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Re: Hello Firefox, this is Chrome calling

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Post by gcb0 »

lightyrs wrote: post #67
kyro wrote: post #66

Yes, please, please, please kill Skype. Kill it mercilessly. Using it has been the worst experience I've ever had with an application. I've been in a long distance relationship for a few years now and Skype has sadly been our main mode of video communication. The app crashes when I search chat history, can take upwards of 90+% of my CPU, literally forcing me to shut down every other application I have running. The fo…

Have you tried Google Hangouts? I've had some success with that lately over Skype.

i tried and it's a pain to install the plugin. never works on my debian-sid.

Re: Hello Firefox, this is Chrome calling

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Post by donniezazen »

gcb0 wrote: post #151
lightyrs wrote: post #67

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Have you tried Google Hangouts? I've had some success with that lately over Skype.

i tried and it's a pain to install the plugin. never works on my debian-sid.

It works flawlessly on Ubuntu, Fedora, Arch, etc. I have tried in all these distros myself.

Re: Hello Firefox, this is Chrome calling

#153

Post by donniezazen »

lightyrs wrote: post #67
kyro wrote: post #66

Yes, please, please, please kill Skype. Kill it mercilessly. Using it has been the worst experience I've ever had with an application. I've been in a long distance relationship for a few years now and Skype has sadly been our main mode of video communication. The app crashes when I search chat history, can take upwards of 90+% of my CPU, literally forcing me to shut down every other application I have running. The fo…

Have you tried Google Hangouts? I've had some success with that lately over Skype.

I like Google Hangouts better than Skype considering most people have Gmail and they know how to use it. No need to create separate accounts or any other installation hassles specially good for older folks. I wish the plugin came pre-installed with Chrome Browser. And video quality could also use some work.

Re: Hello Firefox, this is Chrome calling

#154

Post by duaneb »

lightyrs wrote: post #67
kyro wrote: post #66

Yes, please, please, please kill Skype. Kill it mercilessly. Using it has been the worst experience I've ever had with an application. I've been in a long distance relationship for a few years now and Skype has sadly been our main mode of video communication. The app crashes when I search chat history, can take upwards of 90+% of my CPU, literally forcing me to shut down every other application I have running. The fo…

Have you tried Google Hangouts? I've had some success with that lately over Skype.

It doesn't have fullscreen.

Re: Hello Firefox, this is Chrome calling

#155

Post by nextparadigms »

superuser2 wrote: post #126
jstalin wrote: post #6

Well, it's encrypted, so that seems like a reasonable alternative to the potential of being spied upon when using Skype.

So is Skype. Unless there's evidence that Google couldn't be compelled to comply with US law and honor a legally binding order to intercept a Chrome video call?

Yes, but Skype is not fully decentralized. Skype is no safer than any e-mail service.

Re: Hello Firefox, this is Chrome calling

#156

Post by timClicks »

maykelange wrote: post #115
unreal37 wrote: post #97

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By your own admission, Skype is the best video communication platform that exists but is far from perfect. It's hard to disagree. Why isn't someone creating something better?

How do you compete with free ?

With better.

Re: Hello Firefox, this is Chrome calling

#157

Post by chrisdone »

forrestthewoods wrote: post #143
kyro wrote: post #66

Yes, please, please, please kill Skype. Kill it mercilessly. Using it has been the worst experience I've ever had with an application. I've been in a long distance relationship for a few years now and Skype has sadly been our main mode of video communication. The app crashes when I search chat history, can take upwards of 90+% of my CPU, literally forcing me to shut down every other application I have running. The fo…

I'm the opposite. I don't want to use anything except Skype for voice chat. Nothing comes even remotely close in sound quality. If I had the same cpu/crash issues as you I'd be loudly cursing it's name. Luckily I don't and until something can provide better quality I won't be using it.

“Nothing comes even remotely close in sound quality.” — Mumble?

Re: Hello Firefox, this is Chrome calling

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Post by forrestthewoods »

chrisdone wrote: post #157
forrestthewoods wrote: post #143

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm the opposite. I don't want to use anything except Skype for voice chat. Nothing comes even remotely close in sound quality. If I had the same cpu/crash issues as you I'd be loudly cursing it's name. Luckily I don't and until something can provide better quality I won't be using it.

“Nothing comes even remotely close in sound quality.” — Mumble?

With Skype I can play games with a group and put the mic in always on mode. No feedback, no audio from speakers, and no keyboard clicks. It's pretty damned amazing to be honest.

Ventrilo and Mumble do have far superior support for massive number of people in a chat room. If you're participating in large MMO raids or Eve Online type festivities the Skype doesn't have the necessary features. For my ~5 player parties Skype blows everything else out of the water and isn't even close.

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