I think the hole skype watch is brilliant. Thanks Dug. Gary. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Lee" <dgl at dlee.org> To: "Jack Lowe" <jlowe27 at neo.rr.com>; "a list for discussing skype and its use with screen access software." <skypeenglish at emissives.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 3:35 PM Subject: Re: [Skypeenglish] SkypeWatch. Too Much Trouble
> For what it's worth, I use SkypeWatch but turn off the announcement of > sign-ins by not having that alert pop up in my system tray. > SkypeWatch on my system just tells me who is calling, who left a > voicemail, who just opened a chat window and with what line, and maybe > a few other things. I agree, sign-in alerts get intense sometimes. > > On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 09:21:26AM -0400, Jack Lowe wrote: > My point is that the information that SkypeWatch provides isn't worth > what you have to do to make it useable. this is a personal choice and > is no reflection on Doug by any means. But having to go through all the > hassle just to hear who is signing in and out of Skype hardly seems > worth all the typing this and adding that and changing this file and > adding this to that file and recompiling this or that... I don't need > to know who is signing in and out of Skype that badly. > And in truth, the constant announcing of people coming and going can get > rather annoying. especially when Skype is acting up and phantom signing > people in and out whether they are signing in and out or not. > Jack > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Doug Lee" <dgl at dlee.org> > To: "a list for discussing skype and its use with screen access > software." <skypeenglish at emissives.com> > Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 7:54 AM > Subject: Re: [Skypeenglish] SkypeWatch. Too Much Trouble > > > Belated reply to the original comment: There's impossible, there's > possible, and there's easy. SkypeWatch makes some things possible, > even if not easy. It's an improvement in that it gives users some new > choices, but it's not perfect, and I never claimed otherwise. <smile> > > On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 03:39:20AM -0700, jim grimsby Jr. wrote: > This is of course subjective. I personally would not be without skype > watch. I also don't find the installation of it a problem at all. > I do agree that the powers that be over at fs need to come up with a > better > means of using global scripts. Hth > > -----Original Message----- > From: skypeenglish-bounces at emissives.com > [mailto:skypeenglish-bounces at emissives.com] On Behalf Of Jack Lowe > Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 6:12 PM > To: sieghard at telus.net; a list for discussing skype and its use with > screen > accesssoftware. > Subject: [Skypeenglish] SkypeWatch. Too Much Trouble > > I don't mean to be a wet blanket on all this SkypeWatch discussion, but > is the information that SkypeWatch provides really worth all this > agrivation? I have the Skype scripts installed, and it provides me with > enough information like how many contacts are online and the like. But > it seems that using SkypeWatch is becoming a royal pain in the butt to > install and maintain. Sorry, but the information that it provides isn't > worth all the agrivation it takes to properly install it. It's becoming > more trouble than it's worth. > Just my opinion. > Jack > > Skype contact: > akronjack1982 > > > 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 > > > 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 > > -- > Doug Lee dgl at 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 > > > 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 > > -- > Doug Lee dgl at dlee.org > SSB BART Group doug.lee at ssbbartgroup.com > http://www.ssbbartgroup.com > "There's no limit to what a man can do or where he can go if he > doesn't mind who gets the credit." Ronald Reagan > > 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
