Skype Problem - My lifeline !

[bigbadbob]

Skype problem - can anyone help but in simple language!
I can only just find my way around a computer and lost Skype this morning .
I have tried downloading it again, have got the symbol up saying just a minute we are improving your Skype experience but this has been running all afternoon!
Is this normal? Do I need to start again somehow? Help please? In language that I can understand - I am a proper dumbo on a computer.

BBB's other half. but you can help change me to this

[Deniz1]

Get an iphone Wendy you can call uk for free with Viber and its better than skype.

[bigbadbob]

Just got your FB message and then - spooky - Sky came good!
Weird or what. I have been mucking about with it nearly all afternoon.
BBB;s other Half.

[Deniz1]

I used my influence lol

[Deniz1]

there does seem to be an internet prob though many banks could not use their computers the last few days. I think someone slipped with the scissors. lol

[Groucho]

Get an iphone Wendy you can call uk for free with Viber and its better than skype.

Viber is probably better at present not because the application is better but because there are a lot less users - just wait till Viber take-up matches Skype and then it will be no better or worse... one of life's computing realities. Some times applications are a victim of their own success...

[harita]

Might sound like a daft question to computer boffins ..
Do both parties need to have viber ?

[erol]

Get an iphone Wendy you can call uk for free with Viber and its better than skype.

Viber is probably better at present not because the application is better but because there are a lot less users - just wait till Viber take-up matches Skype and then it will be no better or worse... one of life's computing realities. Some times applications are a victim of their own success...

In theory at least, skype as a peer to peer based technology, should get 'better' as more people use it, not worse.

[Keithcaley]

Might sound like a daft question to computer boffins ..
Do both parties need to have viber ?

Yus!

[Navek]

Hi BBB's other half,
Try Facebook Messenger
"According to comScore, Messenger beat out YouTube for the second place spot with the help of the 59.5 percent of iOS or Android smartphone owners who used Messenger at least once a month."

http://www.theverge.com/2015/9/4/926406 ... utube-apps

You probably have access to it if you're on Facebook
Navek

[Groucho]

Get an iphone Wendy you can call uk for free with Viber and its better than skype.

Viber is probably better at present not because the application is better but because there are a lot less users - just wait till Viber take-up matches Skype and then it will be no better or worse... one of life's computing realities. Some times applications are a victim of their own success...

In theory at least, skype as a peer to peer based technology, should get 'better' as more people use it, not worse.

Point taken, however as Viber is a lot more server based and less P2P than Skype is, unless they (Viber) can keep up with server demand as take-up increases it will degrade as things stand.... which was the point I was making.

[Deniz1]

Little ray of sunshine you are Groucho

[Groucho]

Little ray of sunshine you are Groucho

Something I can't say for you?