I tried using those casts, however, i couldn't connect to any of them, so good riddance to the feature. Think I got an error saying the number couldn't be found or some such. Jared Rimer The Jared Rimer Network, where everything is in one place. http://www.jaredrimer.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "jim grimsby Jr." <[email protected]> To: "'a list for discussing skype and its use with screen access software.'" <skypeenglish at emissives.com>; <the-blind-geek-squad at yahoogroups.com> Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2008 2:41 AM Subject: [Skypeenglish] FW: Some more on Skypecasts
>I did not realize this was such a popular feature. I myself have had no >occasion to use it. > > I suspect however that they will bring it back in an alternative form > Very shortly. > > An explanation of exactly what the problems were with the feature would > have been in order. > > If people actually understood why something was going wayside. People > might protest less. > > > > Feed: Skype Blogs > Posted on: Thursday, August 28, 2008 10:50 AM > Author: Peter Parkes > Subject: Some more on Skypecasts > > > > > The decision to retire Skypecasts wasn?t an easy one to make, and I > understand that many of our long-time Skypecast users will be upset. > However, the reason for retiring them is this ? we want to focus on making > Skype software for Windows, Mac, Linux and mobile phones truly great, and > so unfortunately we have to be strict about what we concentrate our > efforts on. > > Many of you have commented on the original > <http://share.skype.com/sites/en/2008/08/goodnight_skypecasts.html#comments> > announcement, and given the number of comments, I?m not going to be able > to reply to each of you individually. A number of you said that you were > worried that the move would reduce the opportunities to meet new people, > as well as making it harder to keep in touch with friends, and so I?d like > to respond specifically to some of those points: > > One more thing, you claim you're doing this for the betterment of the > Skype community. The ironic thing is that this is the Skype community. > Without Skypecasts we're all alone and there simply is nothing holding us > together in anything resembling a community. Please fix whatever it is > that needs to be fixed, but don't kill something unique and incredible and > amazing. ? yostrovs <skype:yostrovs?userinfo> > > To take away such a medium is really sad ... some of the best people I > know are in this community and this is how we have kept in touch and kept > our friendships going .. through thick and thin and yes have met a face or > two in person. ? anni.spurlock <skype:anni.spurlock?userinfo> > > I know how fun Skypecasts could be, and meeting new people was always a > big part of this. You might like to take a look at Skype?s > <http://forum.skype.com/index.php?showforum=1> Coffee Corner in the Skype > Community, where you can find new people, discuss hobbies and interests, > and learn about other cultures. > > I'm also wondering if we can still have conference calls and such. ? > ska_sodajerk <skype:ska_sodajerk?userinfo> > > Yes, absolutely. You can make conference calls with up to 25 participants > using Skype, and if all 25 participants are on Skype, then the call is > completely free, just like a Skypecast. There?s a guide on how to make > conference calls on Skype for > <http://www.skype.com/help/guides/makeconferencecall_windows/> Windows, > which might be helpful. (You can also make conference calls on Mac and > Linux too) > > Additionally, some of you welcomed the shift in focus away from > Skypecasts: > > This sounds like a good move! Hopefully now you'll concentrate on getting > the Linux client up to scratch and making a native 64 bit version! ? > cowanh00 <skype:cowanh00?userinfo> > > As always, our product teams are working hard :) > <http://download.skype.com/share/emoticons/0100-smile.png> Make sure you > check out Ryan?s Skype for Linux blog > <http://share.skype.com/sites/linux/> for the latest news from his team. > > Finally, I?d like to apologise for the short notice we?ve given you on > this one ? I know that it?s far from ideal for those of you who are > regular Skypecast users, and I?m sorry we?ve let you down in that regard. > > <http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ShareSkypeEn/~4/377309360> > > > View > <http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ShareSkypeEn/~3/377309360/some_more_on_skypecasts.html> > > article... > > Thanks for posting to the skype english list. To access scripts for the > latest version of skype go to > http://www.dlee.org/skype > To access tutorials and other goodies go to > http://www.marrie.org/skype/skype.html > thanks and have a wonderful day. > > > _______________________________________________ > Skypeenglish mailing list > Skypeenglish at emissives.com > http://emissives.com/mailman/listinfo/skypeenglish_emissives.com >
