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Skype 8.0 Launches on Desktop With Full-HD Video; To Soon Get Encryption and Call Recording Features (techcrunch.com)
Skype's redesign launched last year was met with mixed reviews, but the company is forging ahead by rolling out a number of its new features to other platforms, including the desktop. From a report: Microsoft today is launching Skype version 8.0 that will replace version 7.0 (aka Skype classic), the latter which will no longer function after September 1, 2018. The new release introduces a variety of features, including HD video and screen-sharing in calls, support for @mentions in chats, a chat media gallery, file and media sharing up to 300 MB, and more. It will also add several more features this summer, including most notably, supported for encrypted audio calls, texts, and file sharing as well as built-in call recording. The 8.0 release follows on the update to Skype desktop that rolled out last fall, largely focusing on upgrading the visual elements of new design, like the color-coding in chat messages and "reaction" emojis. This release also included the chat media gallery and file sharing support, which are touted as new today, but may have already hit your desktop.
Love it!
How utterly pathetic is that? It is 2018, people, wake up!
Sure, I know that they are listening in (and probably recording) everything anyways. Bit no encryption opens this up to any somewhat capable attacker as well and that is just not acceptable. Even if I am fine with the GeStaPo (i.e. NSA, GCHQ and their like) getting all my Skype voice recordings, I am not fine with JRandomCriminal being able to do the same.
Most ACs are not even worth the keystrokes to insult them. Be generically insulted by this and ignored otherwise.
Really. We had these features in skype in 2010. Why are they redoing it for the umptheenth time?
Thats like mad future shit, I don't even know if my ISDN can handle it....
Discord can import Skype contacts and supports 1-1 calls.
Discord has 1-1 calls, but I doubt it's anymore secure than Skype.
- Don't do what I do, it's probably not healthy nor safe. -
8.0? 8.19 was available back in April, the current version is 8.25, what is this nonsense?
There's this thing, its called 'phone'.
Phones sound like shit and the poor audio quality is fatiguing during hours working with remote people. There are several factors involved, so don't claim "but this or that can be fixed herp derp." Phones can't match good headsets with high quality audio codecs over reliable, low latency broadband.
Maw! Fire up the karma burner!
I still do not know how to send a text message to a contact's mobile phone via Skype. I figured it once or twice and it was totally unintuitive and I don't remember anymore (push a button in the upper left corner and then at the bottom right or something like that). And sometimes it is not possible to answer a Skype call. (I push all available buttons and then end-up returning the call myself). So, pretty please - rather than annoy customers with upgraded colour schemes and having to re-login after each update, fix the simple things first.
I see all Microsoft customers as the victims of an abusive relationship who believe their abuser when told they couldn't function in another relationship. It's sad....
When the king heard the words of the Book of the Law he tore his robes.2Kings22:11
It now appears to now be impossible to turn off emoticons.
This makes Skype almost useless for many of my business needs e.g. sending a code snippet to a coworker.