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In the past year, the Mac client has also become very fragile. If I quit the Skype App without signing out, next time login keeps failing unless I go to the lib
by pritambarhate 11y ago
In the past year, the Mac client has also become very fragile. If I quit the Skype App without signing out, next time login keeps failing unless I go to the library folder and delete my Skype user profile directory. Quite shameful for such a high profile software.
- mrmondo 11y agoI do have my own suspicions that a certain company deliberately degrades the quality of any software they release for platforms other than their own.
- rjsw 11y agoIt has got worse on their own platform too.
- tychuz 11y agoStrange, considering that Skype on OS X / iOS was (still is?) better - ie pasting links would generate a thumbnail in messaging, Windows got this only recently. Also OS X client didn't had that annoying 'unread' bug. So. I do have my suspicions that no one really cares about Linux on desktop and 99% people would agree, that even having a Linux client is a waste of time, and posts like yours are nothing but linux zealotry - "boo M$ antitrust making me use Windblows"...
- xamolxix 11y agoThere is no mention of linux in the post you commented on.
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- mrmondo 11y agoPretty fud reply I'm sorry to say, did you even read what I wrote before getting on the zealot bandwagon? I didn't even mention Linux?
- andromeduck 11y agoCan you do group calls on mobile yet? That was the biggest reason I quit.
- anon4 11y agoIt crashes on windows if you type too quickly.
- andromeduck 11y agoMetro or desktop?
- anon4 11y agoDesktop.
- TheOtherHobbes 11y agoConsidering the quality of the software they release on their own platforms, I suspect this may not be true.
- cookiecaper 11y agoI agree with you. This is textbook Microsoft. They're also implementing Windows-only features in Minecraft and it wouldn't surprise me if the desktop client begins to suddenly degrade on non-MS platforms at some point.
- yulaow 11y agoIt is ironic considering the whole windows phone community is lamenting all the time against microsoft because all their apps are of far better quality on ios and android than on wp.
- drzaiusapelord 11y agoErr, if anything the OSX versions of MS software is more stable than the Windows versions. MS is big on eating its own dogfood so anything new is built on the newest technologies, so we get a lot of .NET stuff using the newest version of the framework that the devs don't have a lot of experience with just yet and other Microsoftisms that just end up causing issues (most recent libraries and APIs, integration with the registry, integration with AD/GPO, IE/Trident integration, random Windows Update patches get installed in the background, etc). I just tried installing the Azure backup agent and after an hour of futzing with it, I just gave up. It installed like four different pre-requisites and forced Windows Update to run and install stuff without my permission. Still won't work and gives an ambigious error message that even google can't help. I never see this like this with MS on other platforms. On other platforms the development is simpler and using more mature technology because there's no real benefit or pressure to dogfood.
- gerardnll 11y ago0 problems for me...
- the_mitsuhiko 11y agoI have a hard time believing that.
- minusSeven 11y agoholy cow same happens in my windows and I use to think that somehow I forget the password everytime.
- Nullabillity 11y agoI've got this problem on Linux as well occasionally, but usually killing any lingering Skype processes fixes it.