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kingstu 2016-07-20 19:52

End of Skype support coming soon?
 
Microsoft has indicated that Skype support for legacy platforms and OSes will be greatly reduced soon. Though they were not so kind as to give a date, they mention October 2016 as a deadline. Skype integration even without video is something I enjoy on my N9. I don't know if it will survive the latest purge.

mikecomputing 2016-07-20 20:01

Re: End of Skype support coming soon?
 
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Originally Posted by kingstu (Post 1510210)
Microsoft has indicated that Skype support for legacy platforms and OSes will be greatly reduced soon. Though they were not so kind as to give a date, they mention October 2016 as a deadline. Skype integration even without video is something I enjoy on my N9. I don't know if it will survive the latest purge.

what is skype?

HtheB 2016-07-20 20:04

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Originally Posted by mikecomputing (Post 1510212)
what is skype?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psde2NYopOA

prosper 2016-07-20 21:25

It is possible to build alternative Skype client with integration similar to Extraplugins accounts UI or Nine2D. The problem is as usual the lack of interest & money. Skype integration was one of the top notch features I was so happy about. What's next? abandoning 2G? changing radio frequencies? Life is so brutal for nostalgic nerds like me :)

kingstu 2016-07-21 13:19

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Originally Posted by prosper (Post 1510224)
What's next? abandoning 2G?

In the USA AT&T has already depricated 2G and is pushing hard for LTE but at least there is 3G available for my N9.

gerbick 2016-07-21 14:00

Re: End of Skype support coming soon?
 
No alternatives will exist, unfortunate that this is happening. But it was inevitable. I'm sure somebody will talk about a replacement in the next year or so but after this long, nothing has appeared.

I do find it odd that even Windows Phone has been dropped.

juiceme 2016-07-21 21:54

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Originally Posted by gerbick (Post 1510300)
No alternatives will exist, unfortunate that this is happening. But it was inevitable. I'm sure somebody will talk about a replacement in the next year or so but after this long, nothing has appeared.

I do find it odd that even Windows Phone has been dropped.

It seems to me that Microsoft has more or less dropped WP off their plans, nothing new comping up there, not even of their own protocols/applications.

pichlo 2016-07-21 22:10

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Originally Posted by juiceme (Post 1510352)
It seems to me that Microsoft has more or less dropped WP off their plans, nothing new comping up there, not even of their own protocols/applications.

It is called "admitting the defeat".

javispedro 2016-07-21 23:54

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Originally Posted by gerbick (Post 1510300)
No alternatives will exist, unfortunate that this is happening. But it was inevitable. I'm sure somebody will talk about a replacement in the next year or so but after this long, nothing has appeared.

I do find it odd that even Windows Phone has been dropped.

Skype & Windows Phone have quite a love story. Back during the Lumia 800 times the "official" Skype client didn't support backgrounding (i.e. cannot receive skype calls in other programs).

It never got upgraded.


I wish I could ditch Skype. If only so many academics weren't using it...

gerbick 2016-07-22 00:50

Re: End of Skype support coming soon?
 
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Originally Posted by javispedro (Post 1510357)
Skype & Windows Phone have quite a love story. Back during the Lumia 800 times the "official" Skype client didn't support backgrounding (i.e. cannot receive skype calls in other programs).

It never got upgraded.

Yikes. Funny how I had a Lumia 900 but never used Skype on it. Used it on my N9 instead.

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I wish I could ditch Skype. If only so many academics weren't using it...
Weird... most academics I encounter are now using Hangouts first, Slack (text only) and then Skype as a distant third.


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