Microsoft is killing Skype

The popular Skype program was updated. But seems that her popularity will soon come to naught.

Let us first consider the essence of the update, and then I'll tell you about the many shortcomings of such a "magic" of service.

A program for iOS, has acquired a version 4.0, which brings both assures the developer, new features and many bug fixes:

Now you can manually move the icon image at the time of their visual communication
program is now better suited for people with disabilities
increased reliability (which is - not reported, probably sending messages)
updated design of the contact list and chat window
when the program starts, the icon does Skype unnatural movement
Fixed some bugs
At the end, and innovation is to find out what is the Skype program starts to yield to such services IM (instant messaging), as iMessage.

Let's start with the fact that when you first start Skype, you always find yourself in a list of all your contacts (not talking about multi-tasking). When testing an updated version of the program, she flew a couple of times, and when you start, instead of the active window contacts, you are met by a long (dolgozagruzhayuschiysya) complete list of all your friends, it does not make me smile broadly.

Further, as the developer assures Skype Software (the rights to the program has Microsoft), now has an updated design of the program. You know, changing the background color and a little application icons, removing a few elements, it is difficult to say that Skype is now very different from the previous version, or rather nothing at all.

By the way, it is worth noting that such a popular program no longer supports the iPhone 3G and iOS below 4.3.



Let me not so important color application icon, but a blind eye to the constant freezes and hangs the program is simply impossible. At first, I began to think that is very used to the smooth operation slowly iPhone and begin to find fault with anything that thinks at least a second, but left after reading comments in the App Store, I realized that Skype and the truth is far from perfect.

This is what informs the user by the name Wim Norder:

Update of April 30, more zamaykrosoftilo Skype. Everything is working properly, but now the interface is more like seven vindofon: buttons are flat, as in the metro, and other visual gridienty buns replaced the light blue range. A replacement well, the animation at the entrance to it is generally the most important, necessary and a major update. Now I run Skype just for animation.

My theory about the fact that Skype has long lost its leadership confirms the user MaXenaeL:

"Design" in the style of Windows 8 - ugly and tasteless, what shows when you run the "all contacts", because the more logical and easier to show "contacts in the network"?
Chat about all silent
in general, as inconvenient, illogical and buggy, as well as to any products MC (probably Microsoft).
And on screen with a clear photoshop video - Skype had such a picture does not give (it overestimated the quality of communication).

Thank God, there's FaceTime, which is at much lower speeds Ineta produces lethal image
Bottom line: Another use Skype, because they do not all have FaceTime or iMessage, but as soon as possible cast.

Summing up my article, I want to wish all the best, working with Microsoft developers, and gradually adapt to the customers comfortable from Apple. However, the fact that FaceTime does not allow users to call Skype, very sad, because this can be from Facebook.