Earlier this year, Microsoft brought sweeping changes to Skype’s UI, giving it something of a SnapChat makeover. The communication app’s user base, I among them, was less than impressed, to say the least. Where it was once an easy way to receive forwarded telephone calls and chat via video or audio with folks across multiple platforms, the changes made it a shit sandwich to do much of anything with. The outcry from Skype users was such that, last month, Microsoft announced that they’d continue to offer the old school version of Skype’s desktop app. Now, in the name of not alienating their users, they’ve taken their software UI rollback one step further. They’re bringing back the features that folks actually use Skype for, back to the application and making it easier to ignore the service’s new SnapChat-like features.
From Ars Technica:
With this new focus on calling and messaging, the Snapchat-like statuses have been removed. The desktop interface is styled a lot closer to the legacy application, and the use of animations and gradients has been somewhat toned down. The mobile interfaces put the key calling and messaging buttons along the bottom of the screen, providing easier access to the dialer pad. The company is promising to reinstate other features from the legacy client—multiple chat windows, greater control over online status and privacy, better searching, and more. The legacy clients will still be end-of-lifed, but it seems that they’ll stay around until the feature disparity is resolved
Good.
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