I haven't personally experienced that, but I have heard a couple of friends have that issue - they both have iPad 2's - which do you have? My iPad mini works flawlessly with Skype, but I rarely use it for that.
Dave On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 1:40 PM, Lee Privett <[email protected]> wrote: > Video on iPad didn't work for me > On 24 Oct 2013 19:36, "Dave Park" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I have used Skype on iOS 3 thru 7 on iPhones 2, 4, 4s and 5, without > > problems. I *have* had one set of problems with Skype due to skype's own > > server issues, but that was in 2008 and has not recurred. They were hit > by > > problems for several days that affected a call to my mom in England. > > > > > > On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 1:25 PM, Lee Privett <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > Not so well on iOS devices by my experience, however that may have > been > > a > > > one off. > > > On 24 Oct 2013 18:44, "Dave Park" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > Skype is the only stable mass market video platform that allows > > multiple > > > > callers/conferencing that is PC, Mac and Linux compatible and free to > > > use. > > > > That's why I use it. > > > > > > > > Dave > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 10:57 AM, Mark Martin < > [email protected] > > > > >wrote: > > > > > > > > > Recent discussions about holding a physical meeting have gotten me > > > > > thinking. Someone mentioned skyping as a possibility, and I can > tell > > > you > > > > > that another retro computing group (the CoCo group) have held > > > online-only > > > > > events in the past. These were very informal and low-key, and while > > > they > > > > > were repeated only a handful of times, they were extremely easy to > > > > > coordinate. > > > > > > > > > > Along that line, I'm offering for your consideration two proposals: > > > > > > > > > > -- The informal approach is that I will lead an effort to determine > > the > > > > > most common IM program used among interested parties (hopefully > > > Skype). I > > > > > will collect contact information and then schedule a first call. > I'll > > > try > > > > > to gather consensus on a schedule and an agenda. In other words, I > > will > > > > > facilitate and then happily let others lead discussions they are > > > > interested > > > > > in. > > > > > > > > > > -- The Big Bang approach is to model after what the virtual > tabletop > > > > > role-playing conventions do -- they host schedules for individual > > > tables, > > > > > and allow interested parties to lead those "tables". They allow > > signup > > > > for > > > > > these tables and coordinate all of the interested parties into a > > > > > (essentially) private meeting space. These are essentially a large > > > > online, > > > > > virtual convention -- but focused on smaller interest topics (in > this > > > > case, > > > > > individual role playing game sessions). I could perhaps leverage > > > websites > > > > > that cater to this type of convention and, again, help facilitate > > > smaller > > > > > groups to get together at various times over some pre-planned > > > convention > > > > > weekend. > > > > > > > > > > I do not intend to step on Quantas toes here as I know they are > > > > separately > > > > > trying to schedule a more robust and higher scale venture. I'm more > > > > > interested in seeing if there is interest in something a lot less > > > formal, > > > > > on the side, and not necessarily tied to any Quanta business -- > > global > > > in > > > > > scale. I have very little to no budget to do this, although I > believe > > > > there > > > > > isn't much need for such a budget. This is mostly a volunteer time > > > kind > > > > of > > > > > thing for all parties. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > QL-Users Mailing List > > > > > http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Dave Park > > > > Sandy Electronics, LLC > > > > [email protected] > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > QL-Users Mailing List > > > > http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > QL-Users Mailing List > > > http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Dave Park > > Sandy Electronics, LLC > > [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > > QL-Users Mailing List > > http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm > > > _______________________________________________ > QL-Users Mailing List > http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm > -- Dave Park Sandy Electronics, LLC [email protected] _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
