Skype what a total waste of time and money.
This is a total and utter disgrace for a company who is earning millions of pounds a year and does not seem to care one cent about it's customers.
Monday 23 June 2008, 1:54 PM
Skype 4.0 Ugh!!!! what have they done to what was a good looking program
I have just downloaded the new Skype 4.0 Beta to see what it looked like. The next thing I did after that was rush to the toilet to throw up because what hit me in the face when it started was an absolute monster of a program.
The program starts in full screen mode and when I say full screen mode it literally fills your screen with the option panel now on the left hand side and to top this there is NO provision to start it minimised in the tool bar. If you want to see what I mean have a look here then after that move onto the video showing you all about it here.
While you are watching this video please pay very careful attention to what the people on the video say. One of the comment that both people made was to say they have listened to what the customer wants well if that is so why have they now produced this bloated load of rubbish and called it a step forward into the feature, do they think we are all stupid or something. The new package reminds me of the very first cell phones that came out, one small neat hand set on top of a ten ton battery, only Skype have done it is the reverse order. They bought out a nice neat package, yes with a few problem which are slowly getting ironed out and replaced that with the good old hand set and ten ton of battery.
I am sure there will be people who will like it, I for one Don't and will stick with 3.8 unless I am forced to 4.0 and if it has not gone back to the 3.8 style it's bye bye Skype for me. You only have to look here to see what people think about it.
I think it is now gone far enough and therefore it is time for Skype users to take a stand and say enough is enough, why are you not listening to what we want. We are again going the way that happened with HQ video with Skype telling US what we want not the other way round, but may be that is the way the Russians work like the old Stalin days you will have what we tell you to have.
Wednesday 11 June 2008, 6:28 PM
So what has the new Skype CEO been doing for the last 3 months.
On the 12th March 2008 I wrote this article regarding Josh Silverman Joining Skype as the new CEO. What you have to bear in mind here is the date 12th March 2008 because according to this article which is dated 9th June 2008, saying "This week will mark the first month on the job for Skype CEO Josh Silverman".
Note the time scale here, 4 months therefore if this is his first month on the job what has he been doing for the other 3 months I wonder. It would seem very little which I pointed outhere and from the interview made on 9th June 2008 he has still done very little or even nothing it would seem.
Reading through the article the man seems to be a very good talker, and there is nothing wrong with that, but he is not talking about the problems that NEED to be fixed, all he keeps talking about is what we are going to be doing in 5 or 10 years time, great but lets get the current problems sorted out first otherwise there will be no 5 or 10 years time.
At the moment this seems to be purchasing Skype credit which is a very hit and miss affair. If you are lucky to get it right first time then thank your lucky start if not and you have your account blocked WITH credit showing on your account then you could be waiting a very long time for Skype to reactivate your account because of their sham of a payment system.
Wednesday 28 May 2008, 1:38 AM
Google Alerts for Skype
I am one of the many hundreds of thousands who subscribe to Google Alerts for Skype and there is not a day goes by without an announcement that Skype has bought out this new gadget or it now works with this new system and I am sick to death of being told what has been done when there are plenty of thing related to Skype that they have not given a thought to, for instance.
When are we going to hear that Skype have fixed there Payment System which it a total disgrace. When are we going to hear that Skype have FIXED the freezing picture problem.
When are we going to get a proper support system instead of just automated email as has been pointed out on here many times.
When are we going to get a help forum that people can use and understand instead of being a total jumble as it is now because there is no clear indication as to where people should post there questions
It is about time that there new CEO got Skype's house in order or else move on because of far I cannot see one visible improvement within the Skype network. I wish I had a job where I could sit back and earn what could well be a 5 figure salary for doing nothing, what a happy man I would be.
Skype is now one very big joke with the VoIP industry and they have no one to blame but themselves.
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Tuesday 20 May 2008, 11:34 PM
740 unsolved problem on Skype since 2006 and it is still rising.
I wonder if how many people have taken a look here over the past week.
This is the list of UNSOLVED problems with Skype and it totals 740 going back as far as 16-08-2006. What chance do Skype users with a problem stand on getting any help at all it this is still happening, I would suggest none.
It would seem that the new Skype CEO has not made the slightest bit of difference to Skype Customer Support or to any other section for that matter. I was not expecting miracle but I cannot see any improvement on these fronts or any other front for that matter. Come on Skype when will you get you act together, 2 years and still 740 faults on your books what a total disgrace to the paying public.
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CONGRATULATIONS Skype you have done it again.
CONGRATULATIONS Skype I see you have done it again with this statement Change devices easily. Change your headset, headphones or microphone without having to touch your settings which can be found here. Yet again another operation that is not possible for everybody. There are already posts on the forum here and here where it does not work WHY.
I am at a total loss as why you make these statements are still being made without fully testing ALL the available combination's of audio equipment that can be connected to Skype BEFORE you you make such rash statements. It was the exact same when HG Video came out, everybody was screening for it but when it finally arrived 90% of the people could not receive it.
I am sure you have a very good development team as has been proved by the vast advances you have made but, you biggest downfall every single time is lack of testing before you put the product on the market and it would seem you STILL have not learnt your lesson. I know have have said this time and time again, if you don't wake up to this fact and make sure every thing works first time when you take it out of the box, or in this case download it from you site, then people will just walk away.
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