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With Firefox 76, is the only new thing with Zoom the fact that you can join a meeting? Do you still need Zoom desktop program to start a meeting or to send msg?

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Firefox 76 released yesterday, Tuesday May 5 2020.

Release notes https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/76.0/releasenotes/ say

Firefox now supports Audio Worklets that will allow more complex audio processing like VR and gaming on the web; and is being adopted by some of your favorite software programs.

With this change, you can now join Zoom calls on Firefox without the need for any additional downloads. --- end of quote ---

But do you still need "additional downloads" (e.g. Zoom desktop program) to do things other than "join Zoom calls on Firefox"? For example:

  1. Create a meeting
  2. Send a message to a Zoom contact
  3. Start a meeting
  4. Move people from waiting room to the Zoom room

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Firefox 76 released yesterday, Tuesday May 5 2020. Release notes https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/76.0/releasenotes/ say Firefox now supports Audio Worklets that will allow more complex audio processing like VR and gaming on the web; and is being adopted by some of your favorite software programs. With this change, you can now join Zoom calls on Firefox without the need for any additional downloads. --- end of quote --- But do you still need "additional downloads" (e.g. Zoom desktop program) to do things other than "join Zoom calls on Firefox"? For example: # Create a meeting # Send a message to a Zoom contact # Start a meeting # Move people from waiting room to the Zoom room ?

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Yes you'd still need to download the Zoom application to do the other things you mentioned. It simply means you can join zoom meetings on your own as a participant without needing to download it

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Yes you'd still need to download the Zoom application to do the other things you mentioned. It simply means you can join zoom meetings on your own as a participant without needing to download it