And – amazingly – it seems that Microsoft have listened.

Since the latest version of Windows Skype has been granted a “unified multi platform interface”, this gives me all the terrific advantages should I choose to update of a dumbed down interface that behaves as if I were using a phone instead of a PC, with all of the benefits of obscure symbology and none of those pesky little drawbacks such as being able to easily add extra people into your conference.Īnyway, I chose to take the risk and just turn off auto-updates on Skype, ensure my antivirus and antimalware products were up to date and for the sake of ease of use because Skype is such a mission critical piece of communication software for me and my work, I stuck with Classic 7. Classic Skype was removed from the Skype website download options, and users like myself were faced with the prospect of either taking the risk, or switching to one of the other Skype versions. (If you’re not familiar with those warnings, it’s all about an update vulnerability that was identified some time ago, where the auto updater could be usurped by malware). Like many users, I have been steadfastly ludditing my way back to “Classic” Skype 7 despite the dire warnings of software apocalypse that surrounded it.

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