For once, i am rather happy with skype devs not putting too much effort in the linux version. Hope it stays that way...
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"
#32Thought I would pass on a word of warning about the recently released Skype 5 for Mac. Once installed, if Skype 5 is running (even in background), it will block Flash from being able to access your webcam. This breaks quite a few popular web applications. Unfortunately users will think the problem is caused by Flash, when it is actually caused by Skype. Examples of sites and applications broken by Skype 5. * http://w…
http://ww.com/ is also affected and we've already seen some support requests about this.
Are you taking a serious hit from this, or is it too new still?
Re: Skype 5 for Mac blocks all webcam access by Flash. Skype says it is "by design"
#33Thought I would pass on a word of warning about the recently released Skype 5 for Mac. Once installed, if Skype 5 is running (even in background), it will block Flash from being able to access your webcam. This breaks quite a few popular web applications. Unfortunately users will think the problem is caused by Flash, when it is actually caused by Skype. Examples of sites and applications broken by Skype 5. * http://w…
>> about the recently released Skype 5 for Mac. Note that one commenter observes: "This also affects windows users, its not just Mac."
I've been trying to track down intermittent issues with webcam+flash on my Windows PC, looks like I need to investigate Skype. Thank you!
Re: Skype 5 for Mac blocks all webcam access by Flash. Skype says it is "by design"
#34Skype does not care enough about UX in general. It's no wonder that, when faced with design questions like "Should we allow Flash to use the camera while Skype is running?", they take the wrong decision.
If you couple this with the UI of Skype for Mac 5, you have plenty of reasons to remain with version 2.8.
Re: Skype 5 for Mac blocks all webcam access by Flash. Skype says it is "by design"
#35For once, i am rather happy with skype devs not putting too much effort in the linux version. Hope it stays that way...
Never had a big problem with the Linux version. It does video, with good quality, and that's all you really need Skype for, a flashy UI or other pointless features just detracts from Skype's main purpose.
Re: Skype 5 for Mac blocks all webcam access by Flash. Skype says it is "by design"
#36Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
Where is here? The most common business messenger in my experience has been Office Communicator. It's everywhere that Exchange and Outlook are.
Re: Skype 5 for Mac blocks all webcam access by Flash. Skype says it is "by design"
#37Does this mean that Skype can take snapshots through your web cam whenever it's running?
There was a US high school that installed software that did that and got raked over the coals for it.
Re: Skype 5 for Mac blocks all webcam access by Flash. Skype says it is "by design"
#38Earlier quoted context omitted.
http://ww.com/ is also affected and we've already seen some support requests about this.
Are you taking a serious hit from this, or is it too new still?
The mac is fortunately not the largest part of the users but it's definitely something we can see.
Re: Skype 5 for Mac blocks all webcam access by Flash. Skype says it is "by design"
#39I have been fighting with this since installing the Beta. Has caused me to stop using skype, and only turning it on as a last resort. Would be curious if anyone has a link for 2.8, as it (unsurprisingly) isn't on their site anymore.
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Re: Skype 5 for Mac blocks all webcam access by Flash. Skype says it is "by design"
#40I have been fighting with this since installing the Beta. Has caused me to stop using skype, and only turning it on as a last resort. Would be curious if anyone has a link for 2.8, as it (unsurprisingly) isn't on their site anymore.
You can get it from: http://mac.oldapps.com/skype.php
It's still on their site anyways.