I would like to comment that Microsoft did not terminate GWConnect, that was a decision taken by the then GW Micro, as at the time that decision was taken Skype had taken the decision to deprecate the

that is my assumtion, as I said a day or so ago, it's something I have yet to test.

it doesnt' exist in win7, you stil get the help balloons, and I believe win+v accesses those aswell.

I'd have to agree. I've found skype to be just as accessible and just as usable. the interface took some getting used to, but, once I got the hang of it, I found i liked it.

actually, it's much easier to use and is a little better layed out than skype classic. the problem is, we've had it far too easy for far too long and that isn't necessarily a good thing. so we don't h

yes and ms is more apt to listen to customer feedback especially pertaining to accessibility these days.

I'm going to comment here, and I'm likely going to not only appear contrary, but, quite harsh, and I make no appology for it. you have been warned. Firstly, Sarah is right. Skype 8, even though it is

what's hard to use about windows10? how is the command structure different at its core than that of windows7? really people, you're going to be forced in to using win10 in two or three years anyway, s

wrong. utterly, incontrovertibly wrong. Read what sarah just said. and really I'm tired of seeing disrespect towards a screenreader based on personal preference. that bullshit died years ago quite fra

and thank you john, you therefore prove my point, you know how to use it, but by choice, you don't wish to, and that is your choice, which I respect. you are neither complaining for complaining sake,

separate chat windows? really that wastes more resources. on windows, press alt+1 and you're in the conversation list, and by default, it's set to organise by time, so you can easily find the conversa

just as an aside, narrator has undergone a drastic change and as of the next major update to win10, which is due this fall, narrator could be compared to the major screenreaders as ms have finally don

that's not really a fair comparison, as there were drastic changes between all of those, but win7, win8 win8.1 and win10, the core comands haven't changed much at all. interface wise, there's some cha

maybe, but discounting one thing over another, is wrong in my book, I don't discount jaws, even though as a personal preference, I refuse to use it. that does not mean to say I am any less competent f

there was never a win8.2 after win8.1, came windows10

I suffer a bit of industrial deafness myself, due to working in a band and years of radio work, both terestrial and internet. while customising the sounds would be nice, it's not a show stopper for me

oh, I don't know all I'd like to, granted, but I know enough to get by, I'm no software developer by any means, and I find I'm too old to take such a project on, lol. not that 43 is overly old, but I

that's why I turn notifications on, but, to be fair, that is spirratic at best

you need to go in to their profiles and delete them in there.

to further add to that, when you open a chat to a contact, at the top of the screen you will see a button that denotes their profile. if you go in there, there's options to block as well as delete. th