@thekittygirl, thank you for the kind words! 💝We love your energy and are so happy that you join us to work on your own posts or those for 
We've been waiting for a Hive solution to replace Zoom™️. Just imagine!! What with our running 100 live events per month, how great that would be, right??
In the meantime, you don't have to download anything. Zoom™️ has a web client. We're grateful that you raise the issue, as a lot of folk assume you have to download software.
Discord's free, while Zoom™️ is so pricey!
Two huge reasons:
One reason is that the cognitive advantage that comes via body doubling or your term, parallel working has a visual component to it. With observation, the brain mimics the efforts of others and in so doing the observer can more easily begin, continue, or finish tasks.
Another reason for using Zoom™️ is that we need a high quality studio sound for musicians so that we can hold Tiny Desk Concerts, whether for actual music performances or stand-up comedy or streaming nature sounds from am 8th century castle as 
You can use Zoom directly through a web browser using the Zoom Web App without downloading any software. Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox, and Apple Safari are fully supported.
We've had crew join us regularly on old Chromebooks with only occasional stalls. Keeping Camera off, which is optional anyway, allows you to use less bandwidth.
1. Enter Creative Work Hour Meeting ID. Come to [CWH Discord](https://creativeworkhour.com/discord) and @alessandrawhite will give you the ID & passcode.
2. **Cancel the prompt to open the desktop app.**
3. Look for and click the "Join from your browser" link at the bottom of the page.
4. Type your Hive name and enter the passcode, if asked.
5. Select camera on or off, then and approve microphone permissions.
That's it! Web App without downloading the application.
The phone app works reliably, too. Literally, we've hosted CWH from planes, trains, and automobiles, including the back of London black cabs and even a limosine!🚖
RE: My experience with CreativeWorkHour (CWH)