Comments on: Skype Store and Forward IM: The Worst of Both Worlds http://saunderslog.com/2005/12/11/skype-store-and-forward-im-the-worst-of-both-worlds/ A daily round table on the tech industry with experts and callers from all over the globe. Join us as we pick apart the news and get to the meat of what\'s happening out there. Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:55:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Alec http://saunderslog.com/2005/12/11/skype-store-and-forward-im-the-worst-of-both-worlds/#comment-3209 Alec Mon, 06 Feb 2006 20:31:41 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2005/12/11/skype-store-and-forward-im-the-worst-of-both-worlds/#comment-3209 I don't. Sorry Tibor! I don’t. Sorry Tibor!

]]> By: Tibor http://saunderslog.com/2005/12/11/skype-store-and-forward-im-the-worst-of-both-worlds/#comment-3208 Tibor Mon, 06 Feb 2006 19:34:17 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2005/12/11/skype-store-and-forward-im-the-worst-of-both-worlds/#comment-3208 Sorry this is not exactly on topic, but do anybody of you know where Skype IM stores its conversations? I thought it's on my hard drive, but its not, until i hit the "View conversation" from the Contact menu. Then it creates/uptades chosen conversation into an html file. Does this mean it is, until then, stored on Skype's server? Isn't it a privacy issue? Thanks for your thoughts. .T Sorry this is not exactly on topic, but do anybody of you know where Skype IM stores its conversations? I thought it’s on my hard drive, but its not, until i hit the “View conversation” from the Contact menu. Then it creates/uptades chosen conversation into an html file. Does this mean it is, until then, stored on Skype’s server? Isn’t it a privacy issue? Thanks for your thoughts.

.T

]]> By: Alec http://saunderslog.com/2005/12/11/skype-store-and-forward-im-the-worst-of-both-worlds/#comment-2364 Alec Mon, 12 Dec 2005 01:23:28 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2005/12/11/skype-store-and-forward-im-the-worst-of-both-worlds/#comment-2364 Andy, there was a Skype to SMS gateway built last year by a company called Connectotel. I don't know if it's still available. The idea was simple, though. All you had to do was Skype IM to connect to a specific user account, and give it the details of the SMS message. Andy, there was a Skype to SMS gateway built last year by a company called Connectotel. I don’t know if it’s still available. The idea was simple, though. All you had to do was Skype IM to connect to a specific user account, and give it the details of the SMS message.

]]> By: Alec http://saunderslog.com/2005/12/11/skype-store-and-forward-im-the-worst-of-both-worlds/#comment-2363 Alec Mon, 12 Dec 2005 01:18:57 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2005/12/11/skype-store-and-forward-im-the-worst-of-both-worlds/#comment-2363 I think your view, Stowe, makes sense. It's the unpredictabilityof the Skype system that's the problem. I think your view, Stowe, makes sense. It’s the unpredictabilityof the Skype system that’s the problem.

]]> By: Stowe Boyd http://saunderslog.com/2005/12/11/skype-store-and-forward-im-the-worst-of-both-worlds/#comment-2362 Stowe Boyd Sun, 11 Dec 2005 23:49:56 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2005/12/11/skype-store-and-forward-im-the-worst-of-both-worlds/#comment-2362 Offline messages have been implemented in many IM systems; that's what I was getting at. Not some haphazard delay, but something engineered to work more or less like email, but that you would receive in you IM client, and you'd be able change tempo with: immediately return to IMing with the sender. Offline messages have been implemented in many IM systems; that’s what I was getting at. Not some haphazard delay, but something engineered to work more or less like email, but that you would receive in you IM client, and you’d be able change tempo with: immediately return to IMing with the sender.

]]> By: Andy Abramson http://saunderslog.com/2005/12/11/skype-store-and-forward-im-the-worst-of-both-worlds/#comment-2361 Andy Abramson Sun, 11 Dec 2005 23:44:21 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2005/12/11/skype-store-and-forward-im-the-worst-of-both-worlds/#comment-2361 And Skype already has Skype Forward for voice. How hard is their API to work with tosend text to a mobile? Or is that one of the areas they want to monitize. Well lets see, eBay already IM's you when you are outbid so I guess the technology is there.... And Skype already has Skype Forward for voice. How hard is their API to work with tosend text to a mobile? Or is that one of the areas they want to monitize. Well lets see, eBay already IM’s you when you are outbid so I guess the technology is there….

]]> By: Greg http://saunderslog.com/2005/12/11/skype-store-and-forward-im-the-worst-of-both-worlds/#comment-2360 Greg Sun, 11 Dec 2005 22:43:38 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2005/12/11/skype-store-and-forward-im-the-worst-of-both-worlds/#comment-2360 I am glad to know that it wasnt just me who was having the hell time with Skype's IM service. I was having a conversation via Skype with someone last week and we were WAY off base. Our IM's were crossing many minutes apart - it was strange and not productive whatsoever. They have to handle that. I find MSN, Yahoo and AOL IM services much more reliable - I manage all 3 of my account with Trillian. Its streamlined. Skype is the only unreliable free standing service I have come across so far. - G I am glad to know that it wasnt just me who was having the hell time with Skype’s IM service. I was having a conversation via Skype with someone last week and we were WAY off base. Our IM’s were crossing many minutes apart - it was strange and not productive whatsoever. They have to handle that. I find MSN, Yahoo and AOL IM services much more reliable - I manage all 3 of my account with Trillian. Its streamlined. Skype is the only unreliable free standing service I have come across so far.

- G

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