And that's the central point I was trying to make. Those of us who have spent decades in information technology know that "shutting down" is not code for something, but is a direct statement of

There are also instances in which using an older version remains possible, though it is no longer updated. However, you're right. If they're shutting it down, these versions will no longer work. --

The author of the article gave a direct link to the Skype Blog article, Upgrade to the latest version of Skype for desktop, dated today (7/16/2018), that serves as the source material. He quotes the

The article in question provided many details. Windows 10 was not mentioned exclusively either. They are no longer supporting Skype 7, what they call Classic Skype and will be forcing people to

Hi, can someone validate this statement are true for the sake of the welfare of others. For I know it's been almost years been using Skype for call and video conferencing to my folks. And how this

That's not surprising. I just looked it up and it is a cloud-based system. It's interesting and I'm going to play with the demo. But in fairness to Eloquence, it's like comparing a calculator to a

I'm on a family plan with TMobile. It's unlimited, with no overage charges. But iy ou use a certain amount of data in one month, they throttle the connection, making it much slower. I only use it

You cannot tie any account to it. It is like cysco or what ever conferencing services use, except there is a mac and windows and mobile client and the sound is good. The person can call in by phone if

I don’t use the key strokes. I lost the guide someone kindly sent. I just tab to the wend media and files button same as on the mac and whack it. Take care

Hi Sean, I like Chrome, so therefore, I like hangouts. I'd rather have Chrome than Edge any day. All the best Steve

Hi, Well, we had significant changes on Win10, anyway I still recomend you update it. Why? Well, the question isn't exactly this but you should wonder "why not?". When you update

Hi, I doubt you ever will. All the best Steve

Shaun, Have you tried hangouts.google.com in the web browser of your choice? Some seem to "play better" with the Hangouts webpage than others do. I most commonly use the Chrome

I'll think about your response and I may have comments on it. Gene

Are there features you want or apps you want to run that you can't run now? If you have a reason to upgrade such as that, you may want to. If you are more curious and have no strong reason to do so,

I am not exactly happy with leaving skype, since skype has been something I have had to use on and off, however while there was a potential time that I may have had to use skype, fact is there for

I know and I just got the update. It's pretty horrible. All the best Steve

How amusing. You can listen at 130 percent, and yet you missed the fact that you misspelled Practice as Parctice? I don’t believe blind people listen all that well at high speeds, as proven

Hi, This is just another case of blind people crying because language doesn’t suit what they want. We should try to adapt to the real world, rather than complain about language which evolves.

Hi Steve, I guess the big question now is when will we be able to access Google TS for NVDA? It would be a brilliant synth! Warm regards, Claire Potter, Check out my brand new website: