I tried it years ago. Being a geek, there are few things online that I haven’t tried, but I didn’t like it. I’m talking about Skype. Skype was a very primitive ugly looking chat program, or so I thought. It also crashed all the time and the voice chat was very bad. My opinions about it might have several reasons. Of course it could be that it was a primitive ugly looking unstable program, but it could also have other reasons. I had a n old computer back then. The mac version might not have been so good back then. And since I didn’t like voice, I might have seen the interface with less than objective eyes.
A couple of weeks ago I thought it was time to give the program another chance. One of my close online friends used Skype only, these days and I wanted to keep in touch. So I downloaded it again. My first impression wasn’t much different from the last time I tried it. The interface still looks very old. I didn’t give up though, so I went on trying all the features and after a few minutes I was hooked. Here’s a few of the things I love about it:
– The sound quality is amazing. It sounds like I’m talking on the phone.
– You can “share” your desktop which means you can show it to those you talk to.
_ It’s really cheap calling to landlines, even in another continent.
– Computer to computer calls are free.
– You can have video chats
– You can keep your anonymity since your “phone number” could be your username.
– If you pay a small sum, you can have a “real” phone number.
– For a set amount of money you can have unlimited calls.
So far I’ve only tried the computer to computer voice chat, but I’m sure it works just as well as a regular phone. When I can afford it, I’ll buy this cool Skype phone too. It’s a phone that handles Skype and can be connected all the time. When I have that, I can replace my IP phone and be able to call very cheap all over the world. It will be great:)