"RoseGarden" - - - - - - - from - nscave

I am a long time Skype fan and use it constantly for computer to computer and long distance phone calls. You pay a small subscription fee for the latter, but it is well worth it compared to any other method of phoning people or businesses that are far away whether they are on a land line or a cell phone.

Skype Version 4 is well worth the upgrade with an interface that is laid out in a more useful fashion. If you use webcam video, no more peanut size pictures, the default picture is roughly 4 x 6 in. and is still high quality if you go full screen.

If you use the chat portion while the video is on, for example to send a url or something, it appears just below the picture. In fact if you wish to send a file to your friend on the other end, the Send File button is just above the chat window, making it very handy. No more searching through the menus.

If you do conference calls it keeps track of them in a conversation list and should you wish to talk to the same group of people again, it is just a matter of clicking the call button next to their names. You don't need to compile the list each time.

There are many other new features that make this a worthwhile "get it now" upgrade. It is very simple to upgrade, but you must uninstall the old version first. You won't normally lose your settings or contacts because they are saved separately under Application Data and the new version picks them up.

I say "won't normally"  because usually the new version also picks up your login information from the profile and signs you in immediately. On rare occasions it doesn't and you have to put your user name and password in manually.

You would be surprised how many people don't know their username or password and just type in what they think is right, which creates a new account. Then you may lose your contacts if you are not careful. So - make sure you know the username and password - just in case, before you proceed with the upgrade.

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