoping to lose market share.
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Anonymous
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This should be one of the most obvious features of a meeting app.
Does anyone have a laptop with a camera below the screen? -
Dave Tank
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It's honestly unacceptable that this isn't an option. No one is looking in the camera during a conversation.
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Anonymous
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Especially when you have two screens it would be great to be able to place the thumbnails on the secondary screen
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Anonymous
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Agree. Please make this possible ASAP!!!
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Jeremy Davis
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Especially with a large monitor, when I am looking down at the thumbnails (while having my camera perched atop the screen), I'm looking downward so far that it appears I'm messing with my cell phone or something. Please allow the thumbnails to float so that we can place them near our cameras!
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Krissti Coonce
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This would make my life so much better
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Heidi Clemens
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This is an absolute must! When someone is sharing their screen, it would help to have the participants along the top of the window near the camera to maintain better eye contact.
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Sarah Gledhill
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Please add the ability to move the participant tiles to the top of the screen. It helps to have a more natural eyeline with participant and the camera