This was a change made in Skype 5.X. It's possible that your friend is running an earlier version of Skype, e.g. V2.X. Please Skype.com for pricing details.
Sent from my iPhone On Apr 30, 2012, at 6:11 PM, "Missy Hoppe" <mitmee....@gmail.com> wrote: > That doesn't sound at all right or fair. How much is this skype premium. If > it's cheap, and there isn't a monthly fee, I > might consider it, but it never used to be that way, and if that's the case, > how is it possible that at least 1 person I've > talked to who is also using the free version is able to start in contacts > like it used to do? I'm not trying to complain or > be difficult; am just genuinely puzzled by this. > Thanks! > > -----Original Message----- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Kevin Chao > Sent: Monday, April 30, 2012 6:08 PM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Skype on the Mac made accessible? > > I raised this issue wiht Skype beta team a while ago and I was toldwas that > this is by design. If you wish to not have Skype > not start at Home, rather your contacts, it's required to purchase Skype > Premium. > > FYI: eBay (not Google owned Skype before) and now Microsoft has it > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Apr 30, 2012, at 5:16 PM, "Missy Hoppe" <mitmee....@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi there! Thank you so much for starting this topic thread. Hopefully, >> this is the appropriate place to bring up my number 1 complaint with skype >> on the mac. >> When I first got my mac and installed Skype; I believe this was >> version 5.1 or so, the program always started in the contacts list. Ever >> sinve 5.3 or so, when I run the program, it starts > me on something that Voiceover tells me is called Skype Home. >> It basicly looks like a facebook clone. Granted, it's not >> prohibatively difficult to navigate to a table, interract and find my >> contacts list and stop interracting, but I personally feel that this >> is something I shouldn't have to do, and it's just aggravating enough >> that I avoid using skype as often as possible, and only run it periodically >> to check for updates in hopes that this issue > will some day be fixed. I've checked preferences time and again, and there > simply isn't a way to configure how the program > starts. >> To make this even more frustrating, when I ask people about id, they >> claim that they don't have this problem. I'd be more than happy to >> disconnect skype from facebook if it would fix the problem, but would >> rather not if I don't have to. I don't really understand the point of the >> favorites thing either, and miss the simplicity > of the first mac version of skype I ever used. Sorry for the aimless > rambling, but I hope it makes sense to someone. >> Missy >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Kawal Gucukoglu >> Sent: Monday, April 30, 2012 5:07 PM >> To: macvisionaries >> Subject: Skype on the Mac made accessible? >> >> This message is for Kevin Chow if he is working with Skype on the Mac with >> Skype Team. >> >> Hi Kevin. >> >> I have been using Skype on the Mac for a long time and when Google had the >> program, it worked beautifully with the Mac. >> However since Microsoft have bought it, it has not been very good on the Mac. >> >> The dial pad is inaccessible. Is there any way of getting Skype for Mac >> fixed? >> >> If there are other issues, feel free any one to say if Kevin is going to get >> this sorted. >> >> Kawal. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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