Interestingly, FaceTime and iChat don't seem to have any trouble using the webcam while Skype is running. Since they're Apple apps, they may get priority, however.
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Skype 5 for Mac blocks all webcam access by Flash. Skype says it is "by design"
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Re: Skype 5 for Mac blocks all webcam access by Flash. Skype says it is "by design"
#22Interestingly, FaceTime and iChat don't seem to have any trouble using the webcam while Skype is running. Since they're Apple apps, they may get priority, however.
Well, I think Skype only interferes with Flash apps, non flash apps that use the camera are unaffected.
Re: Skype 5 for Mac blocks all webcam access by Flash. Skype says it is "by design"
#23I have no idea what Skype was thinking with version 5 of their client. It is atrocious. There is so much white space, if your Instant Messenger client takes up more screen space than a web browser, you're probably doing something wrong. Download version 2.8 - http://mac.oldapps.com/skype.php
I couldn't believe my eyes after I installed Skype 5 yesterday. Not only was the user experience confusing, but it was much more difficult to use, despite them trying hard to make it more userfriendly. For instance, I spent a minute trying to figure out how to send an instant message. I clicked on the person's green button, that gave me a dropdown box with "Send instant message". When I clicked this, nothing happened. Turned out that the instant messages were hidden and I had to drag that part of the window up so it becomes viewable. Stuff like that...
Re: Skype 5 for Mac blocks all webcam access by Flash. Skype says it is "by design"
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Re: Skype 5 for Mac blocks all webcam access by Flash. Skype says it is "by design"
#25I recall having this problem on Windows as well. I have a Windows laptop (XP with Turion X2 processor) I keep on hand in case I ever need Windows that I hauled out of the closet the other day as a Skype friend wanted to play a game (I´m on Linux). I installed Skype and was greeted with a behemoth that this computer couldn´t handle. Incidently, I was surfing in the background while I ended up just chatting due to poor video quality and came across a website that took your Flash webcam and did effects with it and the video would not load. I rebooted (sans Skype being open now) and it worked.
Re: Skype 5 for Mac blocks all webcam access by Flash. Skype says it is "by design"
#26Interestingly, FaceTime and iChat don't seem to have any trouble using the webcam while Skype is running. Since they're Apple apps, they may get priority, however.
Tinychat was having some issues with the google talk video plugin recently. I think something must have changed about video and flash recently...
Re: Skype 5 for Mac blocks all webcam access by Flash. Skype says it is "by design"
#27Interestingly, FaceTime and iChat don't seem to have any trouble using the webcam while Skype is running. Since they're Apple apps, they may get priority, however.
Well, I think Skype only interferes with Flash apps, non flash apps that use the camera are unaffected.
This to me implies that both Skype and Flash are doing something wrong.
Re: Skype 5 for Mac blocks all webcam access by Flash. Skype says it is "by design"
#28I have no idea what Skype was thinking with version 5 of their client. It is atrocious. There is so much white space, if your Instant Messenger client takes up more screen space than a web browser, you're probably doing something wrong. Download version 2.8 - http://mac.oldapps.com/skype.php
What they had in mind was the 90% of their users who only have 5 contacts in their contact list and the 95% of their users who only use the text area to write "Can I call you" In other words Skype is designed for the 90% not us 10%
Over here skype is the #1 business messenger. Text-chat dominates voice and video by far, and most users have dozens or even hundreds of contacts ("everyone else in the company").
It seems unlikely to me that all these companies amount to only 10% of overall skype usage.
Re: Skype 5 for Mac blocks all webcam access by Flash. Skype says it is "by design"
#29I have no idea what Skype was thinking with version 5 of their client. It is atrocious. There is so much white space, if your Instant Messenger client takes up more screen space than a web browser, you're probably doing something wrong. Download version 2.8 - http://mac.oldapps.com/skype.php
Have you read the comments on their "skype 5 for mac" forum?
http://forum.skype.com/index.php?showforum=313
It's really impressive to me they could publish such a terrible UI.
Re: Skype 5 for Mac blocks all webcam access by Flash. Skype says it is "by design"
#30I am getting a 503 error from the link. Any mirrors?