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1.0 stars
"Backwards upgrade"
March 6, 2013 | By Max_LaChat
Version: Skype 6.2.0.1117
Pros
None of any real value.
Cons
Screen hog. Takes up 1/3 screen of a MacBook Pro even when shrunk down to minimum window size. Why can't Skype for Mac have the same interface as the Skype for Windows with an optional narrow contact status list?
Summary
I'm going back to Skype for Mac 2.8.
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5.0 stars
"Really good IM, which doesn't have competitors."
January 24, 2013 | By MarcoFoschi
Version: Skype 6.1.59.2295
Pros
It's free and easy to use
Cons
Windows version has better interface.
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3.0 stars
"Newest version makes you pay for screen sharing :-("
January 13, 2013 | By hampton--2008
Version: Skype 6.1.0.2295
Pros
Useful app
Cons
Screen sharing now behind a paywall
Summary
Have been using Skype to collaborate for years. Upgraded to v.6 only to find that screen sharing is only available with a paid subscription. Luckily I had v 5.8 in a backup and am now happily back to work.
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1.0 stars
"Stick with 2.8 or find an alternative"
January 12, 2013 | By Skywoolf
Version: Skype 6.1.0.2295
Pros
many users and earlier versions work well
Cons
everything after 2.8 is awful. Massive ugly user interface. Loads of bugs.
I have tried updated twice and immediately reverted to version 2.8
Summary
Version 2.8 and earlier great. Later versions hopeless. I just discovered Microsoft bought Skype. That is probably why it has become so awful.
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1.0 stars
"no evolution, just INvolution!"
November 21, 2012 | By GianMarco_Tavazzani
Version: Skype 6.0.59.2968
Pros
A great history and a great ancestor: Skype 2.8, the last one made by competent professionals
Cons
An embarrassing chain of wrong steps in the wrong direction mixed with a salad of bugs, annoying behaviours never properly corrected and a stubborn presumptuous attitude to NOT listen at the user's complains
Summary
We need badly an alternative before the agony of Skye ends.
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1.0 stars
"Almost as bad as v. 5, stick with 2.8 or use Facetime"
November 20, 2012 | By curtieuk
Version: Skype 6.0.59.2968
Pros
Skype has become a standard communication tool
Cons
Has been completely ruined in terms of usability. It is cluttered, takes too much screen space for no good reason. Not an efficient piece of software.
Summary
I'm a looking for Skype alternatives because of this poor piece of software. The day version 2.8 stops working, I'm switching myself and as many of my communication partners to Facetime.
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2.0 stars
"obtrusive and misdesigned"
November 18, 2012 | By v.aerghir
Version: Skype 6.0.59.2968
Pros
nearly no competition as communication tool (unfortunatey), good quality
Cons
misrated GUI design beyond version 2, obtrusive, infllexible, definitely not Apple-style functionality,
Summary
Will stick with 2.8.0.866 on my MAcs, as long as Skype keeps making toys instead of tools, thank you.
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4.0 stars
"Really good"
October 29, 2012 | By Bradley_y
Version: Skype 6.0.0.2946
Pros
still works great, until somebody comes with something better, and that will be the end of Skype and mikrozoft. and I have a feeling it's coming...
Cons
Sure, mikrozoft paid big bucks, and the on-going development is non-existent.
what they do is shuffle all the features, forth and back, to make look like "new"
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5.0 stars
"Good software!"
October 29, 2012 | By Alexx9342
Version: Skype 6.0.0.2946
Pros
excellent, BUT, there is no really any improvements in terms of features.
Cons
The Windows version is more user friendly
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4.0 stars
"Its useful"
October 4, 2012 | By jeanninescheidlem
Version: Skype 5.8.0.1027
Pros
very good!
Cons
not working very good with a low connection
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