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Why is everybody hating skype? It's great! - It's almost as fast as SMTP for messages (pulling every 30 minutes or so). - If someone calls you, it never rings
by jgaa 8y ago
Why is everybody hating skype? It's great!
- It's almost as fast as SMTP for messages (pulling every 30 minutes or so).
- If someone calls you, it never rings on the device you're currently using, allowing you play with that other device you had totally forgotten about.
- It does it's best to distract you from what you want to do (communicate), by teasing you with social features you hate.
- It's user interface is awesome. Trivial things becomes real challenges - like finding the button for screen-sharing. (I have spent weeks trying to figure out how to upload a profile picture - and I go to sleep every evening knowing how delightful I will feel when I finally find that easter egg!
Seriously - Skype was great. But unfortunately, everything Microsoft touches turns into dirt. That's just how it is.
- Sephr 8y agoIt used to be end to end encrypted secure p2p video/audio/text chat. That was removed, so there is every reason to hate it. Skype used to actually be secure.
- imron 8y ago> Trivial things becomes real challenges - like finding the button for screen-sharing Tell me about it! The dialpad button is now hidden 2 levels deep in the interface. 2 levels! My primary use for Skype was making calls to landlines from my computer and when they redid the interface I spent about 5-10 minutes searching for the dialpad (it used to be a top level icon). It still takes me some mental effort every time I load skype to find it because it's behind non-obvious icons.
- gear54rus 8y agoThis is a problem for people who trust MS updates. I use old (7.41) Skype on Windows 7, old (7.46) Skype on Android. - It doesn't pull every 30 minutes, that's just wrong. - It rings on all devices for me - No teasing with social BS - Button for screen sharing is one right-click away like it always was. Take back your freedom from BS updates and you will be alright.
- m_mueller 8y agoAlso, Skype 7 at least still lets you export its damn history.