2009/9/17 Smylers <smyl...@stripey.com>: > Joel Bernstein writes: > >> My main objection to Skype (which I do use) is that it doesn't >> interoperate with users of other VoIP systems. SIP and suchlike >> provide an open standard which Skype ignore. > > Mine is that you have to use Skype's software with it, because they > don't publish the protocol. Their Linux client isn't terrible, but it > doesn't integrate into Gnome as well as, say, Pidgin. But I keep > wanting to hack small changes into it, then remembering that I can't.
Yeah, the interface is pretty poor.. however the alternatives are worse. I've been using it heavily for the last couple of years, and although it's not perfect, it's workable. A. -- Aaron J Trevena, BSc Hons http://www.aarontrevena.co.uk LAMP System Integration, Development and Consulting