How to Close Skype
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@JaredBusch said:
@Dashrender said:
Are you then saying that a closed window with the icon still on the taskbar, not just the notification area is closed? definitely not what I consider closed.
It is closed because the X button is a close window button. Not a close application button. That is by design. Yes a developer can additionally add in a function to Application.Exit(), but that is not required nor default.
Understood, but close window to me means not in the task bar (but can be in the notification bar). And - that is the way Skype USED to work.
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@Dashrender said:
@JaredBusch said:
@Dashrender said:
Are you then saying that a closed window with the icon still on the taskbar, not just the notification area is closed? definitely not what I consider closed.
It is closed because the X button is a close window button. Not a close application button. That is by design. Yes a developer can additionally add in a function to Application.Exit(), but that is not required nor default.
Understood, but close window to me means not in the task bar (but can be in the notification bar). And - that is the way Skype USED to work.
Yes. Am I mistaken, or did that change when MS took over Skype?
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@art_of_shred It's been a while, I'm not sure that I can identify the pre-MS Skype from the new Skype behaviour anymore.
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I don't recall when it changed.
I'm further an anti-fan of Skype when they change the underlying technology to go through their own servers for surveillance purposes.
Skype used to be point to point (encryption setup by the endpoint, eavesdrop proof... today, it's no different than a landline).
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@Dashrender said:
I'm further an anti-fan of Skype when they change the underlying technology to go through their own servers for surveillance purposes.
This also undermines the quality and reliability that it was known for originally. Now it is just a new interface for Lync.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@art_of_shred It's been a while, I'm not sure that I can identify the pre-MS Skype from the new Skype behaviour anymore.
I don't use it enough to really know. It just seemed that the change was in the months-long gap I didn't use it; and the switch-over was in that same gap.
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@art_of_shred Microsoft took over in May, 2011.
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Skype's name actually means "Sky Peer to Peer", which they don't even support anymore.
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I'm slightly confused. Are we saying X closes the Skype window or minimises it?
There are some applications I would actually prefer to stay open after clicking X. Outlook being the main one.
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@Dashrender said:
I'm further an anti-fan of Skype when they .....
Sold customer data to a third party in Dallas without a warrant? That would be what concerns me more. They don't just spy, they actually hand out private communications data. It's not a company (or division) with a history of integrity.
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@Carnival-Boy said:
I'm slightly confused. Are we saying X closes the Skype window or minimises it?
The "close" button minimizes by default. Keeping it running is fine, but it doesn't just keep it running, it doesn't even take the Windows down, just puts it in the taskbar.
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@Carnival-Boy said:
I'm slightly confused. Are we saying X closes the Skype window or minimises it?
There are some applications I would actually prefer to stay open after clicking X. Outlook being the main one.
If you want Outlook to stay open, why are you clicking the X?
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@Dashrender said:
If you want Outlook to stay open, why are you clicking the X?
instead click the lineFear not, I'm aware of how Windows works
I want to force Outlook to keep running in the background and prevent users from closing it, so they receive notifications of new e-mail. Users could click the line, but they don't always and as an evil dictator I want to force their behaviour.
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