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Video using IP over Avian Carriers. Its Moose proof.
Nobody is stupid or, desperate enough, to want to see me on a video call...
I usually use Skype because the whole family has been set up on it since about 2005 and I don't wnt to have to try and teach a new system to the parents & grandparents.
Work uses Teams, but virtually nobody has a camera because 90% of us are on desktops rather than laptops.
I've also used Discord & Zoom, but don't really like either of them.
Some relatives tried to get the family onto FaceTime, but gave up after being told that it wasn't going to happen unless they bought Apple hardware for everyone.
Work uses Teams too, having switched from Skype For Business. While we have cameras on the laptops, we generally don't bother using them.
The wife has used Zoom a few times for commercial calls, but that's it. I heard some bad things about it and haven't really touched it.
I mostly use Skype, as the call quality seems better than WhatsApp, and nobody else uses any of the others anyway.
Zoom generally has the better interface for social integration of the 'mainstream' ones. hangouts/duo have gotten better, but still lack many of the features that make zoom better. Teams is good for work, but that's it. As for how secure any of these are, god knows...
Same. But those of us that do have cameras (built into the old Dell monitors they gave us) use it as a handy place to keep electrical tape or Blutak.Quote:
Originally Posted by Euphonium
I don't use video calling.
I've only used Facetime, mainly because it came with the phone and my sister also has an Apple phone. Personally I just prefer to drive around to hers if I want to speak to her. Have no need for video calls for work, I don't have any other camera aside from the one on my phone anyway.
Pardon my gloomy Danish mood, but why on earth would i ever use such a service, i have no problem recalling how the few people i care for look like.
I have Signal but I think I've only ever used it for video once, maybe twice, pretty much just to say yeah, it works. Otherwise, I feel no need.
The wife uses Teams on the work laptop from time to time, mainly due to woring from home for 18 months and them requiring it, but other than that work laptop, doesn't have or want a computer, let alone video calling.
FaceTime is my favourite, and now with iOS15 on the horizon, allowing non-Apple users to partake, what's not to love?
I have never used any of them and really have no need to, nor do I actually want to.
Face time and messenger
None. I prefer meeting in person. Or if that isn't feasible due to geography, to have an audio call. On an audio call, either party can take a walk or otherwise be mobile, and while I've seen some people make walking video calls in airports, I see no appeal in that personally.
Although I have been persuaded to use Skype to see video of 8-week old kittens at play. Not an endorsement of Skype though, if anything an endorsement of kittens.
I suppose the other thing is that to me, video calls have become associated with work and effort. Y'know, trying to look nice on video. On audio, it's more laid-back. In person, maybe you put some effort in up front, but you aren't really paying attention to presenting the best you once you have met up. Something about video, and maybe it is the association of video calls with work, makes it seem higher-maintenance and less relaxing for the course of the call.
But yeah, overall, I guess I'd rather have the occasional old-fashioned phone call, and text a few pictures back and forth, than have a video call. Unless kittens are involved. Then video does have some advantages.
I have a few options but mostly use FB messenger & occasionally Skype.
Zoom for me.
Can't recommend it for Tai Chi instruction though.
As a relatively simple consumer user I have no preference. I have no need for any further functionality than 'video call, stay video called'. I've had a number of appointments with medical professionals over a variety of protocols and from my end they're all the same. The reliability factor isn't to do with them, it's to do with your own internet, so I don't have a preference, though whatsapp videocalling is most convenient for me.
I don't disagree, but I can counter your kitten advantage with my 'phone call in the bath' disadvantage. Believe me, callers sometimes need to be grateful for no video, unless they want to admire my rubber duck.Quote:
Originally Posted by Core2Extreme
No? Thought not. :D
None. I can barely tolerate speaking to people on the phone, why would I want to exacerbate matters by having to look them too?
Whatsapp. But only for family overseas and work if I must.
I'm forced to use Zoom and Teams for work. Out of the two I tend to prefer teams, but when I'm hosting a meeting I find Zoom easier to set up.
Have tried jitsi meet but it wasn’t that great. Sometimes use google duo, and teams or zoom at work
I dont use a mobile phone so no video calling there, but i do have the occasional skype call with my brother on the desktop.
It may be because im old but my preference is using the old landline too.
Err the fact if not on apple hardware you can only join calls and it's still a closed proprietary system? Give us a proper client on anything but iOS/macOS then it would be a contender but until then nope.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hoonigan
Teams for work, Zoom for occasional family calls but HATE the interface it's terrible.
Telegram would be my preferred option but that's still too clunky.
Whatsapp? Not a hope in hell Zuckberg.
Non really , I hate most and wouldnt poke discus with a poo covered stick, when i do I tend to use team speak for gaming (simple voice ) thats all thats needed.
Typical HEXUS grumpy buggers, hating RGB and now video calling. :p
Clearly y'all are not vid-calling the right people in the right places.....!!
I've had lots of fun with friends on these things, especially on mobile as you can pan the camera around and show them stuff. I have lots of exciting stuff, depending on the audience, from shiny new Swiss Army knives to happy kids doing cute things, to doggies doing dodgy doggy things. Similarly I've had calls involving guided tours of engine bays, air ambulances, srubbishrubbishrubbishrubbishy hotel rooms and even the occasional warzone.
Depends which party is in the bath - There are some people I'd *love* to catch in such a situation.... Neve Campbell, although I don't have her phone number.Quote:
Originally Posted by Saracen999
Go on then - You show me yours, I'll show you mine.... I only have a 20cm one, but it's got a solid BNC connector and I can get an extension if I need better performance!Quote:
Originally Posted by Saracen999
Hey, watch who you're calling "typical". :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Ttaskmaster
For the record, I don't hate RGB. It just leaves my boat totally unfloated, and as a result, is pointless wasted expense. For me.
I do lots of video calls for work (I'm a instructional technology consultant at a big university). Since the work is more on the personal side, we use video, and the school chose Zoom. It's not great or perfect, but man... it's so much easier and better than the others we've tried.