Skype

I love the user interface, although skins would be cool too. The call quality is really good most of the time, when it's not so good, I know it's my connection and not the app itself. The biggest downside is it uses up WAY too much memory for just being an instant messenger. I could understand during a video call, but just idle? Another issue is if you are a programmer, you will have problems when trying to port-forward applications on your router, I heard this is due to some protocol confliction, but I haven't looked into it.

Can't get Skype for Java officially any-more. Google "skype lite java" to download. I'm using Skype lite 1.2.11

If you want to record Skype call you may want to try this http://alternativeto.net/software/mx-skype-recorder/ Hope it'll help

recently, skype updated for me. the day afterward, it completely stopped working. i hard-reinstalled it three or four times and it never worked, even after a few registry cleanups and restarts, and all the other tricks the semi-technologically impaired such as myself have gotten their mitts on. this is not the first time this has happened, this is actually a pretty regularly recurring thing. and i haven't been able to find a viable alternative: trillian's recently upgraded skype plugin is pretty nice but it lacks a lot of things i rely on, such as displaying messages i recieved while offline and displaying group conferences i am part of.

i'm very frustrated with the software, and i feel bad because nothing i can really recommend to anyone is any better as far as voice quality and easy to understand interfaces go.

Skype is crap. And the Linux version is dead. Use something else.

I really dislike all the standard settings with automatic sign-on and pinned to the taskbar in win7.. I also takes up too many resources, but it is user-friendly and packs some really nice features like screen sharing and has great support of mobile devices as well.

Damn Microsoft, always buying out great apps, then ruining them. Skype will be the latest when the next update goes live as its installing mandatory tracking software and aggressive targeted advertising, even to people who are paying for subscriptions.