hey donna; people did it for me. robin hallett helped me when i started with Skype and mitchell walker stepped up when i did my first hangout. will be very happy to help whenever you are ready. have a merry christmas, ps one thing about google hangouts is they don't always work right even for the sighted so practice is no guarantee you won't occasionally look like an idiot. :) On Dec 20, 2014, at 11:52 AM, Donna Goodin wrote:
> Hi Max, > > Thanks so much for the info. I'd actually like to do a trial run if you > don't mind, I don't want to look like an idiot when I have to do it for my > job. :) I have a G+ account on my current work addie. Once I get past the > holidays, I'll try and invite you to a hangout. Thanks for offering to help. > Cheers, > Donna >> On Dec 18, 2014, at 8:10 PM, 'Maxwell Ivey' via MacVisionaries >> <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> wrote: >> >> hi donna; i forgot the best part. when i was doing regular hangouts you had >> to get a new url every time. they now give each account its own hangout url >> so once you give it out you don't have to give out a new site address out >> every time. let me know when you try your first one. you are welcome to >> invite me to a try out hangout. just add me on g plus first. oh that is the >> one big draw back you can only hangout with other g plus members. wishing >> you all the best with the new job, max >> On Dec 18, 2014, at 8:00 PM, Donna Goodin wrote: >> >>> Hi Max, >>> >>> Sounds like we're in pretty much the same position. I just took a new job. >>> I'll be working virtually and using google hangouts to connect with other >>> staff. I was expecting the worst, so I'm glad to hear you're finding it >>> accessible. thanks for the info >>> Best, >>> Donna >>>> On Dec 18, 2014, at 12:06 PM, 'Maxwell Ivey' via MacVisionaries >>>> <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> hi donna; when i was doing one every week up until a few months ago i was >>>> not real happy with it. there were a lot of unlabelled buttons. i didn't >>>> feel confident using it by myself. but a few weeks ago i had to >>>> communicate with someone who insisted on doing a hangout. since it was >>>> their show i said okay. i was pleasantly surprised to find they have >>>> labelled all the buttons. some of their add ons still don't play nice one >>>> called the tool box in particular but they are getting better. i find my >>>> biggest complain with google being that the circles aren't labelled when >>>> you are trying to add to a circle or move people between circles. now to >>>> the limitations of a hangout or hangout on air. with a hangout you can >>>> invite as many people as you want but only have ten participating at one >>>> time. with a hangout on air you can only invite 100 people and still have >>>> only ten in the conversation. the real difference is that a hangout is not >>>> recorded while a hangout on air is automatically uploaded to youtube. hope >>>> this helped, max >>>> On Dec 18, 2014, at 11:06 AM, Donna Goodin wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi all, >>>>> >>>>> Just wondering if anyone has any experience using Google hangouts on the >>>>> Mac? 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