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Joining Zoom from the browser allows you to use Zoom without requiring you install additional software, it also doesn't autohide the bottom bar by default.
For some Zoom users we do not recommend the web option as it doesn't have due to lack of support the for the below features - See Desktop, Mobile and Web Zoom Client Comparison for more info:
- Showing a schedule of your upcoming Zoom meetings
- Gallery View (Showing many of the other participants at once in small thumbnails)
- Local recording (You can still record to the cloud - unless your are the Counseling Services department)
- Creating Polls
- Whiteboards
- Chat features outside of just text chat
- Saving the transcript
- Sending images or video
- Automatic creation of links from URLs
- Showing closed captions
- You can still type the Closed Captions Captions
- Virtual Backgrounds and "Touch Up My Appearance"
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