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Teams video call minimizes to bottom right, very inconvenient
- May 19, 2021I guess the thing to realize with a video call minimized window like this is that it is important where it is placed. Locating it at bottom right means you look down and away from who you are talking to, and requires extra work to correct. In addition, many laptops have low mounted camera (under screeen, nostril-cam) so a simple option to select screen position, or better, remembering where it was last place on the screen would be very user friendly. Just because something is simple to do does not mean it is "OK".
yes, easy to do, but very very frustrating as a user, especially if you have to switch in and out of min and normal.
Totally agree - I actually prefer to have teams minimized much of the time so the faces aren't so full screen and overwhelming, I find it much better to minimize and then bring the thumbnail preview up to where my camera is, would love that to be a preset choice or alternatively remember last position.
- bkrealityiApr 13, 2022Copper Contributor
DWB_in_oz Is there really no way to modify this in the registry or something? This is so infuriating I google a solution every month to see if anyone has found a way around it. You guys are exactly right, esp. with larger desktop screens. People don't put their cameras on the bottom left of their screen. Top center.. Why would it minimize to the lower right?! Its insane.. Do people actually use the apps they create?
- MannyEzApr 22, 2022Copper Contributor
bkrealityi Please make sure you express your frustration SPECIFICALLY in the feedback area of Teams. I don't think the Windows people read these forums, even if it does say it's for Windows. We are all just screaming into the wind if complaints are just here.....
- bkrealityiApr 22, 2022Copper ContributorGood point!
- JedICDTechApr 13, 2022Brass Contributoryou sound like me. I really wonder if they use their own tools myself, and what a seemingly simple fix to make (well, since Windows has been remembering where you put windows for a looooong time.)
- bkrealityiApr 13, 2022Copper Contributor
JedICDTech haha I feel your pain, I really do.
Have you ever checked out PowerToys? It's something I could see being added to that application if the Teams app can't get their stuff together.
It very useful for a bunch of random things. I esp. love fancy zones.
Maybe they could add a Remember Window's Position feature to that? We can dream...