Skype version 4 is out!

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Well for all you Skypers out there the  new version 4 is out, time to upgrade OR is it! If you like massive change and missing features maybe the new Skype is for you. But if you read the forum http://forum.skype.com/ you’ll find that the new version is not very well accepted. With out getting into it too much (read the forums complaints) i also think the new interface in ugly, hard to use, more mouse click, missing old classic features, chat feature butchered, too big, useless info given and many more…

I posted in the beta forum back in November and begged them not to release the new interface to no avail. Some where along the way Skype has lost it way. Change is ok and wanted but to make this kind of mistake is really sad and will make Skype harder to use and sell. As per my quote in the Skype beta forum “somebody at skype needs to go back to the keep it simple stupid school”.

So as a recommendation – Keep your old version of Skype, and go post your complaints on the Skype forum. Maybe they will listen to the users and fix things.

PS: 2 good things about the new version, the new audio and video codex are better (hint to Skype just port them over to version 3.8)