post 73. instantBird still works for hangouts, but sadly, it doesn't support group chats. I never got mirranda IM to work with hangouts, but if there's something else, I, too, would be interested. hangouts is neat.
as for windows 8.1, I'll never understand why people hated that thing so bad. sure, the start menu was a total and utter failure. I never used it, and never will. but who needs a start menu, when you have a totally usable file explorer,rather, the same file explorer as in win10, except it doesn't lag? you also, just like in win10, have the context menu accessed by windows-x. you also have a charms window with windows-c. you still have your run dialog. windows-i, windows-e, all those win10 short cut keys also work just fine. 10 just got more cluttered, and you now have less control over your PC. I think I know why my win8.1 search box was so bad, though, I disabled it from being able to give me search suggestion, as I'd rather microsoft didn't keep a history of it. either ways, rant over.

very bad
i cant do my works in skype 8

eating soi soi soi soi on microsoft, i don't want to use the new app , i'll never upgrayed to this shit, well, i will use the iphone app or maybe finding other wayse

The WhatsApp interface, which is also a web creation,  is even worse than Skype.

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well I stopped using skype classic about a year ago and switched to skype for windows 10. It's not even close to the old skype, but much better than the new one. The functionality is somehow limited though, or at least some of the functions are hard to access.

Brows mode for nvda, turn off the virtual PC cursor in JAWS, at least I think it's that, and you're ready to go. After that it's almost the same as the clasic version, accept some interface changes. One thing that I hate is that the more options button isn't the shift+f10 menu, but it's not a big deal. Also not sure was it in skype 7 but in skype8, at least for emoticons, you can search, so that you don't have to move throo the milions of emoticons to find the right one, not like anyone uses emoticons anyway, emoji ftw! But either ways, it has a few nice thingies like previewing links, something that skype7 did but not as well as skype8 does, sharing your location, not like you'd want to share your location with an unknown person anyway , some things like quotes and /me messages are displayed in a better way at least for me, as well as some other things. Sure, the absents of / commands is rather complicated, but a tip, for changing the topic, go to the group settings button and click it, there you'll find the edit box and you can modify the text in it, I think that you can remove users from there as well but not sure, and, as in the old skype, the add to group button as it's called now is just before the chat list. Sure somebody mite find all of this problematic and some of the things are downright stupid, yes I am looking at you share location button, but it's not that bad, and I definetly won't leave skype just because of that.

If you know where to look? Lol. That's not helpful.

@89, its not designed to be helpful. They're not hard to find.

Change itself isn't the issue here, at least not for me. The issue for me and a great many users is that they are pushing a very incomplete app while dropping one that actually works. They claim that this new app is better in every conceivable way, and yet it's not better in any sense of the word. Upgrades should be superior, not inferior. The way they're handling the transission is extremely sloppy.

Also, if your going to list how its "sloppy" and unfinished and all that, list it from a non-biased POV (or as close to that as you can get). That includes visuals and such. Ask other sited people what they think. If you'e going to claim something is "incomplete" and its something sited people use practically everyday, you'd best gather evidence from as many sides as possible before you go claiming that its "incomplete" or "unfinished" just because its not as accessible as you, in your opinionated beliefs, would like to believe. And yes, it is opinionated.

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Very well. I shall let this Microsoft Community thread speak for itself. Also this post on the skype subreddit. I'm pretty certain that most of those people are sighted. Those aren't the only two pages, but that should be enough proof for you. To use your words, it's not hard to find if you know where to look. Try looking for it before you accuse me of posting about something I know nothing about again.

Amazing blog post... Nothing is as good as Skype 7. People recommending wire interesting choice... I was never able to get anyone to use the thing, but good luck!