Hi guys, Skype 8.97 has been upgraded to a new hotfix but apparently the problem of split view has not been fixed yet. Googling I figured out that there is apparently a topic in Microsoft forums and also this link that lets you point to the MS community where someone else gave the idea of putting it back. If you were used to have this mode like myself, I recommend you to vote it down where it says the number of votes, currenty they're 101; according to my tests though, apparently spacebar does not work properly, so better to use enter instead, at least with JAWS 2023 latest build I found out this behaviour.

https://feedbackportal.microsoft.com/feedback/idea/916f84ee-bee4-ed11-a81c-6045bd78706c


Cheers,
Barbuz
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Hi guys, in the release notes of Skype 8.96 (which were published on delay as always), I read something about a new 64 bit version of Skype in .msi. Do you think this is only available for organizations/team admins?

Bye!

Barbuz

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Mod I totally agree, I am one of those actually. If they decided to take it away, they're freakin' bastards!

Bye!

Barbuz

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I'm using web skype right now and split view was not there yesterday. Hmm. If they did take it away without notice a bit of notice would have been nice for those ofus who used it.


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Sarah Alawami; owner of Flying blind. Check out my story, read documentation on the pmdg 737-8, and check out some youtube videos on my website.

Hi guys, I yesterday upgraded to Skype 8.97 for desktop, which I don't know if it has been released concerning Windows store version, and I figured out that split view is apparently no longer available. It has been autodisabled most likely and I don't find the way to put it back. Does anyone know if they wanted to disable it with no way or if there is just a bug which will be fixed in a future update? Or at least, what do you think?

Bye!

Barbuz

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Report: Skype’s Annual Revenue Dropped 74.5% in Almost 10 Years
Laurent Giret
FEB 14, 2023
Skype, the app that pioneered VoIP-based communication in the early 2000s has lost much of its momentum under Microsoft’s leadership. Today, a report from the French publication L’Informé (paywalled) reveals that Skype’s annual revenue dropped below the $200 million bar last year.
According to Skype’s financial information filed in Luxemburg, the company’s annual revenue dropped from $722 million in 2013 to just $184.3 million in 2022, which represents a 74.5% decrease. During that same timeframe, the company also saw its annual profit drop from 90,8 million to a meager $6.35 million. Yes, that’s a 93% decrease in almost 10 years.
Skype’s financial information also suggests a decline in the demand for Skype credit, which users can purchase to call mobiles and landlines to over 300 countries. The documents also revealed that Skype offering free calls to Ukraine since the conflict with Russia began last year cost the company $7.5 million.
Microsoft acquired Skype in 2011 for $8.5 billion, and this was one of the last big Microsoft acquisitions from the Steve Ballmer era. Skype already had a “prosumer” audience back in the day, and it was also ubiquitous. While Skype was uniquely positioned to become a juggernaut on mobile, it was way too slow to evolve compared to new apps like WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger.
In the past decade, Microsoft also lost years transitioning Skype from a peer-to-peer architecture to a cloud-based one. Additionally, Skype probably lost many power users after a controversial redesign initially dropped basic features such as the ability to open conversations in separate windows. If Skype is in a much better shape today, the app was still eclipsed by Zoom and Microsoft Teams during the COVID-19 pandemic.
It probably doesn’t help that Microsoft now wants Teams to become its default messaging app for consumers: Windows 11 comes with a new Chat app powered by the Teams for Consumers experience, even though the “Teams” brand doesn’t really sound like something consumers would want to use to keep up with friends and family.
Back in 2020, Microsoft announced that Skype had 100 million monthly active users. “Skype has been in our lives for nearly two decades, and we are here to stay,” the company said a year later in a blog post about the future of Skype. Even though Microsoft is still committed to Skype, we may come to a point where it no longer makes sense for the company to have the app coexist with Microsoft Teams, which crossed 270 million monthly active users last year.

Article source: https://www.thurrott.com/cloud/279309/skype-annual-revenue-dropped-74-percent-in-10-years


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Hi guys, I am afraid though that there is no way to delete all the history items at one single time.

Bye!

Barbuz

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Yes that will come soon ish, I mean nvda 23.x, within the next few months if I recall.

Happy Monday all.
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Sarah Alawami: owner of flying blind. Read my story, check out my journey and read documentation on the pmdg 737-8 at my website.

Yes.

Allright, thanks for telling me, so I'll be prepared when NVDA 2023 will be released.

Bye!

Barbuz

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I do not have plans to enhance the NVDA add-on for Skype, or do much with add-ons at this time in general. I
like NVDA, but the time required for me to maintain NVDA add-ons, compared to the time required for me to
maintain the equivalent JAWS scripts, is significant for various reasons.

Hi Angela, I am afraid that NVDA has no way to activate typing indicators like in JAWS scripts for Skype...

Doug, are you able to implement this in your NVDA add-on?

Bye!

Barbuz

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Hello,

Allright Doug, thanks for your explanation.

Bye!

Barbuz

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Hi Sarah,

The languages of Windows, JAWS and Skype are all English, so this should not be a problem.

As Doug said, probably Windows 11 is the cause.