SKYPE

[patricia]

what has happened to Skype! I do not seem to be able to use Skype now. Although it shows the other person to be online I cannot connect to Skype. Have used messenger in facebook but it kept freezing today!

[Enrique]

Hi Patricia,
They have done a major revamp.......lots of negative feed out there............

I have it working on Android and Windows system..........

Some of my clients reporting that it doesn't work for them.............

[AkoAko]

You can try using WEB SKYPE , go to your normal browser and google or search for SKYPE WEB , when it opens you just log in with your user name and password the same as you would on the Skype program installed on your computer or the App if your using android . You should see everything working properly on that .

[patricia]

Oh that is interesting. So lots of people are having problems Enrique!

I will try Web Skype Ako and see how I go. I have windows 7. I have been using facebook but if you want to talk to someone who is not on facebook you have had it!

Thank you for your feed back. I will let you know how I get on!

[Enrique]

Skye Web is a Beta version...........not supporting calls in Firefox.......use Edge (Windows 10) or Google Chrome

[AkoAko]

I have used it on Firefox and Chrome , with Chrome you can add it to the browser as an extension . Just tried it again on both as i haven't used the Web Skype for some months and both working perfectly . Interestingly i logged into all three a the same time , Firefox , Chrome and Windows 7 program , my wife also has it constantly on her Tablet .

Apologizes Enrique , in Firefox it did says not currently supporting calls in Firefox

[Flexo]

Skype has been unusable for years. I don't even have it installed on my work laptop, it pulls down the entire system.

[Enrique]

Flexo.........that's a bold statement............I have used it for years and find its GREAT.........

Ok this latest release my need some time to settle in........

The simplest version is the one for unix systems...........its not been updated for years and works very well ....OK its not got all those emoticons that seem to plague any txt/chat app/program.....of recent years........but then I'm old school............

[Paulinmalaga]

Daft Statement....like Enrique I and my friends and family have used it for many years, always worked pretty much as advertised on both Windows P.C and Macbooks. Skype has been a great saviour for people across all walks of life for both commercial and private use. To say its been unusable for years is simply a wild and completely inaccurate statement.
Cannot comment on the latest release on Windows but works fine on MBP

[El Cid]

It’s not bold, it’s rubbish. It is generalised posts like that bring down the generally high quality of posts on this forum. As has been said, millions of people have used Skype for years with great success.

[northandsouth]

Our skype phone stopped working correctly during June.
Since 2007 we've been using skype out on a stand alone skype cordless phone an RTX dualphone. Base station plugs into a router and it became an excellent cheap phone. Used to cost 43 euros a year which gave us a UK number, and unlimited minutes across Europe. As we were mainly in contact with the UK and of course Spanish numbers it was a no brainer and gave our UK contacts a cheap or free number to call us. And we could take it anywhere in the world with us and plug into a router and effectively have our "landline" with us.
Last year the annual sub was due and despite not having increased over the previous 9 years they changed the package and increased the price. We kept it going for another year as it was still a very cheap phone system. But the whole payment process that was seamless before was now a pig.

Alarm bells start ringing.

Fast forward to this June and we discover that we were no longer receiving calls. We could still make calls but anyone calling us was greeted with a voicemail.
Checked with skype, or indeed Microsoft now, and they say that the phone system is no longer supported by them. No other explanation.
Brilliant
We can still make calls but to receive calls on our UK number we now have to use the skype app on our mobiles.

[brimsham]

Tks for the info northland south, that explains my problem. OK for calling out, but not able to receive calls. Still paying for a UK number which is a waste of money if no one in the UK can use it.

[Enrique]

Hi,
Update for our Linux users.....yes we have some Members who have broken out of the Microsoft camp.............

Skype has finally been updated with the new version.........looks even more user friendly than the Windows one........

Like some members I use Skype as my main Phone via Computer for local and International calls and find the costs very reasonable.

[Wicksey]

Since the roaming calls have gone up so much I have just gone back to using Skype but now have it as an app on my phone. We used it twice yesterday and it worked OK (after an update) although we do tend to suffer from some delay so the conversation can be sometimes a bit stilted.

[Enrique]

Hi,

Skype .......what's new.............

https://blogs.skype.com/news/2017/06/01 ... -of-skype/

For those in Andalucia............

"And the next time you’re on an adventure exploring the world (or relaxing poolside on a deserved break),"

can you actually read the phone screens in that sun.........

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/technology ... pdate-ever

[Flexo]

Flexo.........that's a bold statement............I have used it for years and find its GREAT.........

I have used Skype since 2005. If you think it works great it means you have no clue what the old versions were (hint: they were hundreds of times better). Since 2010:ish I have not seen a single improvement, it has just increased in since and gotten laggier and sucked up more resources.