I am having a problem with the chat and participant boxes covering the presentation since the last update.  The participant see a black box & the host is unable to make the chat & participant boxes narrow enough so not to cover the slide as with an earlier version of zoom.

Any recommendations would be helpful.

Jaki

TLDR: Zoom should add simple, "mindless" focus games and activities into the meeting sidebar to help workers with flighty attention spans (such as those with ADHD) engage more deeply and maintain focus on the meeting's content.

Hello,

If you or someone you know struggles with maintaining focus in long meetings, you understand the challenge. To cope, many of us resort to secondary activities: scrolling a phone off-camera, doodling on a notepad, or taking obsessive notes far beyond what's necessary.

The problem with these coping mechanisms is that they almost always draw our eyes and, eventually, our minds away from the screen. This can make us appear disengaged to colleagues and can, ironically, cause us to lose track of the conversation we're trying so hard to follow.

My suggestion is for Zoom to integrate a suite of optional "Focus Tools" or "Focus Games" directly into the meeting UI, perhaps in a collapsible sidebar. This would allow individuals to satisfy their need for sensory stimulation while keeping their eyes—and attention—directed at the meeting window, speakers, and presentation content.

These activities should be designed to be engaging enough to occupy the restless part of the brain but simple enough that they don't pull cognitive resources away from listening and processing information.

Examples of these activities could include:

• Creative & Calming Tools: Things like a simple doodle pad, a pattern to color, or a "color-by-number" template.

• Repetitive & Rhythmic Tasks: A virtual sheet of bubble wrap to pop, a zen garden to rake with the cursor, or a simple task of sorting colored beads into jars.

• Simple Puzzle-Like Activities: An endless 3x3 jigsaw puzzle, a game of untangling lines, or a non-competitive tile-matching game with no scores or timers.

By providing these tools, Zoom would not only be improving the meeting experience for countless users but also taking a significant step forward in digital accessibility and neuro-inclusive design. It would empower users to be more present, engaged, and effective participants in any virtual meeting.

Thank you for your consideration!

Tengo la aplicación zoom one pro 6.5.9 en un iMac M3 con Sequoia 15.6.1.  Pretendido cargar zoom en un MacBoock Pro con i9 y el mismo sistema operativo. Cargo la aplicación pero cuando intento ejecutarla me dice “no puedes abrir la aplicación zoom.us.app porque no es compatible con este Mac”. Ya he vuelto a recargarla, pero nada. 

Hello,

I am a student and in a very difficult situation. I have a "free zoom account" that I used for my zoom lectures from my school. I was recording the lectures but now when I am trying to retrieve them, I dnt see any recordings on my account. As it is likely that I mentioned, being student I couldn't afford a paid account. Could zoom please help me here? Really need my lecture video to save my life! PLEASE PLEASE, help!

Thanks again for your help!

Between two weeks ago and today,  I recorded a number of meetings in the Zoom cloud.  Although the account was set to have trash enabled and it has worked fine in the past.  When I went to recover the recordings, they were all gone.  I tried Zoom's AI, and several other AI programs to walk me through and still it did not work.  I have been using this feature for years but since the last few weeks' recordings, it no longer works.  I am an admin.  There are no error codes, and I am using a Windows 11 PC as I always have.