Time to Upgrade to the latest 8.0 version of Skype for desktop

Time to Upgrade to the latest 8.0 version of Skype for desktop

On the contrary, methinks, judging by my experiences with v8 unexpectedly popping up in recent months: time to ditch Skype completely, I'm afraid.

Compumind said:

No. Skype for Business is different from the Consumer version. Two different products.

Hope this helps!

Thanks for the confirmation. I did a macrium image in the event that things went south, installed V8 and V12 remained as installed. Will play with both and in the event I want to uninstall V12, will follow your instructions above. Tx

I installed skype 8.**, 20 minutes later I uninstalled 8 and upgraded back to skype classic. Skype 8 is a huge waste of screen space with 0 options to change how anything looks or works. I won't be updating to 8 again.

tannim said:

I installed skype 8.**, 20 minutes later I uninstalled 8 and upgraded back to skype classic. Skype 8 is a huge waste of screen space with 0 options to change how anything looks or works. I won't be updating to 8 again.

I don't like how it piggybacks on the Store app that I hate but did you miss this in Post 1 ? -

"We are encouraging everyone to upgrade now to avoid any inconvenience as only Skype version 8.0 will work after September 1, 2018. As we roll out improvements, there comes a time when we must shut down older services and application versions."

mrgeek said:

I don't like how it piggybacks on the Store app that I hate but did you miss this in Post 1 ? -

"We are encouraging everyone to upgrade now to avoid any inconvenience as only Skype version 8.0 will work after September 1, 2018. As we roll out improvements, there comes a time when we must shut down older services and application versions."

I did not miss it, I am just not afraid of moving away from skype to another program.

Discord works alright and at least with discord if I click on a name to chat with somebody it puts the chat focus in the chat area automatically. I dislike a great many things about skype in general.

I don't use the calling/video calling aspect, so I won't miss it much if I do have to leave.

There appear to be two versions of Skype 8.25 -
1. Skype for Windows, from the store, which will not permit full screen.

2. Skype for Desktop, which is sort of like Classic, though with an abortion of a UI. It's more like a proper Windows programme however, and will run windowed, full screen or minimised. Press [Alt], and you get the standard Windows menu (File, Edit, View, etc)

I've put this one on and am trying to like it, but it's difficult!

In common with a lot of software recently there is terrible waste of screen space, and lots of un-neccessary frippery.

Mike

Email received today:

Looks like a message verging on desperation to me