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December 10, 2013
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How many pods and layouts can I have open at the same time?

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Hello,

I am planning on using Adobe Connect for a virtual brainstorming session..

I am going to take a slide deck with about 60 slides, and chop it up into 8 different sections, roughly 7-8 slides in each, which will be in a new layout. About 10 layouts in total.

To delay the load time when switching from one layout to another, I want to know if I can keep all 8 Content Pods open in each layout, so that when I switch, it simply brings up the already loaded pod, instead of closing the previous and loading each one when I change layouts. Is this going to make the entire session slow by having all this content on screen (Hidden behind the active pod) ? Or am I on to something here?

Thanks for your feedback.

-Matt

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Correct answer Jorma_at_Knox

Matt,

I believe you determined that only one layout can be active at any given time. So, on to the pods question.

I would do it exactly as you have described. The initial layout may show longer load time, due to the amount of content that must be loaded, but changing between layouts should be very quick, as all the content is already loaded on each individual's computer, it is just a matter of brining the correct presentation to the front. With 7-8 slides per presentation, I don't think I'd worry that much about the initial load time either.

Of course, always do some testing on multiple computers to get an idea of how things will go in the live session, but I'd say run with the idea of 'hiding' pods to keep the transition time minimized.

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Jorma_at_Knox
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December 10, 2013

Matt,

I believe you determined that only one layout can be active at any given time. So, on to the pods question.

I would do it exactly as you have described. The initial layout may show longer load time, due to the amount of content that must be loaded, but changing between layouts should be very quick, as all the content is already loaded on each individual's computer, it is just a matter of brining the correct presentation to the front. With 7-8 slides per presentation, I don't think I'd worry that much about the initial load time either.

Of course, always do some testing on multiple computers to get an idea of how things will go in the live session, but I'd say run with the idea of 'hiding' pods to keep the transition time minimized.

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ashish_gupta_
Adobe Employee
December 12, 2013

Agree with Jorma's points.

7-8 slides are typical of way many presentations and shouldn't cause any performance degradation. Unless you have dozens of pods open and loading inside a meeting, you are good. Also, do try dummy sessions using different devices, iff you expect folks to join your session from different devices.

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Anonymous
December 13, 2013

Thank you Ashish for your response. As I said in my reply to Jorma, it ended up being a lot more content pods and layouts then expected, and even though I noticed a downgrade in transition speed there was no wait time when bringing up a layout with new content.


Very pleased.

Thanks,

Matthew

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