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From Microsoft...
"...On the new Skype application, changing the font size of the text is currently unavailable. Stay tuned for more features..."
Click Here if you don't believe me.
modified 8-Jan-18 7:55am.
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I do believe you - I posted a rant about this very thing about a month ago... incredible that in this day and age they can produce an app with such poor accessibility standards. I suspect it's brought about by their push towards a universal OS - I just wish Microsoft would give up on the mobile market (that ship sailed years ago, and they missed it) and concentrate on the desktop one, and focus Windows towards that.
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Couldn't agree more.
98.4% of statistics are made up on the spot.
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So, you could agree less? 
There are two kinds of people in the world: those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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The new Skype on Desktop, Mac and Linux and Skype for Windows 10 both have different interface compared to the classic Skype for Windows desktop client.
Some features and settings may not be available as of the moment but our developers are working hard to improve user experience. They take user feedback and suggestion into account when releasing updates as they help in shaping the application experience. One good example of a feature not available at launch is the Online status. After we collated feedback and suggestions, our developers re-introduced this feature on the later updates.
Rest assured that we are taking notes of suggestions and feedback we get from the Community.
SEE: Why is there no longer an away status option? - Microsoft Community
In Word you can only store 2 bytes. That is why I use Writer.
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Nice to know, thanks for the reply. One thing you must surely have learnt (with regards any software) is that users do not like change, unless there is a very good reason for it. So many software updates seem to me to be developer-led. As a developer it's easy to keep tweaking things, thinking "Ooh, cool.. we could make it do this... and that...!" but to the user it's just change for change's sake. Personally, for example, I think Word 2007 was the best ever, and quite adequate for 99.9% of users (save perhaps for some team/sharing functions) and all updates since then have been nothing but a pain in the derriere. (Don't even get me started on the Ribbon....  ) Similarly, Skype, prior to this latest update, works just fine - I personally neither need nor want any further updates.
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Like the results of each user acceptance test anywhere in the world works like a charm?
In Word you can only store 2 bytes. That is why I use Writer.
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A_Griffin wrote: Personally, for example, I think Word 2007 was the best ever ... (Don't even get me started on the Ribbon....  )
Uhhh... Word 2007 introduced the tabbed ribbon... 
The United States invariably does the right thing, after having exhausted every other alternative. -Winston Churchill
America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. -Oscar Wilde
Wow, even the French showed a little more spine than that before they got their sh*t pushed in.[^] -Colin Mullikin
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Well, the one before then! Blimey, I can barely remember what I had for breakfast, let alone anything a decade or more ago! 
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What I don't like is that as far as I can tell, a _few_ users may say, "wouldn't it be nice if...", and MS not only adds the feature, but makes it the default for _everybody_ .
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Just this morning cancelled the installation of the new version (the 10th time)...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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repeat the following MAXINT times:
microsoft always knows what's best for us.
- and no cheating, mantra's only work if done manually without the use of any technology. (it's just too bad if you're 64 bit.)
Signature ready for installation. Please Reboot now.
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If you find yourself "upgraded" to this crappy new Skype, go to the Skype download page[^], and click the little down-arrow on the right of the blue download button. The bottom option there is "Get classic Skype". Download that, uninstall your current version, and install this - back to normal!
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just wondering if that we can do on mobile devices like android specifically?
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So, why does everyone hate the new one so much (aside from the aforementioned fixed font size)? I looked at some screenshots, and it seems like they just made it look like Slack, HipChat, or (insert name of other modern chat client here)...
Is this an "old man yells at cloud" situation?
The United States invariably does the right thing, after having exhausted every other alternative. -Winston Churchill
America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. -Oscar Wilde
Wow, even the French showed a little more spine than that before they got their sh*t pushed in.[^] -Colin Mullikin
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According to the release notes that go along with every new iteration of Windows 10 (1507, 1511, 1607, 1703 and now 1709) it's pretty clear they've been spending a lot of time trying to make sure Windows remains high-DPI friendly, can work with different monitors that each have their own DPI settings, etc.
So I find it somewhat amusing to know that one of their most visible apps won't let you change basic configuration details like font size...
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Well if this don't take the cake !
Screen Cap Here
That's what I get when I click on the skype icon shortcut on my desktop screen.
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fonts are newfangled technology, they must be proven before included.
Common sense is admitting there is cause and effect and that you can exert some control over what you understand.
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yep - you're up tomorrow.
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/* This is not a programming question but a view on a software product */
How many of you are using BMC Enterprise' Remedy tool? Whatever we observed it is the most buggy software in the whole universe, to brief about it in nutshell.
Random session timeouts
Weird Scripting Errors
Popup Windows
Irritant Workflow Misdirections
...
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Deepak Vasudevan wrote: it is the most buggy software in the whole universe
Not possible.
It isn't a Corel product.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Clearly you have been around the block my friend. I haven't touched Corel anything since the 90s... and yet I still remember the pain... oh the pain... curse you Corel Draw!
On a side note, I just checked. That thing is still selling... 
Jeremy Falcon
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