Microsoft changed Skype interface: chat is now completely different

Microsoft announced version 7.0 of Skype for Mac and a preview version for the Windows desktop. Both include a number of necessary updates and improvements, as well as a radical redesign, which can alienate many.


New interface for Windows desktop

The changes mainly concern the chat mode:

• The chats finally began to show pictures
• There was a playback of the sent audio and video right in the chat window
• Names of users in the lists were replaced by their avatars - a dubious change
• The message entry window is now height adjustable only automatically - as you type. It cannot be stretched in advance above the height; by default it is just one line in height - another dubious innovation
• During calls, the chat window is now located not at the bottom, but at the side - it looks quite practical.
• Transferred files acquired huge “close” icons , which is convenient for touch interfaces, but it looks like a waste of space in the desktop version.
• In the list of contacts, you can enable the display of avatars - in general, another waste of space, but with a large contact list it can help to remember who is who is visually
• All messages are now on the blue bubble, and not a white background, as before - but this is an unequivocal horror, in my opinion.

By the way, group video calls from April are free - in case you missed this news. Microsoft assures that their quality has also improved.
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Below are a couple of screenshots of the Mac version so you can decide whether to turn off the “automatic update” function before it's too late.





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Let me also remind you that within the framework of the microsoftization of Skype, the Bing search engine has been built into its contextual message menu for some time. I think a big improvement would be to give the opportunity to change the search engine in Skype.

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