Skype 5 for Mac out of beta, group video calling part of Premium subscription

Skype is the worse face to face thing out there..voice movement is always out of sync with ones voice, terrible reception...I now use Logitec Vid, a free download...EXCELLENT quality and ones voice actually sync's with their mouth...check it out!

Ebay should just sell it... on Ebay.

I know 19 year olds that could write a better utility.

I submitted feedback during the beta, and while they didn't go so far as to ditch their whole one-huge-window UI, it looks like they did implement a few things that I asked for. Screen sharing is now no longer hidden under the file sharing submenu and the text in the main window has been normalized to a reasonable size. T

here is also a button on the top right side of the main window (just under the search bar) that opens a clean, tidy list of online contacts. If they had given me the ability to have this open when Skype launches, then I could hide the atrocious monster window behind my browser and be fairly satisfied with 5.0. Well, that and give me the ability to not get notifications for birthdays for God's sake!

The new version is like having a Windows window on my Mac! No sense at all! Back to 2.8 after 1 minute.

Such a shame! This version has the worst interface in software history. I registered at skypes forums just to tell them, and i was shocked. There were like 5 threads, each filled with a lot of peoples comments on the horrible interface. That was like 3 months ago. And they didn't change a thing. So stupid not to listen to costumers (or common sense, the interface totally sucks).

Seems that Skype chose to completely ignore the comments about the UI from the people who tried the 5.0 Beta. Tried the release version tonight, found it truly awful and have rapidly reinstalled 2.8 which does exactly what is required of it with a minimalist UI that simply works. Sometimes you have to wonder what Skype are thinking.....

The ONLY reason I was looking forward to Skype 5.0 was for the group video conferencing feature. This was THE big deal about the new version. Now they've done a bait and switch and will be upsetting a lot of people. It's like buying a car and having it come with only a driver's seat, then being told "Oh, if you want to have other people in the car, the additional seats are extra!". What an abysmally bad move on Skype's part.

Oh, and the new interface is terrible as well. The old Skype 2.8 was neat, compact and worked very well. They've turned Skype 5.0 into a clunky Windows program with bad aesthetics. I depend on Skype to keep in touch with clients, but after being excited at the video conferencing possibilities, I'm left with a very sour taste.

Skype: Do the right thing and make video conferencing free. You never told us it would be a paid service, so you shouldn't be telling us this now--and hire a new design team to bring back the Mac aesthetics to the user interface design.

I've been using the beta on my Macbook Air for months. Guess I don't have much to compare it too, since I never owned a Mac before then and didn't use 2.8. But I've never had a problem with it. Looks good, performs well, and makes voice and video calls. I don't see what the big deal it.

Works for me.

Perhaps you'd like to add your UI opinion in their forums?

http://forum.skype.com/index.php?showtopic=793299

The thing is every bit as hideous as the beta was. They really have some guts to push this crap again and say they listened to user's feedback. They may have saved a few pixels here or there but it's still hogging up half of my 27" screen which is definitely not what i'll be having. Let's hope the 2.8 keeps working for a long time or it's bye bye Skype for everyday use here