small suggestion for usability/userfriendliness : "eyes contact"

[micheldenis]

Hi,

2 cents of suggestion for enhanced usability/userfriendliness : "eyes
contact"

By default the webcams' dock appears at the bottom-right place on the
BBB screen, which makes everyone direct their eyes in that direction,
ie far from their laptop's webcam input light which is at the top-
middle side of the laptop.

Why not make the webcams' dock appear by default at the top-middle
side of the BBB screen, ie just close to the users' list, so that the
"eyes contact" between attendees is more natural and "direct" ? What
do you think ?

Cheers,
-michel

[Fred Dixon]

Hi Michael,

This is actually a really good suggestion. At the moment, the layout
of BigBlueButton reflects giving priority to the presentation.

If we put the webcams at the top, it takes away screen space for the
presentation which, for most, is the focus of the collaboration.
However, there are times when the video has a higher priority than the
presentation.

One possible solution is to put the videos at the top, but try to
minimize the screen space taken by them. Another approach would be to
add a simple layout manager (via a drop-down menu at the top) to
BigBlueButton which lets users quickly switch between different
layouts of components depending on the context of their collaboration
(focus on presentation, focus on videos, etc.)

Opened this as an issue enhancement request

http://code.google.com/p/bigbluebutton/issues/detail?id=1060

Regards,... Fred
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[Séverin TERRIER]

Having a layout manager would really be a good thing :-)

And being able to define default one to use, when creating a
conference too...

Séverin