skype

[johnallen]

Skype is like a Net Meeting program from the makers of Kazaa. I started using it recently. The sound quality is really good.

link: http://skype.com/


Has anyone else tried it out?

[Robert]

Yea I read about it not too long ago.

[Anthony]

I've heard of it and downloaded it, but I haven't tried it out yet. What have you used it to do so far?

[Adam]

Any good?

[Robert]

Originally posted by Adam:

Any good?

are you gonna call me?? :p:

[johnallen]

I use it while I'm working on the computer. It's basicly like a hands free speaker phone kind of thing. I use it to talk with co-workers.

[Robert]

JohnAllen,

I use Yahoo! Messenger for the same thing. Everyone gets into a conference and we chat.

I think being able to talk to your partner, co-workers, system admin, etc is wayyy cooler then in a messaging problem like AIM.

[Adam]

True i guess but depends on the reason of the meeting also though :)

[johnallen]

Skype does not have a conference feature yet.

Right now i'm having a audio conversation while posting this message. For me, I like it more than IM because IM seems to distract me from my work and lower my productivity. This way I can keep working on something (like posting on this forum) without switching windows.

[lexar3]

Skype 1.0 is out!
www.skype.com

[Cow]

We tried the beta version. The only problem we saw was the amount of resource usage it took.

[Steve]

Originally posted by johnallen:

Skype does not have a conference feature yet.

Right now i'm having a audio conversation while posting this message. For me, I like it more than IM because IM seems to distract me from my work and lower my productivity. This way I can keep working on something (like posting on this forum) without switching windows.


Now it does :banana: