When the coronavirus pandemic hit the world in the first half of 2020, Zoom became unexpectedly popular due to a sudden increase in the number of people working from home. There is also a Business tariff available price at $19.99 per host per month, increases the maximum number of participants to 300, and adds a number of other business-centric features.
Everything is secured with SSL and AES 256 bit encryption, but there is some controversy about the fact that Zoom does not offer end-to-end encryption.įor businesses and groups that have slightly greater needs, a Pro account is available priced at $14.99 per month per host, and this increases the limit on meeting length to 24 hours, add more control options, offers Skype interoperability and includes cloud storage for meeting recordings.
It is also possible to record meetings so you can refer back to them at a later time. While there is no limit on the number of meetings you can host with a free account, you are limited to meetings of up to 40 minutes – although there's nothing to stop you from immediately restarting a meeting once this time limit is reached.įree users can enjoy video conferencing, whiteboarding and screen sharing, and there is the option of creating breakout rooms for private chats. Something that immediately stands Zoom in very good stead is the fact that even with a free account there is support for up to 100 participants in a video chat. If anyone knows how i can use the Zoom box and still have the full screen zoom at the same time, please let me know.When the need arises to conduct remote meetings and video conferences, you really need to consider how many people are going to be involved before choosing which service you're going to use. The one big drawback to this bit of wit is once you do check the "Zoom in window" check box, you lose the ability for zoom options - command-option-(=) and command-option-(-) or control-up and control-down - to zoom the entire screen - those keyboard commands will now only zoom the Zoom box. but the "Zoom window" box is as simple as option-command-8 and then zooming in or out with the method you choose for zooming in or out. Needless to say, bringing up the "temporary-zoom" box takes some practice. more importantly, for the "enable temporary zoom (control-option)" to work right, it's command-option-8 to turn the Zoom box on, then control-zoom all the way out, then control-option will make the window appear only while you hold down those keys. the reason i say this is because when you option-command-8, use Control to zoom in and out in the Zoom box if at appears nothing is happening, or command-option-(-) or command-option-(=). It's important to keep "use scroll wheel with modifier keys to zoom" checked with a shortcut - i use Control.
button lets you set the Zoom window size and some other stuff. once you check the "Zoom in window" check box, the Options. Control-Option brings up the Zoom window only while you hold down those modifier keys. under Zoom, just click the box that says "Zoom in window." Option-Command-8 brings it up and makes it go away.
I'm not sure how far back the info i am about to give goes, but on Lion in system prefs/universal access/seeing/zoom/ there is a preference you can set that is very much like Zoom It.