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can't find option for full screen after update
Focus is not a good substitute for full screen, now im finding it hard on my fairly small laptop screen to see what the people sharing, are sharing. Full screen is the best way, it almost doubles the visible area vs focus.... Why remove it ????StevenC365
- StevenC365Jul 31, 2020MVP
Microsoft did mention this in the Message Centre Post about the new Meeting Experience
Know limitations: Meeting notes will launch to the main Teams client Support for full screen content viewing will be coming in the future Support for Invision Freehand Whiteboard will be coming in the future
So it will be coming in the future.
Like with many things the decision to ship without it will have been agonized over, say it would take another 3 months to build Full Screen into the new experience, would you rather not have pop out meetings for 3 months while waiting? You can always turn off the new experience for the next 2 months and stay with the existing Full Screen option.
If you want to tell them why it's important that this is sooner rather than later I would recommend doing so through UserVoice https://microsoftteams.uservoice.com/
- Dragoon82Jul 31, 2020Iron Contributor
StevenC365 How do I turn it off so I can get fullscreen back?
- taeknoAug 11, 2020Copper Contributori don't understand why they will need extra 3 months to build the Full Screen Feature that is already in the current version? Before removing the feature that is commonly used, why not look at the status of the usage or ask the users? Microsoft has a habit of releasing Beta versions that's really not ready..
- NathanMcCorkleAug 12, 2020Brass Contributor
It is insane that MS Teams lacks a fullscreen mode when using separate windows for a meeting. I can't believe Intel Corp (my employer) bought into the MS Office 365. Every other new feature has 1 step forward, 2 steps back 20 or 30 years in intuitive user-experience and functionality.
- lfallo1Aug 10, 2020Copper Contributor
StevenC365 - I guess to answer the question, I would have preferred wait the extra time, whatever that would have been [3 months, 6 months, etc.]. Can't speak for others, but didn't see the pop out feature as critical.
As it is, I'll just disable the new experience as it's nearly impossible to view screen shares on my laptop without a full screen mode.
- rmhartmanSep 10, 2020Copper Contributor
lfallo1 @Steven Collier
I would like to second this. How is "pop out" such a vital feature that it is worth sacrificing major functionality to rush it out the door early. At best it is a minor change in behavior that really offers nothing new ... kind of a lateral shift in functionality.