Experienced Adobe Connect users are familiar with the Adobe Connect Meeting Application; it is a robust means of hosting and gaining access to Adobe Connect Meetings and Virtual Classrooms. The Adobe Connect Meeting Application has no browser dependency; it is a standalone sand-boxed option that is segregated from browsers and therefore immune to the fickle restrictions commonly imposed on browser-dependent addins and extensions that can cause users and administrators frustration so often commensurate with the the sundry browsers changes and updates.

The new updated Adobe Connect Meeting Application when used with Adobe Connect 11 offers both the HTML5 Meeting experience as well as the Classic View Meeting experience; all current users of Adobe Connect ,are familiar with the latter option and any users who want to continue hosting or participating in Meetings in the Classic View after upgrading to Adobe Connect 11 may do so. By continuing in the Classic View users will notice very little ostensible change in the actual Meeting interface upon upgrade to Adobe Connect 11; the look and feel will be familiar. You may either force the Classic View as the default or just keep it as an option. The Classic View remains for all to use and may help mitigate any trepidation with changes to the user interface that appear in the new Standard Adobe Connect 11 HTML Meeting and Virtual Classroom experience.

Meeting Hosts may prescribe the view of choice in individual Meetings or Adobe Connect Administrators can make account-wide prescriptions that affect all Meeting rooms.

Under the Meeting > Edit Information tab of any Meeting in Adobe Connect Central, the following radio button and secondary check box options will be available in Adobe Connect 11 for Meeting Hosts. These combined options insure users ability to gain access to Adobe Connect for collaboration and training:

For details to help Adobe Connect Administrators and Hosts manage the new view options in Adobe Connect 11 Meetings and Virtual Classrooms, see the in-depth article on the Adobe Connect Support Blog: Adobe Connect 11 Meetings in Standard HTML and in Classic View

With any collaboration or online live training option, the first hurdle is often getting users setup to enter the virtual session. The combined options of the Adobe Connect Meeting Application with its two views and secondary the browser options, insure that everyone invited can enter Meetings, Virtual Classrooms and Seminars: End users, trainers, Presenters and Hosts of Adobe Connect Meetings and Virtual Classrooms are well empowered to gain seamless access in various viewing experiences to live Meeting sessions in Adobe Connect 11.