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Because Microsoft bought it.
I was never impressed with the Skype UI, even from its early versions. Not very intuitive.
Now that MS owns it, it has gotten worse. Like everything they touch it becomes even harder to figure out.
Just sayin..
If it's not broken, fix it until it is
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I don't think that it's become any harder to figure out; it's just that it seems that ms' mission, since Lil' Bill left, is to obfuscate everything.
Their mission statement appears to be:
0. We shall move commands/controls/etc. around, every five minutes, so that no-one can find anything, even if they google*
1. We shall introduce UI elements that are so obnoxious and obfuscating that users will want to scream at them to let them just get to the god-damned checkbox that was in a really logical place, the last time they needed it.
* For example, if you want to add or hide system tray icons, where do you go?
Well, it depends on which (minor) version of winio you are using, but if you go through enough search results, you'll find a solution that matches your precise version number of winio, and will send you along the correct (lengthy) path to the window you need.
On weven, it's an option when you click the Up arrow on the system tray.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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To avoid going insane by this, one trick I use; avoid the UI and instead learn how to type the equivalent CMD line, those tend to stay the same for decades, some examples:
control system
control schedtasks
control desk.cpl
First one shows amount of RAM i.e. Computer Properties
2nd one show scheduled tasks
3rd one is for changing screen resolution
etc etc
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Sure, but the point of us inventing the UI was to get away from having to do everything on the command line.
If the only way forward is to go back, then it isn't we who should be reverting to ways that worked a lot better.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Mark_Wallace wrote: 0. We shall move commands/controls/etc. around, every five minutes, so that no-one can find anything, even if they google*
You talking about Android perhaps?
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. - Liber AL vel Legis 1:40, Aleister Crowley
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Actually, looking at it, it sounds like I'm talking about all of 'em.
Bluddy developers! They can't be trusted!
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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It came preinstalled on my laptop. I really find the sound effects to be annoying and so far have been lucky enough not to have to actually participate in a skype call. 
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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I used it a couple of times to commune with my kids however the wife loathes using the video, the son has a low bandwidth connection so the video is grainy and the audio cuts out, it no longer starts with windows 
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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As soon as microsoft bought it, I cleared all of my data from my profile and uninstalled the program.
They would not let you "Close" your account.
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use the following, you may find it suck-less 
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I actually like the UWP "preview" version UI ... it serves my needs, though I'm not sure if it works for Skype "power users" ... if this beast even exists 
modified 19-Nov-18 21:01pm.
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... Making bumper stickers that read "I STOP FOR WEEDLES!"
I mean, seriously! You don't even need to own a phone to know where all the MongoStops are!
Do these "gamers" know nothing of queueing theory? How many thousands of miles of traffic jam ("tailback"?) have been caused by this bloody game?
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Vee havv our vays[^] to deal with that.
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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Added to my "Want!" list.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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...because it sounded "Islamic" and he doesn't want customers to "make associations", what would you do?
(Yes, this is actually happening to someone where I work.)
Marc
modified 6-Sep-16 15:19pm.
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Marc Clifton wrote: what would you do?
Ask him/her how much $ is on the table.
In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem. ~ Ronald Reagan
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R. Giskard Reventlov wrote: I would sue.
Me too!
Marc
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I knew a guy who was named "Eric Horseshit". His boss asked him to change his name, so he did.
Now he's called Harry...
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A particular type of rock, technically a schist, has been named after its discoverer and is known as Horst Schist! 
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I would make some associations of my own and probably call my lawyer, just to drag such an ... out into the public.
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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The crime is against Federal law - there should be a complaint to HR, but I've found HR's never an advocate of the employee. Time for a paper trail.
This "make associations" - it's not new. How many famous Hollywood stars, for generations, had to change their names because they sounded too Jewish. Irish had trouble, too.
The manager should be shown the door - and if it's company policy, they should be given the opportunity to meet a federal district attorney and hire lots of lawyers.
No one should ever be considered born "the wrong kind" in the USA.
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W∴ Balboos wrote: No one should ever be considered born "the wrong kind" in the USA.
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W∴ Balboos wrote: No one should ever be considered born "the wrong kind" in the USA.
+5 Million
Jeremy Falcon
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Well said.
/ravi
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