if you need 2.8 E mail me off list and I will send it to you I kept te old 
installer for just that reason  everyone else's problems with sype 5
thanks Michael

On Mar 28, 2011, at 6:18 PM, carolyn Haas wrote:

> Hi Michael:
> I'll agree with you that Skype is kind of a mess these days.  I can tell you 
> I managed to find the off-line contacts as "addressbook", which I was able to 
> expand and make some use of.  Be sure to interact with every little thing 
> when you're exploring the Skype tables.
> 
> 
> As far as going back to 2.8, my only suggestion would be to try googling for 
> it.
> 
> Hope this helps just a little.
> 
> 
> On Mar 28, 2011, at 12:43 PM, Michael Busboom wrote:
> 
>> I am currently in a rather serious situation where using Skype and its video 
>> feature is a crucial need.  Unfortunately, I recently downloaded Skype 5.1, 
>> and its user interface is very very different from earlier versions such as 
>> 2.8 which, I believe, was the prior stable version.
>> 
>> Here are my questions and needs:
>> 
>> 1.  I can't find a way to navigate to contacts that aren't online.  I've 
>> tried going through some of the view options, but the best I can do is 
>> either get a list of current online contacts or a history of recent contacts 
>> with whom I have had conversations.  It is important for me to gain access 
>> to my entire Skype contact list.
>> 
>> 2.  I cannot find a way to easily turn on my web camera while conversing 
>> with someone on Skype.  In previous versions, I could use the Voice Over 
>> Find command to get to the video button.  In the current version of Skype, 
>> the option to turn on and off the video at random is visually there, but I 
>> have thus far been able to get Voice Over to go to it.  I know that some 
>> people have had luck, but for me, it has been hit and miss--mostly miss.  
>> Unfortunately,use of the web camera is crucially important for me, and I am 
>> at a loss as to how to configure Skype 5.1 so that I can quickly turn on and 
>> off the web camera.  Using the Skype preference of having the web camera 
>> automatically be turned on when I call someone is not always an option, so I 
>> need to be able to turn this feature on and off at will.
>> 
>> 3.  If it will be necessary for me to go back to an older version of Skype, 
>> where can I find it?
>> 
>> If I sound desperate, I am.  For professional reasons, I need these 
>> capabilities.
>> 
>> My best to all,
>> 
>> Mike
>> 
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