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Not sure I agree with you there. I had the opposite experience with google talk: I started messaging on my laptop, then left the laptop thinking I could continu

by lutorm 16y ago

Not sure I agree with you there. I had the opposite experience with google talk: I started messaging on my laptop, then left the laptop thinking I could continue the conversation on my phone. But no, it apparently helpfully decided that the messages should only go to my laptop, so I never got them on my phone. A small annoyance of getting too many messages far outweighs not getting them at all, imho.

pilif 16y ago
small annoyance? If I'm running skype on my phone, it's basically constantly vibrating while I'm in a conversation.
- lutorm 16y ago
  Well, it seems that could be fixed by only having the phone vibrate for the first message. Even if I'm using the phone, I don't really need it to vibrate all the time...
  - mdaniel 16y ago
    There are lots of things that Skype "could" fix. The point that I am hearing from the GP is that they do not CHOOSE to fix them. You should see the Skype 5 beta for Windows. What a UI cluster that thing is, and has been for quite some time now. And I just tried Skype for my HTC Desire on 2.1 and yikes, he's right: it's a usability nightmare.
StavrosK 16y ago
I'm with pilif on this one, when someone sends a skype message, all my devices ring (two laptops, one desktop and three mobiles). This happens for every message. It's so infuriating I log off Skype on every machine apart from the one I'm currently on. You can continue a Jabber conversation by just sending a message from the device you moved to. As far as I know, all subsequent messages will go to that one. It's also great for preventing snooping when you leave one device on at work and chat on another at home.
- moe 16y ago
  I think their (skype's) basic thinking was right but the implementation sucks. I want all messages to appear on all devices. I want to be able to close the laptop, get up from the couch and continue the conversation seamlessly on the desktop or phone - with all context being present. It's just the little notification sound that needs to be handled smarter. Ideally skype would only ring the notification on the device that you have been last active on (skype already detects that anyways). Also let me select a default device that becomes the noisy one when all clients have gone idle for a while. Unfortunately the impl is a far cry from that. As it stands skype doesn't even reliably deliver all messages to all clients for me. When I leave my desktop-skype running over night and open the laptop in the morning then sometimes I'll receive the messages from the night - but usually not. I literally have to walk around and check any open skype clients (including the one at work that I forgot to shutdown over the weekend..) if I want to ensure I didn't miss a message.
  - StavrosK 16y ago
    This is a bit debatable, to prevent snooping, but I agree. They would probably hit the sweet spot if they notified all the devices, initially, and then stop the notification on all but the active device as soon as you replied. I think that would be the best implementation.
    - moe 16y ago
      You are right, the details are debatable. What I really want is a handful toggle switches to configure the behaviour to my liking - which may very well change, e.g. during a vacation. It's not exactly rocket science and I sometimes wonder what those skype engineers are doing all day. ;-) I haven't noticed any functional advancement in ~3 years. Only some minor GUI polishing.

by lutorm 16y ago

pilif 16y ago

small annoyance? If I'm running skype on my phone, it's basically constantly vibrating while I'm in a conversation.

lutorm 16y ago
Well, it seems that could be fixed by only having the phone vibrate for the first message. Even if I'm using the phone, I don't really need it to vibrate all the time...
- mdaniel 16y ago
  There are lots of things that Skype "could" fix. The point that I am hearing from the GP is that they do not CHOOSE to fix them. You should see the Skype 5 beta for Windows. What a UI cluster that thing is, and has been for quite some time now. And I just tried Skype for my HTC Desire on 2.1 and yikes, he's right: it's a usability nightmare.

StavrosK 16y ago

I'm with pilif on this one, when someone sends a skype message, all my devices ring (two laptops, one desktop and three mobiles). This happens for every message. It's so infuriating I log off Skype on every machine apart from the one I'm currently on. You can continue a Jabber conversation by just sending a message from the device you moved to. As far as I know, all subsequent messages will go to that one. It's also great for preventing snooping when you leave one device on at work and chat on another at home.

moe 16y ago
I think their (skype's) basic thinking was right but the implementation sucks. I want all messages to appear on all devices. I want to be able to close the laptop, get up from the couch and continue the conversation seamlessly on the desktop or phone - with all context being present. It's just the little notification sound that needs to be handled smarter. Ideally skype would only ring the notification on the device that you have been last active on (skype already detects that anyways). Also let me select a default device that becomes the noisy one when all clients have gone idle for a while. Unfortunately the impl is a far cry from that. As it stands skype doesn't even reliably deliver all messages to all clients for me. When I leave my desktop-skype running over night and open the laptop in the morning then sometimes I'll receive the messages from the night - but usually not. I literally have to walk around and check any open skype clients (including the one at work that I forgot to shutdown over the weekend..) if I want to ensure I didn't miss a message.
- StavrosK 16y ago
  This is a bit debatable, to prevent snooping, but I agree. They would probably hit the sweet spot if they notified all the devices, initially, and then stop the notification on all but the active device as soon as you replied. I think that would be the best implementation.
  - moe 16y ago
    You are right, the details are debatable. What I really want is a handful toggle switches to configure the behaviour to my liking - which may very well change, e.g. during a vacation. It's not exactly rocket science and I sometimes wonder what those skype engineers are doing all day. ;-) I haven't noticed any functional advancement in ~3 years. Only some minor GUI polishing.