Bit's and Pieces - Skype 4.0 Beta 2

This is a bit of fun for me, nothing too serious and usually fun quick posts. Here you will find general stuff that I collect from my web wanderings. Plus quick posts that are too long for twitter and stuff I want to post quickly and simply.

I reviewed the screenshots of the new Skype 4.0 Beta and I was horrified to see a huge client that occupied more white space than a billboard. I don’t test Skype beta’s because they stuff up my recording software that I use. But the screenshots and video turned me right off even wanting to.

However I was pleased to read today that after the review of beta users feedback they will be releasing with Beta 2 the option of having a “compact” more like what we are used to. The way that this read also implied that conversations could not be separated into windows, this will also be “fixed”. I said it was a stupid idea in the first place to have a client so big.

They are focusing on video I know but no one I know uses video in almost full screen. Thankfully they have seen the light. I hope it changes more than this, but it is a beta.

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