Author Topic: is there /any/ good alternative to skype? (Read 1421 times)

carolcat · March 21, 2015, 03:00:57 PM

Quote from: Nal on March 21, 2015, 02:52:38 PM

ad's, stuffty ui for starters

you can block the ads

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tails · March 21, 2015, 03:02:31 PM

Quote from: Nal on March 21, 2015, 12:52:17 PM

Any good alternative? I haven't tried mumble.

Mumble.

TomTheGeek² · March 21, 2015, 03:08:22 PM

Quote from: carolcat on March 21, 2015, 03:00:57 PM

you can block the ads

yes. go to your internet options in control panel and go to the security tab. in there select restricted sites and hit the sites button directly to the right of it.

add this into the list and skype ads be gone:

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https://apps.skype.com

carolcat · March 21, 2015, 03:11:08 PM

Quote from: TomTheGeek² on March 21, 2015, 03:08:22 PM

yes. go to your internet options in control panel and go to the security tab. in there select restricted sites and hit the sites button directly to the right of it.

add this into the list and skype ads be gone:

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https://apps.skype.com

now i just wish i could do that on my phone. i can't count how many times i tried to click on a chat only for an ad to load right where i tapped and i get booted to some stuffty bing website

Nal · March 21, 2015, 03:11:22 PM

Quote from: carolcat on March 21, 2015, 03:00:57 PM

you can block the ads

yeah I do it, but it does this in return.

plus no way to block ads in the app version even with an adblocker

I tried slack and it was ok, but I dunno if it does voip

TomTheGeek² · March 21, 2015, 03:14:17 PM

basically teamspeak, ventrillo, and mumble are out of the question because server based.

only good alternative i can think of is google hangouts.

Nal · March 21, 2015, 03:14:56 PM

is there a desktop client for hangouts yet?

TomTheGeek² · March 21, 2015, 03:16:59 PM

as a "chrome" app, yes, but i really loving hate that term because chrome is slowly turning into a platform and not a browser.

carolcat · March 21, 2015, 03:17:19 PM

Quote from: Nal on March 21, 2015, 03:11:22 PM

yeah I do it, but it does this in return.

plus no way to block ads in the app version even with an adblocker

I tried slack and it was ok, but I dunno if it does voip

old version represent

SBG · March 21, 2015, 05:10:46 PM

Ventrillo

Zay · March 21, 2015, 05:17:49 PM

Oovoo

Bisjac · March 21, 2015, 05:18:48 PM

god i hate mumble so so much. lol

teamspeak, ventrillo, even steam voice chat is ok

Dannu · March 21, 2015, 05:19:18 PM

What the forget, Skype has ads now? The forget is Microsoft doing to Skype. I remember the ol' day when it was still owned by the small Estonian firm. Anyways, I have the piss-old version that doesn't have any of that. 6.19 (452)