Hmm, makes me more determined to stay with 3.8, but yeah, when I do try 4.1 out I'll definitely, in my case, check for a solution online.
-- Chris Hallsworth e-mail: christopherh40 at googlemail.com MSN: ch9675 at hotmail.com Skype: chrishallsworth7266 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Lee" <[email protected]> To: <SkypeEnglish at emissives.com> Sent: Saturday, July 11, 2009 8:26 PM Subject: [Skypeenglish] Click "Send Error Report," not "Don't Send" >I am hearing reports that Skype 4.1.0.136, the official Skype 4.1 > production release, crashes more often than most Skype releases. I > have seen some crashes of this version myself, seemingly more than > average, though not a huge number. > > I urge people, when one of those Microsoft error boxes comes up, to > send the error report, rather than pressing "Don't Send." Skype > actually receives those reports, so when you send one, you add to > Skype's awareness of the crashes occurring out there in the wild. > Note that Skype, the company, not Microsoft, receives and processes > the report. I used to think only Microsoft got those, and that it > would thus be useless to send in the reports. I am told this is not > true and that Skype gets them and can make use of them. > > If you don't have speech and you suspect an error box is in focus, try > typing Alt+S, rather than hitting Space, to send the report. Focus > lands on the "Don't Send" button, but Alt+S will send the report. If > after about ten seconds you still don't have speech, try Space or > Shift+Space, in case focus moved to a Close button after the report > was sent. > > Skype, the company, doesn't like Skype crashing any more than we do. > I am sending this message to the head of the Skype testing team as > well as to this list. As I believe there are some 300 blind people on > this list, I hope this message increases the number of crash reports > coming into Skype until we happily lose the ability to crash Skype in > the first place. :-) > > > -- > Doug Lee dgl at dlee.org http://www.dlee.org > SSB BART Group doug.lee at ssbbartgroup.com > http://www.ssbbartgroup.com > "The U. S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit > of it. You have to catch up with it yourself." --Benjamin Franklin > > Thanks for posting to the skype english list. To access scripts for the > latest version of skype go to > http://www.dlee.org/skype > To access tutorials and other goodies go to > http://www.marrie.org/skype/skype.html > thanks and have a wonderful day. > > > _______________________________________________ > Skypeenglish mailing list > Skypeenglish at emissives.com > http://emissives.com/mailman/listinfo/skypeenglish_emissives.com
