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I've been using skype for text messaging pretty constantly for the last 3 years, and I'm not sure why people hate it so. it has groups, 1-1 chat and video. Sear

by wubalub 10y ago

I've been using skype for text messaging pretty constantly for the last 3 years, and I'm not sure why people hate it so. it has groups, 1-1 chat and video. Searching history can be a bit of a pain, but everything else seems to be there. Sometimes I wonder what I'm missing.

uryga 10y ago
I associate Skype with being slow and heavy for some reason. However it's possible that I picked this opinion up from other people and just started repeating it.
- noxToken 10y ago
  Are you a Linux user? Skype was slow for me on Linux after a certain update. It has also become very bloated over the years, but the Windows and Android clients have always been reliable for me.
- mxuribe 10y ago
  No, no...you are correct: skype (for business) is slow and heavy. At least it is for me.
jamra 10y ago
Slack gives you webhooks (post my team's commits to a chat room) and a great team-based chat. Groups in Skype can't really add the same value. Also, people tend to use their personal emails on Skype in my organization. Slack's sign up process makes more sense for an organization.
troycarlson 10y ago
One thing Skype doesn't do so well: when a new person joins they then have to add every other team member one-by-one. With Slack you simply join the team and have immediate access to everyone. Not a huge deal with small teams but adding 50+ people on Skype is a real PITA.
pritambarhate 10y ago
Skype on Android is terrible. It's slow to sync. It sometimes takes minutes to sync the messages. You get messages in the notifications, then you go to the chat and it's yet to sync. If they fix their mobile client, it would be pretty good.
lovich 10y ago
My team uses it for group calls mostly, and I cannot remember the last time we had a call where someone suddenly couldnt talk but could hear, or vice versa. Weve had to default to just writing up anything important at the end and emailing it to people as we could not get through a meeting without restarting the call over and over
kentt 10y ago
> Searching history can be a bit of a pain Doesn't really give an edge to Slack since their search is awful as well.

by wubalub 10y ago

uryga 10y ago

I associate Skype with being slow and heavy for some reason. However it's possible that I picked this opinion up from other people and just started repeating it.

noxToken 10y ago
Are you a Linux user? Skype was slow for me on Linux after a certain update. It has also become very bloated over the years, but the Windows and Android clients have always been reliable for me.
mxuribe 10y ago
No, no...you are correct: skype (for business) is slow and heavy. At least it is for me.

jamra 10y ago

Slack gives you webhooks (post my team's commits to a chat room) and a great team-based chat. Groups in Skype can't really add the same value. Also, people tend to use their personal emails on Skype in my organization. Slack's sign up process makes more sense for an organization.

troycarlson 10y ago

One thing Skype doesn't do so well: when a new person joins they then have to add every other team member one-by-one. With Slack you simply join the team and have immediate access to everyone. Not a huge deal with small teams but adding 50+ people on Skype is a real PITA.

pritambarhate 10y ago

Skype on Android is terrible. It's slow to sync. It sometimes takes minutes to sync the messages. You get messages in the notifications, then you go to the chat and it's yet to sync. If they fix their mobile client, it would be pretty good.

lovich 10y ago

My team uses it for group calls mostly, and I cannot remember the last time we had a call where someone suddenly couldnt talk but could hear, or vice versa. Weve had to default to just writing up anything important at the end and emailing it to people as we could not get through a meeting without restarting the call over and over

kentt 10y ago

> Searching history can be a bit of a pain Doesn't really give an edge to Slack since their search is awful as well.