Number of thumbnails of participants in a meeting

[tridral]

Dear all,

Whenever I look for advice on how to change the number of visible participants in  meeting I often end up quite confused as to what should be possible. Sometimes settings that people advise me to change aren't available.

This article talks about the CPU requirements for a desktop client: https://support.zoom.com/hc/en/article?id=zm_kb&sysparm_article=KB0063672  It doesn't mention a web client or whether the operating system makes a difference.

I would like to know how to find out definitively , what platforms support the display of what numbers of people.

It would be good to know also why restrictions are placed on different clients. Why, for example, would it not be possible for every client to attempt to display as many people as possible, and allow the end user to change the number if performance was unacceptable.

Thank you for any clarifications.

Best wishes,

'ö-Dzin Tridral