Meet Hour seems like it has promise and is fairly easy to use with some nice conferencing features, but has quite a few bugs that make it hard to use at the current state. I like the fact they have a desktop app but it does not work on a Mac. I get an error message when trying to open it that it is out of date and will not open, so I had to use the browser version. There seems to be some issues with camera settings and when you come back from a screen share, it does not remember the camera setting and once you click into the program again, it will not let you change the camera. You can kind of do that from the hamburger menu at the lower right in the settings button, but even then it will not let you select anything other than the current camera even from the drop-down menu, although if you fiddle with it a bit it seems to change even though it does not indicate that it did. There is a button in the upper right-hand corner that appears to be a PIP setting, but when clicked, it totally boots you out of the session you are in, and you need to log back in. In my case, I was the only one in the session as I was just trying it out, but I got an error message saying the moderator had locked the session and I needed to insert the passcode to get back in. I also could not figure out how to see my screen share in the main window, so I could only see it in a tiny window off to the side, but I assume that if there were other participants, they would see a full window. I think it has potential, but it is definitely not a Zoom replacement at this point. EDIT: It appears that many of these problems go away when you use the browser application in a Chromium-based browser - something that is not stated in the description as far as I can tell. I tend to prefer Firefox, but many applications like seem to work only in Chromium-based browsers, which I find annoying since you limit your audience to only one type of browser. The Mac desktop application still does not work after downloading and installing it again.
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Muqeet_MeetHour
Oct 22, 2024
Dear The_Groundwater_Guy,
Thank you for your detailed feedback and for showing interest in the Meet Hour deal. Let me clarify each point to help you better understand the platform:
Mac Desktop App: The issue you're encountering is not an error but related to how macOS handles apps downloaded from external sources. For user convenience, we provide a .dmg file that you can download directly to...
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Meet Hour seems like it has promise and is fairly easy to use with some nice conferencing features, but has quite a few bugs that make it hard to use at the current state. I like the fact they have a desktop app but it does not work on a Mac. I get an error message when trying to open it that it is out of date and will not open, so I had to use the browser version. There seems to be some issues with camera settings and when you come back from a screen share, it does not remember the camera setting and once you click into the program again, it will not let you change the camera. You can kind of do that from the hamburger menu at the lower right in the settings button, but even then it will not let you select anything other than the current camera even from the drop-down menu, although if you fiddle with it a bit it seems to change even though it does not indicate that it did. There is a button in the upper right-hand corner that appears to be a PIP setting, but when clicked, it totally boots you out of the session you are in, and you need to log back in. In my case, I was the only one in the session as I was just trying it out, but I got an error message saying the moderator had locked the session and I needed to insert the passcode to get back in. I also could not figure out how to see my screen share in the main window, so I could only see it in a tiny window off to the side, but I assume that if there were other participants, they would see a full window. I think it has potential, but it is definitely not a Zoom replacement at this point. EDIT: It appears that many of these problems go away when you use the browser application in a Chromium-based browser - something that is not stated in the description as far as I can tell. I tend to prefer Firefox, but many applications like seem to work only in Chromium-based browsers, which I find annoying since you limit your audience to only one type of browser. The Mac desktop application still does not work after downloading and installing it again.
Muqeet_MeetHour
Oct 22, 2024Dear The_Groundwater_Guy,
Thank you for your detailed feedback and for showing interest in the Meet Hour deal. Let me clarify each point to help you better understand the platform:
Mac Desktop App:
The issue you're encountering is not an error but related to how macOS handles apps downloaded from external sources. For user convenience, we provide a .dmg file that you can download directly to...