Maybe there was some serious problem with the previous version of Skype. Now, I have to point out that Skype undoubtedly has constraints I do not know about. Unfortunately, instead of making the Windows version of Skype better, they’ve decided to fix the discrepancy by making the Mac version of Skype more like the Windows version. More than once, a Windows user has walked by my Mac, seen my version of Skype, and said something to the effect of “Wow, this looks so much better than the horrible mess we have on Windows!” It seems Skype has noticed that there is a discrepancy in quality between the two versions, and has decided to make the two versions more similar. A lot of the people here use Windows computers. What the hell happened to Skype? Is this some kind of joke?Īt work, we use Skype to communicate. A few minutes later, she went offline, and came back shortly thereafter, apparently having updated to Skype 5.
“Sure,” I replied, “you can do that, but you need to install the new Skype 5 beta.” I sent her the link. #1617: Pages regains mail merge, HomeKit sensor improvements, keyboard flags in MontereyĪ while back, when Skype’s group video chat feature was still free, a friend of mine sent me a Skype message asking whether it was possible to do video chat with more than one person in Skype.Preview selections, portable power for a MacBook Pro #1618: M2 MacBook Air available to order, Lockdown Mode, Live Text vs.#1619: Stage Manager first impressions, Live Text in Preview redux, SMS 2FA failure fix, moving large folders with ChronoSync.#1620: OS updates, AssistiveTouch for iOS shortcut palette, Photos album sharing bug.
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