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Re: 160 People: Skype 5 for Mac = Fail. Skype: No Comment

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Post by ddemchuk »

calloc wrote: post #24
ddemchuk wrote: post #11

doesn't skype have like 10 million users online at any given time? 160 upset people is like dropping salt into the ocean.

Well, there's only like 300 Mac users ;-) That's more than half! All joking aside, a lot of Mac users are just sticking to the older 2.x series for their Skype client rather than upgrading, so if a 160 people decided it was worth their time to complain on the Skype forums there are probably many more!

true, good point. I upgraded to the beta when it came out a while back on my 13" air and I'm perfectly fine with the sizing. The new update made things even smaller/better. I run my Skype on a different Spaces section though so screen real estate isn't an issue for me.

Re: 160 People: Skype 5 for Mac = Fail. Skype: No Comment

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Post by alanh »

Kylekramer wrote: post #2

If companies dropped everything when a handful of people whined about an interface change in an application, website, or anything of the like, there would never be any updates. This isn't a ringing endorsement of Skype 5 for Mac, but companies can't be held hostage by a few people who don't like change.

This isn’t a Facebook redesign or even #NewTwitter — the latter was overwhelmingly welcomed but of course some holdouts criticize all change.

With Skype 5 for Mac, I haven’t heard a single soul say anything positive about it.

Re: 160 People: Skype 5 for Mac = Fail. Skype: No Comment

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Post by mydigitalself »

jv22222 wrote: post #28
mydigitalself wrote: post #20

So let's just think about this for a moment. When Facebook introduced the Feed back in 2006, hundreds of thousands of people protest. Hundreds of thousands. They even had a physical protest outside on their lawn. I think many of you will agree, The Feed is Facebook. Then they made some other tweaks in 2009 with Top News and MILLIONS of people protested in groups. Need I talk about Apple and floppy drives? To date, th…

Facebook is a social network that makes it easy for people to group together and complain about the thing they are using. For someone to complain about the Skype UI it is much harder, they would actually have to seek out a forum and register with the forum. So 397 folks actively seeking out and registering + 160 registering to Skype's own forum does say something, no? I wonder how many people really don't like it, bu…

The Facebook page has the same viral effect (if you Like it, it will show up to all of your friends). So don't buy that.

Was just skimming back through the forum link again, about 50% of the comments appear to be new forum users. So some validity in that I guess. Although, have you ever registered on a forum to say you like something or is it normally a complaint/wanting to be heard.

Re: 160 People: Skype 5 for Mac = Fail. Skype: No Comment

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Post by siddhant »

Kylekramer wrote: post #2

If companies dropped everything when a handful of people whined about an interface change in an application, website, or anything of the like, there would never be any updates. This isn't a ringing endorsement of Skype 5 for Mac, but companies can't be held hostage by a few people who don't like change.

This is change of the bad kind. The interface looks horrible, to say the least. I had hopes that they'll stop burning the CPU fans in Skype 5, but apparently it has gotten worse. It baffles me everytime I see the CPU usage spiking up like crazy whenever I do a video call.

Skype is an indispensable tool for a lot of people, including me. All I want is it to get better. But Skype 5 doesn't really look like a step in that direction.

Re: 160 People: Skype 5 for Mac = Fail. Skype: No Comment

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Post by whalesalad »

I don't personally know anyone who dislikes Skype 5 for Mac. I love it. There are complainers in this world, but indeed as most have described this is a drop in the ocean of Mac Skype users. I can count at least 4 people who love it, and no one has told me they dislike it.

Re: 160 People: Skype 5 for Mac = Fail. Skype: No Comment

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Post by petsos »

JacobAldridge wrote: post #25
swombat wrote: post #6

160? Every time Facebook changes something they get a million people signing a petition and vowing to quit if Facebook doesn't change it back.

I wonder what Valuation Facebook would have it it were Mac only? I actually agree with your point, but comparing Facebook users (fraction of 500 million) to Skype for Mac users (unknown to me, but I would suggest less) is not a straight comparison.

It is also much easier to complain about Facebook in Facebook that to find the right forum in skype.com and post something there.

Re: 160 People: Skype 5 for Mac = Fail. Skype: No Comment

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Post by igorgue »

mbesto wrote: post #35

Reminds of digg v4...unfortunately in this case people do pay for Skype's service. I, being one of them. I will not be upgrading my client anytime soon.

It still makes calls right? It's not like the software doesn't work; It does and better than most solutions.

I like multi-video-chat so I can bare with the ugly interface.

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