Skype desktop app gets a big overhaul

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• Oct 30, 2017

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Skype desktop app gets a big overhaul

The redesigned Skype desktop app has launched.

 

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Wonder what they broke this time...

 

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Looks a lot like MS Teams.

 

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• Oct 30, 2017

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quax said:

Looks a lot like MS Teams.

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Horrible slow nice looking program

 

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• Oct 31, 2017

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werfie said:

Horrible slow nice looking program

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Microsoft loves to get things right and then break it later.

 

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• Oct 31, 2017

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Oly the old Skype app and not the new UWP app?

 

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https://discordapp.com

 

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Anybody has exe for me to install?

I am registered for insider and gold partner, but can't find link to download it.

 

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Fcken Skype. What a load of kack.

Works alright in a corporate environment since it replaced Lync, but for personal use it's a load of KACK.

 

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When will they kill it?

 

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• Oct 31, 2017

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werfie said:

Horrible slow nice looking program

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That's why uninstalled it and just use the web interface.

 

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Bond said:

That's why uninstalled it and just use the web interface.

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Can you upload files via the website?

 

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• Oct 31, 2017

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Skype now also works across multiple devices, and your instant messages and previous chats will be available wherever you log in.

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About time!

 

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• Oct 31, 2017

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Thor said:

When will they kill it?

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They won't because of this:

Slootvreter said:

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Works alright in a corporate environment since it replaced Lync...

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• Oct 31, 2017

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i stopped using skype

 

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• Oct 31, 2017

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What's with the gradient backgrounds on the text messages?

Geez UI team, the 90's called ...

Seems they are trying to emulate the Slacks of the world.

 

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• Oct 31, 2017

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Stopped using it on a phone due to the update ages ago, will not update on desktop. The moment I am forced, I will swap away (only ~3 people I communicate on Skype with anyways).