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It'd be nice if they would have responded with more than 'use this outdated version of Skype.' 2.8 is fine for my needs, but I worry about the day Skype decides I _have_ to upgrade like the last time I booted Windows.

It seems from the previous blog post that a Skype employee agreed with most of his points and apparently fought for the sane UI choices during development, but why then were these issues ignored? It seems like the future will be no different.

I for one really wish Skype had some decent competition.

Last time I checked 2.x truly was outdated, with no way to join an in-progress call without the host ringing you again. And linux still has no upgrade option. Not that any of this excuses the UI downgrade from 4 to 5.

I for one really wish Skype had some decent competition.

Me too. Damn those network effects!

Off topic, but I love how his website does footnotes.

Oh wow, I was thinking it's no different from dozens of other sites until I hovered over a reference number. Very cool and convenient.

I agree, pretty cool.

It would be slightly more usable if the hover area for the footnote was two to three times larger than the number.

I takes me a few tries to home in on the numbers; it's pretty, but frustrating.

I really don't understand what all the fuzz is about. I really like the new interface and I have hundreds of contacts on my list and use it often.

The very fact that it surfaces those I have recently been interacting with instead of having to go down the list as I used to have to is IMHO such a waste improvement from previous.

But then again I am biased.

Also the fact that everything is in one window makes my day.

What OS?

The Windows version has (or at least, used to have) an option to "un-dock" the contact list window from the chat window. That in turn allowed you to have multiple chat windows open.

Why don't Skype just bring that option to the Mac?

Hey, guys, what about Windows? I have a friend for whom v5 barfs all over the video. And I'm hesitant to download a v2 from a third party. If you're going to do this for Mac, then for Windows, too?

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