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Newcomer
October 14, 2022
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"Please wait. The webinar will begin soon." window keeps moving on its own

  • October 14, 2022
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The Zoom program is broken and taken over by a ghost because the "please wait" window keeps moving from where I put it to the middle of the screen and this is SUPER ANNOYING. Can the people who does zoom programming please fix this bug and make the window just stay where it's put?

    19 replies

    Newcomer
    December 8, 2023

    Super aggravating. Let me minimize it and keep it minimized until the dang webinar starts.

    Newcomer
    January 9, 2024

    We are now into 2024 and this is STILL an issue.  I don't see anything in the settings to change this behavior and clearly no advice on this forum with a fix.  Zoom?!  Are you out there?  We need help...

    Newcomer
    January 9, 2024

    Webex

    Newcomer
    January 19, 2024

    Please, Zoom, fix this appalling behaviour....

    Newcomer
    January 23, 2024

    Hi, Zoom, will you please prevent the "Please wait.  The webinar will begin soon." window from popping up after I minimize it?  The problem is, it's unpredictable and prevents me from doing meaningful work while disrupting my flow as an unexpected result of minimizing the window.

    Newcomer
    March 14, 2024

    Zoom really needs to fix this. It's probably the most annoying thing I have to deal with. I want to jump on a meeting to make sure I get in and don't forget to start, but I can't work while the (!@#$&*#(@%%&(!@ pop up keeps taking center stage on my screen. Just.... STOP.

    Newcomer
    April 4, 2024

    Chiming in on this - this is the most annoying UI bug I have ever seen. Had a webinar that started 25 minutes late and you literally cannot get that window to stop popping up. Move it to a new screen - 2 minutes later it sets itself right to where you are working.  minimize it, 2 minutes later it pops up right to wherever you are working. I cannot imagine anyone thinking this is a feature - it is definitely a bug 
    It is reminiscent of an overly-modaled news website except somehow it has access to my all of my screens 

    Newcomer
    April 18, 2024

    This bug is eminently annoying!  I actively avoid Zoom webinars because it's impossible to work while waiting for the webinar to start.  It couldn't take more than a few seconds to fix this bug. 

    Newcomer
    June 17, 2024

    The ONLY thing this bug gets right is that at least it doesn't steal focus, so if I'm typing into a window I remain typing into the window. Again, you can always connect on your phone until you hear the webinar actually start, then connect on the computer.

     

    It says 'Test my speaker' at the bottom of the dialogue - it should say 'Test my patience'! 😄

     

    I've put in a formal request through my company's Zoom administrator about this issue - he agrees it's a complete nuisance.