Try (800)936-5900. Don't press option1.

-----Original Message-----
From: skypeenglish@groups.io [mailto:skypeenglish@groups.io] On Behalf Of
stewartross
Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2017 12:42 PM
To: skypeenglish@groups.io
Subject: Re: [skypeenglish] Have anyone sent feedback to MS?

has anyone got a fone number for microsoft that i can call from the uk?
from the ross meister
www.laserhothits.co.uk
----- Original Message -----
From: "James Malone" <malone_j@...>
To: <skypeenglish@groups.io>
Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2017 8:32 PM
Subject: Re: [skypeenglish] Have anyone sent feedback to MS?

You can go to Microsoft.com to create an account, or call (800)936-5900 to
have them create it for you. (Don't) hit option 1. This is a free call.

-----Original Message-----
From: skypeenglish@groups.io [mailto:skypeenglish@groups.io] On Behalf Of
stewartross
Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2017 12:21 PM
To: skypeenglish@groups.io
Subject: Re: [skypeenglish] Have anyone sent feedback to MS?

hi how do i get in to my account
do i have to have a microsoft acount?
how and where do i get one?
stew
from the ross meister
www.laserhothits.co.uk
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sarah k Alawami" <marrie12@...>
To: <skypeenglish@groups.io>
Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2017 8:12 PM
Subject: Re: [skypeenglish] Have anyone sent feedback to MS?


Actually I was wondering the same thing. I don't think there is a way to
do
this as their forums are a mess in regard to posting and accessibility.
They

used to be good two years ago but now they've gone down the crapper..

Take care all

On Aug 31, 2017, at 10:36 AM, Lino Morales <linomorales001@...>
wrote:

Hi all. Has any of you sent feedback to MS for the Skype IOS app? I knew
the changes were coming, but the current Skype for IOS is a mess. My only
gripe with the WIN 10 UWP app is the audio quality is like Skype for IOS
which is not as clear as Skype Classic.

Don't waste your time contacting microsoft, especially via email.
They don't reply, and they don't care.

-----Original Message-----
From: Octavian Rasnita
Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2017 9:54 PM
To: skypeenglish@groups.io
Subject: Re: [skypeenglish] Skype Preview for Desktop

Does anyone know if Microsoft has an email address or a web page where we
can complain about this change?
If the new Skype would be considered good for Windows 7, the classic Skype
might disappear much time before the support for Windows 7 ends.

--Octavian

----- Original Message -----
From: "Andre Polykanine" <andre@...>
To: <skypeenglish@groups.io>
Sent: Friday, September 01, 2017 2:25 AM
Subject: [skypeenglish] Skype Preview for Desktop

Hi everyone,
Strange enough that two weeks passed and nobody spoke about it (or I
didn't see any mention)... anyway.
Microsoft brings its (rather ugly) new Skype experience to desktops:

Those of you who did see newest Skype versions on mobile platforms
already have the happy (where is my irony punctuation?) opportunity to
get a look on what's going in there.
In short: it is an Electron-based application. Microsoft did all its
best for its accessibility, and it is really 90% accessible with some
tiny bits that cannot be reached. But it is one single web-based
window with no possibility to separate chats in any way. More than
that, there are virtually no settings, no sound selection between
modern and classic, no font size selection for our sighted or visually
impaired fellows with remaining vision, nothing. You can't even surely
remain in a call window when in a voice conversation, because when
someone else calls you - boom, you are out of that window where the
hang up button is.
So is it accessible? Yes, mostly. but is it usable? No, should I say,
because when my boss would send me a message, I won't be able to
quickly find his message, because... well, because it's one huge web
page. Most like Slack, if you get what I mean. And yes, it does
consume memory like a monster, both on mobile and on desktop.
Microsoft says our good old Skype is about to die since this new
beast-thing can be installed on Windows lower than ten (I did install
it on a Windows 7 PC).
I think we need to discuss it thoroughly here and probably write to
Microsoft and to ask them to do something with it: either not to
discontinue the good old Skype we love or to provide us with an API
that would allow us to develop our own client with basic functionality
like audio calls, IM and file sending/receiving.
If you have read this far, thank you very much for your attention.

--
With best regards from Ukraine,
Andre
Skype: menelion_elensule
Twitter: @m_elensule; Facebook: menelion

Don't waste your time contacting microsoft, especially via email.
They don't reply, and they don't care.

-----Original Message-----
From: Octavian Rasnita
Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2017 9:54 PM
To: skypeenglish@groups.io
Subject: Re: [skypeenglish] Skype Preview for Desktop

Does anyone know if Microsoft has an email address or a web page where we
can complain about this change?
If the new Skype would be considered good for Windows 7, the classic Skype
might disappear much time before the support for Windows 7 ends.

--Octavian

----- Original Message -----
From: "Andre Polykanine" <andre@...>
To: <skypeenglish@groups.io>
Sent: Friday, September 01, 2017 2:25 AM
Subject: [skypeenglish] Skype Preview for Desktop

Hi everyone,
Strange enough that two weeks passed and nobody spoke about it (or I
didn't see any mention)... anyway.
Microsoft brings its (rather ugly) new Skype experience to desktops:

Those of you who did see newest Skype versions on mobile platforms
already have the happy (where is my irony punctuation?) opportunity to
get a look on what's going in there.
In short: it is an Electron-based application. Microsoft did all its
best for its accessibility, and it is really 90% accessible with some
tiny bits that cannot be reached. But it is one single web-based
window with no possibility to separate chats in any way. More than
that, there are virtually no settings, no sound selection between
modern and classic, no font size selection for our sighted or visually
impaired fellows with remaining vision, nothing. You can't even surely
remain in a call window when in a voice conversation, because when
someone else calls you - boom, you are out of that window where the
hang up button is.
So is it accessible? Yes, mostly. but is it usable? No, should I say,
because when my boss would send me a message, I won't be able to
quickly find his message, because... well, because it's one huge web
page. Most like Slack, if you get what I mean. And yes, it does
consume memory like a monster, both on mobile and on desktop.
Microsoft says our good old Skype is about to die since this new
beast-thing can be installed on Windows lower than ten (I did install
it on a Windows 7 PC).
I think we need to discuss it thoroughly here and probably write to
Microsoft and to ask them to do something with it: either not to
discontinue the good old Skype we love or to provide us with an API
that would allow us to develop our own client with basic functionality
like audio calls, IM and file sending/receiving.
If you have read this far, thank you very much for your attention.

--
With best regards from Ukraine,
Andre
Skype: menelion_elensule
Twitter: @m_elensule; Facebook: menelion

You can go to Microsoft.com to create an account, or call (800)936-5900 to
have them create it for you. (Don't) hit option 1. This is a free call.

-----Original Message-----
From: skypeenglish@groups.io [mailto:skypeenglish@groups.io] On Behalf Of
stewartross
Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2017 12:21 PM
To: skypeenglish@groups.io
Subject: Re: [skypeenglish] Have anyone sent feedback to MS?

hi how do i get in to my account
do i have to have a microsoft acount?
how and where do i get one?
stew
from the ross meister
www.laserhothits.co.uk
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sarah k Alawami" <marrie12@...>
To: <skypeenglish@groups.io>
Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2017 8:12 PM
Subject: Re: [skypeenglish] Have anyone sent feedback to MS?


Actually I was wondering the same thing. I don't think there is a way to
do
this as their forums are a mess in regard to posting and accessibility.
They

used to be good two years ago but now they've gone down the crapper..

Take care all

On Aug 31, 2017, at 10:36 AM, Lino Morales <linomorales001@...>
wrote:

Hi all. Has any of you sent feedback to MS for the Skype IOS app? I knew
the changes were coming, but the current Skype for IOS is a mess. My only
gripe with the WIN 10 UWP app is the audio quality is like Skype for IOS
which is not as clear as Skype Classic.

Well, in that case, let's bombard them with concerns about skype and accessability.
you might be right, Octavian.
If enough of us give them a mygrane, it might work.
Jerry.

-----Original Message-----
From: Octavian Rasnita
Sent: Friday, September 01, 2017 9:25 AM
To: skypeenglish@groups.io
Subject: Re: [skypeenglish] Skype Preview for Desktop

Well, I contacted Microsoft's tech support for OneDrive a few weeks ago, and
they answered and were very nice.
OneDrive is paid and Skype is not, but the cost for OneDrive is pretty
cheap, so I don't think that cost made them be so nice. :-)

You may be right that they don't care and that they won't answer, but it
doesn't matter if they answer or not. We don't need their answer. We need to
make them care, and if more blind people will start complaining, they might
be thinking that this is a problem and they might start caring.

--Octavian

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jerry Pryde" <jpryde1@...>
To: <skypeenglish@groups.io>
Sent: Friday, September 01, 2017 2:16 PM
Subject: Re: [skypeenglish] Skype Preview for Desktop

Don't waste your time contacting microsoft, especially via email.
They don't reply, and they don't care.

-----Original Message-----
From: Octavian Rasnita
Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2017 9:54 PM
To: skypeenglish@groups.io
Subject: Re: [skypeenglish] Skype Preview for Desktop

Does anyone know if Microsoft has an email address or a web page where we
can complain about this change?
If the new Skype would be considered good for Windows 7, the classic Skype
might disappear much time before the support for Windows 7 ends.

--Octavian

----- Original Message -----
From: "Andre Polykanine" <andre@...>
To: <skypeenglish@groups.io>
Sent: Friday, September 01, 2017 2:25 AM
Subject: [skypeenglish] Skype Preview for Desktop

Hi everyone,
Strange enough that two weeks passed and nobody spoke about it (or I
didn't see any mention)... anyway.
Microsoft brings its (rather ugly) new Skype experience to desktops:
https://blogs.skype.com/news/2017/08/17/hello-desktops-meet-skype-preview/
Those of you who did see newest Skype versions on mobile platforms
already have the happy (where is my irony punctuation?) opportunity to
get a look on what's going in there.
In short: it is an Electron-based application. Microsoft did all its
best for its accessibility, and it is really 90% accessible with some
tiny bits that cannot be reached. But it is one single web-based
window with no possibility to separate chats in any way. More than
that, there are virtually no settings, no sound selection between
modern and classic, no font size selection for our sighted or visually
impaired fellows with remaining vision, nothing. You can't even surely
remain in a call window when in a voice conversation, because when
someone else calls you - boom, you are out of that window where the
hang up button is.
So is it accessible? Yes, mostly. but is it usable? No, should I say,
because when my boss would send me a message, I won't be able to
quickly find his message, because... well, because it's one huge web
page. Most like Slack, if you get what I mean. And yes, it does
consume memory like a monster, both on mobile and on desktop.
Microsoft says our good old Skype is about to die since this new
beast-thing can be installed on Windows lower than ten (I did install
it on a Windows 7 PC).
I think we need to discuss it thoroughly here and probably write to
Microsoft and to ask them to do something with it: either not to
discontinue the good old Skype we love or to provide us with an API
that would allow us to develop our own client with basic functionality
like audio calls, IM and file sending/receiving.
If you have read this far, thank you very much for your attention.

--
With best regards from Ukraine,
Andre
Skype: menelion_elensule
Twitter: @m_elensule; Facebook: menelion

Well, in that case, let's bombard them with concerns about skype and
accessability.
you might be right, Octavian.
If enough of us give them a mygrane, it might work.
Jerry.

-----Original Message-----
From: Octavian Rasnita
Sent: Friday, September 01, 2017 9:25 AM
To: skypeenglish@groups.io
Subject: Re: [skypeenglish] Skype Preview for Desktop

Well, I contacted Microsoft's tech support for OneDrive a few weeks ago, and
they answered and were very nice.
OneDrive is paid and Skype is not, but the cost for OneDrive is pretty
cheap, so I don't think that cost made them be so nice. :-)

You may be right that they don't care and that they won't answer, but it
doesn't matter if they answer or not. We don't need their answer. We need to
make them care, and if more blind people will start complaining, they might
be thinking that this is a problem and they might start caring.

--Octavian

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jerry Pryde" <jpryde1@...>
To: <skypeenglish@groups.io>
Sent: Friday, September 01, 2017 2:16 PM
Subject: Re: [skypeenglish] Skype Preview for Desktop


> Don't waste your time contacting microsoft, especially via email.
> They don't reply, and they don't care.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Octavian Rasnita
> Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2017 9:54 PM
> To: skypeenglish@groups.io
> Subject: Re: [skypeenglish] Skype Preview for Desktop
>
> Does anyone know if Microsoft has an email address or a web page where we
> can complain about this change?
> If the new Skype would be considered good for Windows 7, the classic Skype
> might disappear much time before the support for Windows 7 ends.
>
> --Octavian
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Andre Polykanine" <andre@...>
> To: <skypeenglish@groups.io>
> Sent: Friday, September 01, 2017 2:25 AM
> Subject: [skypeenglish] Skype Preview for Desktop
>
>
>> Hi everyone,
>> Strange  enough  that two weeks passed and nobody spoke about it (or I
>> didn't see any mention)... anyway.
>> Microsoft brings its (rather ugly) new Skype experience to desktops:
>> https://blogs.skype.com/news/2017/08/17/hello-desktops-meet-skype-preview/
>> Those  of  you  who  did see newest Skype versions on mobile platforms
>> already have the happy (where is my irony punctuation?) opportunity to
>> get a look on what's going in there.
>> In  short:  it is an Electron-based application. Microsoft did all its
>> best  for its accessibility, and it is really 90% accessible with some
>> tiny  bits  that  cannot  be  reached.  But it is one single web-based
>> window  with  no  possibility  to separate chats in any way. More than
>> that,  there  are  virtually  no  settings, no sound selection between
>> modern and classic, no font size selection for our sighted or visually
>> impaired fellows with remaining vision, nothing. You can't even surely
>> remain  in  a  call  window when in a voice conversation, because when
>> someone  else  calls  you - boom, you are out of that window where the
>> hang up button is.
>> So  is it accessible? Yes, mostly. but is it usable? No, should I say,
>> because  when  my  boss  would  send  me a message, I won't be able to
>> quickly  find  his message, because... well, because it's one huge web
>> page.  Most  like  Slack,  if  you  get  what I mean. And yes, it does
>> consume memory like a monster, both on mobile and on desktop.
>> Microsoft  says  our  good  old  Skype  is about to die since this new
>> beast-thing  can be installed on Windows lower than ten (I did install
>> it on a Windows 7 PC).
>> I  think  we  need to discuss it thoroughly here and probably write to
>> Microsoft  and  to  ask  them  to  do something with it: either not to
>> discontinue  the  good  old Skype we love or to provide us with an API
>> that would allow us to develop our own client with basic functionality
>> like audio calls, IM and file sending/receiving.
>> If you have read this far, thank you very much for your attention.
>>
>> --
>> With best regards from Ukraine,
>> Andre
>> Skype: menelion_elensule
>> Twitter: @m_elensule; Facebook: menelion
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

Don't waste your time contacting microsoft, especially via email.
They don't reply, and they don't care.

-----Original Message-----
From: Octavian Rasnita
Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2017 9:54 PM
To: skypeenglish@groups.io
Subject: Re: [skypeenglish] Skype Preview for Desktop

Does anyone know if Microsoft has an email address or a web page where we
can complain about this change?
If the new Skype would be considered good for Windows 7, the classic Skype
might disappear much time before the support for Windows 7 ends.

--Octavian

----- Original Message -----
From: "Andre Polykanine" <andre@...>
To: <skypeenglish@groups.io>
Sent: Friday, September 01, 2017 2:25 AM
Subject: [skypeenglish] Skype Preview for Desktop

Hi everyone,
Strange enough that two weeks passed and nobody spoke about it (or I
didn't see any mention)... anyway.
Microsoft brings its (rather ugly) new Skype experience to desktops:
https://blogs.skype.com/news/2017/08/17/hello-desktops-meet-skype-preview/
Those of you who did see newest Skype versions on mobile platforms
already have the happy (where is my irony punctuation?) opportunity to
get a look on what's going in there.
In short: it is an Electron-based application. Microsoft did all its
best for its accessibility, and it is really 90% accessible with some
tiny bits that cannot be reached. But it is one single web-based
window with no possibility to separate chats in any way. More than
that, there are virtually no settings, no sound selection between
modern and classic, no font size selection for our sighted or visually
impaired fellows with remaining vision, nothing. You can't even surely
remain in a call window when in a voice conversation, because when
someone else calls you - boom, you are out of that window where the
hang up button is.
So is it accessible? Yes, mostly. but is it usable? No, should I say,
because when my boss would send me a message, I won't be able to
quickly find his message, because... well, because it's one huge web
page. Most like Slack, if you get what I mean. And yes, it does
consume memory like a monster, both on mobile and on desktop.
Microsoft says our good old Skype is about to die since this new
beast-thing can be installed on Windows lower than ten (I did install
it on a Windows 7 PC).
I think we need to discuss it thoroughly here and probably write to
Microsoft and to ask them to do something with it: either not to
discontinue the good old Skype we love or to provide us with an API
that would allow us to develop our own client with basic functionality
like audio calls, IM and file sending/receiving.
If you have read this far, thank you very much for your attention.

--
With best regards from Ukraine,
Andre
Skype: menelion_elensule
Twitter: @m_elensule; Facebook: menelion

Don't waste your time contacting microsoft, especially via email.
They don't reply, and they don't care.

-----Original Message-----
From: Octavian Rasnita
Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2017 9:54 PM
To: skypeenglish@groups.io
Subject: Re: [skypeenglish] Skype Preview for Desktop

Does anyone know if Microsoft has an email address or a web page where we
can complain about this change?
If the new Skype would be considered good for Windows 7, the classic Skype
might disappear much time before the support for Windows 7 ends.

--Octavian

----- Original Message -----
From: "Andre Polykanine" <andre@...>
To: <skypeenglish@groups.io>
Sent: Friday, September 01, 2017 2:25 AM
Subject: [skypeenglish] Skype Preview for Desktop

Hi everyone,
Strange enough that two weeks passed and nobody spoke about it (or I
didn't see any mention)... anyway.
Microsoft brings its (rather ugly) new Skype experience to desktops:
https://blogs.skype.com/news/2017/08/17/hello-desktops-meet-skype-preview/
Those of you who did see newest Skype versions on mobile platforms
already have the happy (where is my irony punctuation?) opportunity to
get a look on what's going in there.
In short: it is an Electron-based application. Microsoft did all its
best for its accessibility, and it is really 90% accessible with some
tiny bits that cannot be reached. But it is one single web-based
window with no possibility to separate chats in any way. More than
that, there are virtually no settings, no sound selection between
modern and classic, no font size selection for our sighted or visually
impaired fellows with remaining vision, nothing. You can't even surely
remain in a call window when in a voice conversation, because when
someone else calls you - boom, you are out of that window where the
hang up button is.
So is it accessible? Yes, mostly. but is it usable? No, should I say,
because when my boss would send me a message, I won't be able to
quickly find his message, because... well, because it's one huge web
page. Most like Slack, if you get what I mean. And yes, it does
consume memory like a monster, both on mobile and on desktop.
Microsoft says our good old Skype is about to die since this new
beast-thing can be installed on Windows lower than ten (I did install
it on a Windows 7 PC).
I think we need to discuss it thoroughly here and probably write to
Microsoft and to ask them to do something with it: either not to
discontinue the good old Skype we love or to provide us with an API
that would allow us to develop our own client with basic functionality
like audio calls, IM and file sending/receiving.
If you have read this far, thank you very much for your attention.

--
With best regards from Ukraine,
Andre
Skype: menelion_elensule
Twitter: @m_elensule; Facebook: menelion

Hi everyone,
Strange enough that two weeks passed and nobody spoke about it (or I
didn't see any mention)... anyway.
Microsoft brings its (rather ugly) new Skype experience to desktops:
https://blogs.skype.com/news/2017/08/17/hello-desktops-meet-skype-preview/
Those of you who did see newest Skype versions on mobile platforms
already have the happy (where is my irony punctuation?) opportunity to
get a look on what's going in there.
In short: it is an Electron-based application. Microsoft did all its
best for its accessibility, and it is really 90% accessible with some
tiny bits that cannot be reached. But it is one single web-based
window with no possibility to separate chats in any way. More than
that, there are virtually no settings, no sound selection between
modern and classic, no font size selection for our sighted or visually
impaired fellows with remaining vision, nothing. You can't even surely
remain in a call window when in a voice conversation, because when
someone else calls you - boom, you are out of that window where the
hang up button is.
So is it accessible? Yes, mostly. but is it usable? No, should I say,
because when my boss would send me a message, I won't be able to
quickly find his message, because... well, because it's one huge web
page. Most like Slack, if you get what I mean. And yes, it does
consume memory like a monster, both on mobile and on desktop.
Microsoft says our good old Skype is about to die since this new
beast-thing can be installed on Windows lower than ten (I did install
it on a Windows 7 PC).
I think we need to discuss it thoroughly here and probably write to
Microsoft and to ask them to do something with it: either not to
discontinue the good old Skype we love or to provide us with an API
that would allow us to develop our own client with basic functionality
like audio calls, IM and file sending/receiving.
If you have read this far, thank you very much for your attention.

--
With best regards from Ukraine,
Andre
Skype: menelion_elensule
Twitter: @m_elensule; Facebook: menelion

On Aug 31, 2017, at 6:54 PM, Octavian Rasnita <orasnita@...> wrote:

Does anyone know if Microsoft has an email address or a web page where we can complain about this change?
If the new Skype would be considered good for Windows 7, the classic Skype might disappear much time before the support for Windows 7 ends.

--Octavian

----- Original Message ----- From: "Andre Polykanine" <andre@...>
To: <skypeenglish@groups.io>
Sent: Friday, September 01, 2017 2:25 AM
Subject: [skypeenglish] Skype Preview for Desktop

Hi everyone,
Strange  enough  that two weeks passed and nobody spoke about it (or I
didn't see any mention)... anyway.
Microsoft brings its (rather ugly) new Skype experience to desktops:
https://blogs.skype.com/news/2017/08/17/hello-desktops-meet-skype-preview/
Those  of  you  who  did see newest Skype versions on mobile platforms
already have the happy (where is my irony punctuation?) opportunity to
get a look on what's going in there.
In  short:  it is an Electron-based application. Microsoft did all its
best  for its accessibility, and it is really 90% accessible with some
tiny  bits  that  cannot  be  reached.  But it is one single web-based
window  with  no  possibility  to separate chats in any way. More than
that,  there  are  virtually  no  settings, no sound selection between
modern and classic, no font size selection for our sighted or visually
impaired fellows with remaining vision, nothing. You can't even surely
remain  in  a  call  window when in a voice conversation, because when
someone  else  calls  you - boom, you are out of that window where the
hang up button is.
So  is it accessible? Yes, mostly. but is it usable? No, should I say,
because  when  my  boss  would  send  me a message, I won't be able to
quickly  find  his message, because... well, because it's one huge web
page.  Most  like  Slack,  if  you  get  what I mean. And yes, it does
consume memory like a monster, both on mobile and on desktop.
Microsoft  says  our  good  old  Skype  is about to die since this new
beast-thing  can be installed on Windows lower than ten (I did install
it on a Windows 7 PC).
I  think  we  need to discuss it thoroughly here and probably write to
Microsoft  and  to  ask  them  to  do something with it: either not to
discontinue  the  good  old Skype we love or to provide us with an API
that would allow us to develop our own client with basic functionality
like audio calls, IM and file sending/receiving.
If you have read this far, thank you very much for your attention.

-- 
With best regards from Ukraine,
Andre
Skype: menelion_elensule
Twitter: @m_elensule; Facebook: menelion

Hi everyone,
Strange enough that two weeks passed and nobody spoke about it (or I
didn't see any mention)... anyway.
Microsoft brings its (rather ugly) new Skype experience to desktops:
https://blogs.skype.com/news/2017/08/17/hello-desktops-meet-skype-preview/
Those of you who did see newest Skype versions on mobile platforms
already have the happy (where is my irony punctuation?) opportunity to
get a look on what's going in there.
In short: it is an Electron-based application. Microsoft did all its
best for its accessibility, and it is really 90% accessible with some
tiny bits that cannot be reached. But it is one single web-based
window with no possibility to separate chats in any way. More than
that, there are virtually no settings, no sound selection between
modern and classic, no font size selection for our sighted or visually
impaired fellows with remaining vision, nothing. You can't even surely
remain in a call window when in a voice conversation, because when
someone else calls you - boom, you are out of that window where the
hang up button is.
So is it accessible? Yes, mostly. but is it usable? No, should I say,
because when my boss would send me a message, I won't be able to
quickly find his message, because... well, because it's one huge web
page. Most like Slack, if you get what I mean. And yes, it does
consume memory like a monster, both on mobile and on desktop.
Microsoft says our good old Skype is about to die since this new
beast-thing can be installed on Windows lower than ten (I did install
it on a Windows 7 PC).
I think we need to discuss it thoroughly here and probably write to
Microsoft and to ask them to do something with it: either not to
discontinue the good old Skype we love or to provide us with an API
that would allow us to develop our own client with basic functionality
like audio calls, IM and file sending/receiving.
If you have read this far, thank you very much for your attention.

--
With best regards from Ukraine,
Andre
Skype: menelion_elensule
Twitter: @m_elensule; Facebook: menelion

I know someone running the preview. It sucks, and I'm very worried that once I get the update to me I'm going to hate it. Has anyone contacted microsoft aregarding this as I might be out of a job if I cannot use skype at all as that's how I teach my classes.

Take care and be blessed.

On Aug 31, 2017, at 4:25 PM, Andre Polykanine <andre@...> wrote:

Hi everyone,
Strange enough that two weeks passed and nobody spoke about it (or I
didn't see any mention)... anyway.
Microsoft brings its (rather ugly) new Skype experience to desktops:
https://blogs.skype.com/news/2017/08/17/hello-desktops-meet-skype-preview/
Those of you who did see newest Skype versions on mobile platforms
already have the happy (where is my irony punctuation?) opportunity to
get a look on what's going in there.
In short: it is an Electron-based application. Microsoft did all its
best for its accessibility, and it is really 90% accessible with some
tiny bits that cannot be reached. But it is one single web-based
window with no possibility to separate chats in any way. More than
that, there are virtually no settings, no sound selection between
modern and classic, no font size selection for our sighted or visually
impaired fellows with remaining vision, nothing. You can't even surely
remain in a call window when in a voice conversation, because when
someone else calls you - boom, you are out of that window where the
hang up button is.
So is it accessible? Yes, mostly. but is it usable? No, should I say,
because when my boss would send me a message, I won't be able to
quickly find his message, because... well, because it's one huge web
page. Most like Slack, if you get what I mean. And yes, it does
consume memory like a monster, both on mobile and on desktop.
Microsoft says our good old Skype is about to die since this new
beast-thing can be installed on Windows lower than ten (I did install
it on a Windows 7 PC).
I think we need to discuss it thoroughly here and probably write to
Microsoft and to ask them to do something with it: either not to
discontinue the good old Skype we love or to provide us with an API
that would allow us to develop our own client with basic functionality
like audio calls, IM and file sending/receiving.
If you have read this far, thank you very much for your attention.

--
With best regards from Ukraine,
Andre
Skype: menelion_elensule
Twitter: @m_elensule; Facebook: menelion

On Aug 31, 2017, at 4:25 PM, Andre Polykanine <andre@...> wrote:

Hi everyone,
Strange enough that two weeks passed and nobody spoke about it (or I
didn't see any mention)... anyway.
Microsoft brings its (rather ugly) new Skype experience to desktops:
https://blogs.skype.com/news/2017/08/17/hello-desktops-meet-skype-preview/
Those of you who did see newest Skype versions on mobile platforms
already have the happy (where is my irony punctuation?) opportunity to
get a look on what's going in there.
In short: it is an Electron-based application. Microsoft did all its
best for its accessibility, and it is really 90% accessible with some
tiny bits that cannot be reached. But it is one single web-based
window with no possibility to separate chats in any way. More than
that, there are virtually no settings, no sound selection between
modern and classic, no font size selection for our sighted or visually
impaired fellows with remaining vision, nothing. You can't even surely
remain in a call window when in a voice conversation, because when
someone else calls you - boom, you are out of that window where the
hang up button is.
So is it accessible? Yes, mostly. but is it usable? No, should I say,
because when my boss would send me a message, I won't be able to
quickly find his message, because... well, because it's one huge web
page. Most like Slack, if you get what I mean. And yes, it does
consume memory like a monster, both on mobile and on desktop.
Microsoft says our good old Skype is about to die since this new
beast-thing can be installed on Windows lower than ten (I did install
it on a Windows 7 PC).
I think we need to discuss it thoroughly here and probably write to
Microsoft and to ask them to do something with it: either not to
discontinue the good old Skype we love or to provide us with an API
that would allow us to develop our own client with basic functionality
like audio calls, IM and file sending/receiving.
If you have read this far, thank you very much for your attention.

--
With best regards from Ukraine,
Andre
Skype: menelion_elensule
Twitter: @m_elensule; Facebook: menelion

On Aug 31, 2017, at 2:58 PM, Timothy Appleby <tim.appleby@...> wrote:

HI list. I’d like to find out if my other email address timappleby@... will be automatically be unsubscribed from the old list serv once it has closed.

 

If so, I won’t have to worry about it.

 

Thanks in advance;

 

Timothy Appleby