Dieci giorni fa Skype lanciava la beta 1 di Skype 4.0 per Windows, introducendo novità rilevanti come l’interfaccia a schermo intero, pensata per facilitare le conversazioni video, alle quali è ora dedicato molto più spazio, integrate nella finestra di chat (instant messaging).

A molti utenti non è piaciuta la novità e sono tornati in fretta alla versione precedente, dove ritrovare la vecchia interfaccia grafica, forse più pratica per chi usa frequentemente Skype e non vuole perdere prezioso spazio sul proprio desktop per tenere sott’occhio la propria lista contatti. A questi si è rivolto ieri Mike Bartlett, Director of Product Management, Skype for Windows, che ha assicurato che nella seconda beta, in arrivo dopo l’estate, sarà inclusa la possibilità di ridimensionare la finestra di skype, scegliendo una modalità “compatta”.

We’ve had very different reactions to Beta 1, in particular the big change we made of having Skype in a larger window. One of the primary reasons for doing this was that we found an overwhelming majority of people had trouble working with multiple windows and were using Skype mainly to make calls and video calls, especially amongst those new to Skype. We’ve had some very positive feedback from a lot of people on the new way of working, and that’s encouraging as it seems we’re starting to solve the problems that we set out to solve. However, it’s very understandable some of you used to using Skype on a regualar basis have been a bit frustrated about not being able to work with Skype the way they are used to.

We always planned to address our more advanced users in a second beta, and I just wanted to say – don’t worry — we will address the need to have Skype take up less room on the screen with a feature that allows you to reduce the size – we call it compact mode. We hope to get it out towards the end of the summer with our second beta release.

Via 10 days later… – Skype Blogs

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