On Wed, 22 Sep 2021, John Jason Jordan wrote:
A virtual clinic is a possible alternative, but I can foresee some
difficulties. For example, quite often at the clinics we have someone
bring in a computer and want to install Linux on it. Usually the person
has already tried and failed. Usually we are successful, but getting
the job done often requires sitting in front of the screen. How can we
help when the person's computer doesn't have an OS yet?
There are lots of other software problems that are hard to troubleshoot
without seeing the user's screen. I have used Zoom a few times, but I
don't know if there is a way to make my full screen viewable by others,
i.e., seeing error messages or terminal windows that are not part of
the browser window.
I might add that we also frequently have hardware issues that require
screwdrivers and other tools to deal with. Does Zoom have a feature
where I can stick my hand through the Zoom tab in my browser and have
it come out on another user's screen, complete with a screwdriver?
The other limitation of Zoom (or Webex or Teams) meetings is that
there is only One Conversation. In real life, a group meeting allows
side chats or walking away from an uninteresting conversation. Virtual
meetings, as far as I know, don't have the technology to support
conversations between subsets of the larger group.
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Paul Heinlein
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