| muting in hangouts is confusing and caused me to offend somebody :( | Gregor | 4/21/12 1:52 AM | I thought when I muted someone in a hangout, I would just be muting them for myself, temporarily, and that I could un-mute them. But apparently it mutes them for everybody, and the only way that they can be un-muted is if they un-mute themselves? Tha |
| Re: muting in hangouts is confusing and caused me to offend somebody :( | Katherine G | 4/23/12 9:33 PM | Hi +Gregor, Thanks for letting me know this happened to you, and I'm sorry it ended up upsetting the other person. We've heard similar reports of confusion, and the team is aware. In the meanwhile, feel free to try an App like this, designed almos |
| Re: muting in hangouts is confusing and caused me to offend somebody :( | Gregor | 4/24/12 4:47 PM | Thanks for the link to the app Katherine :) Greg |
| Re: muting in hangouts is confusing and caused me to offend somebody :( | Moritz T | 4/27/12 2:04 AM | Hi Gregor, unfortunately Katherine posted a link to another Hangout app i developed (also a nice one).Here is the correct link to my post about volume control (https://plus.google.com/u/0/117596712775912423303/posts/F1T2U3zCX4T)For updates you can fo |
| Re: muting in hangouts is confusing and caused me to offend somebody :( | Gregor | 4/27/12 10:32 AM | I appreciate the followup. I believe I had run across your volume control app before Katherine's post. Greg(or) |
| Re: muting in hangouts is confusing and caused me to offend somebody :( | Katherine G | 4/30/12 7:24 PM | Ha! Thanks for correcting me Moritz :) |
| Re: muting in hangouts is confusing and caused me to offend somebody :( | Matthew Doebler | 3/5/13 12:39 PM | Hi, Moritz. Just getting into Google Hangouts and the Hangout Toolbox. Quick question: when I mute a particular user, then resize the window, go into the chatroom, etc. the "muting" seems to fall off and I can hear them again. Is there anything I'm d |
| Re: muting in hangouts is confusing and caused me to offend somebody :( | Dori, Google Community Manager | 3/5/13 2:02 PM | @Matthew, if you mute someone else, they can always un-mute themselves - so do you think that this is a problem with mute sticking when you re-size or open chat, or with them un-muting themselves? Thanks! Dori |
| Re: muting in hangouts is confusing and caused me to offend somebody :( | Moritz T | 3/5/13 2:54 PM | Hi Matt, since you are using the Toolbox for muting people, I have to jump in here.The volume control part of the toolbox is buggy right now and is not working properly.Please use the mute option of the Hangout to mute other users. Be aware that this |