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0 pointsdistances6y ago0 comments

You can join Zoom meetings on your browser without creating an account. It's a bit off the beaten path:

1. Go to zoom.com 2. Click "Join a meeting" 3. Enter meeting id and click Join 4. Ignore the automatic app download 5. Go back 6. Click "Join a meeting" again 7. Enter meeting id and click Join again 8. Ignore the app download again 9. Click at "If nothing prompts, click here" 10. Click "Join from your browser" 11. Agree to terms of service 12. Enter password and name, click Join

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CydeWeys6y ago

Ahh, so this is that "it just works" Zoom experience I've been hearing so much about recently.

Wowfunhappy6y ago

The "it just works" experience is for people using the native app. :)

Not saying you should do that, but that's why there's a difference.

genocidicbunny6y ago

I don't use Zoom myself, but some friends that do have been using this: https://github.com/arkadiyt/zoom-redirector

Seems to work for them, and gets around that whole song and dance you described.

mulmen6y ago

This is only true if "your browser" is Chrome. If you try in the latest Firefox or Safari it tells you to try a "modern browser".

ed_balls6y ago

It stopped working if the meeting has over 50 people.

gnicholas6y ago

Is that just for new people coming in after the 50th? Or do they boot anyone who's logged in via browser once it hits 50?

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