Christopher, thanks for setting me straight on the history of Microsoft email programs. My apologies to the group for replying to a viphone message instead of the personal one I thought I was replying to.
And Christopher, just out of curiosity, I'm still using Outlook 2002 and wonder what "must have" features Microsoft has added to the email feature set in the last several years. I usually find that those features aren't worth the effort required to re-learn the interface changes they invariably make. But my opinion and a dollar will buy your choice from the Dollar Tree store. Alan Lemly -----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Christopher Chaltain Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2013 5:25 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Skype App Settings for Camera Outlook Express was discontinued in 2005. Windows Mail started with the source code of Outlook Express, so you could consider Windows Mail to be Outlook Express 7. Ditto for Windows Live Mail, which replaced Windows Mail. The feature set between Outlook Express and the current Windows Live Mail is pretty significant. I don't think it's unreasonable for a company to update their program over the span of eight years. There are a lot of reasons to bash MS, but I don't think Outlook Express is an example of MS changing something just to change something. I think the criticism of MS and Outlook Express has more to do with the fact that Windows Mail and Windows Live Mail were just different and less accessible than the fact that Outlook Express was perfect and didn't need enhancing. On 07/30/2013 04:22 PM, Alan Lemly wrote: > Sherry, I would strongly recommend that you get a personal email account > with gmail provided you're not too established with your AT&T one. Gmail > works great with the various email clients like Outlook and I assume > Thunderbird. You will need to set up a Google account which can be done > here: > > https://accounts.google.com/SignUp?service=mail&hl=en_us&continue=http%3A%2F %2Fmail.google.com%2Fmail%2F%3Fpc%3Den-ha-na-us-bk&utm_campaign=en&utm_sourc e=en-ha-na-us-bk&utm_medium=ha > > That's the first step to get a gmail account. Once you have one, they > have a help link where you can search on setting the account up with > whichever email client you end up using, Thunderbird or Windows Live > mail. That's just another example of Microsoft changing something that a > lot of folks are still wondering why it was necessary. I thought Outlook > Express was fine based on comments I've read by those who used and > mastered it. > > Good luck with your email decisions. I'm enjoying The Kitchen House. > > Alan > > -----Original Message----- > *From:* viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] *On > Behalf Of *Sieghard Weitzel > *Sent:* Friday, July 26, 2013 1:40 PM > *To:* viphone@googlegroups.com > *Subject:* RE: Skype App Settings for Camera > > Hi Alan, > > I am surprised that the call was using the rear camera and I wonder if > you accidently switched it without noticing. I am saying this because > unless something changed in the last update, Skype always seemed to > default to the front camera. > > Anyhow, it is very easy to change it from front to rear or vice versa or > even to turn the camera off or, to turn it on if you start out as a > voice call. Here is what you do: > > Once the call is connected to another Skype user, you have the End Call > button across the bottom just above the home key. > > Just above the End Call button is a row of 4 buttons, you can explore by > sliding your finger up just a bit from End Call or just find End Call > and then swipe left. The buttons from left to right are: > > Video Call, Mute, Earpiece, Show Options > > If you swipe left from the End Call button, you will of course get to > "Show Options" first, then Earpiece which, if you have a headset > connected will say "Headset", then swipe left again to get to Mute and > finally to "Video". If you swipe left one more time you get to the call > duration timer. > > Now, once you find "Video" double tap on it. This will invoke another > small menu with 3 items just above that row of buttons and approx. in > the middle of the screen. These are arranged one on top of the other > just as I put it below: > > Front Camera > > Back Camera > > No Camera > > Once again, you can find these by putting your finger in the middle of > the screen and exploring or you can swipe left from "Video" which means > you first get to "No Camera", then you get to "Back Camera" and finally > to "Front Camera". Swipe left again and you once again get to the call > timer. > > Now all you have to do is find which camera option you want and double > tap on it. Once you do the menu with the camera choices goes away, if > you switched to the Back camera and want the front camera or turn off > the camera, then you have to first double tap on Video again to bring up > the camera choices. > > Regards, > > Sieghard > > *From:*viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] *On > Behalf Of *Alan Lemly > *Sent:* Friday, July 26, 2013 10:06 AM > *To:* viphone@googlegroups.com > *Subject:* Skype App Settings for Camera > > I participated in my first Skype Video call yesterday and have questions > about how to configure Skype for future video calls. On the call > yesterday, the person on the other end was getting a picture from my > iPhone 5 rear camera. It seems odd that the default would not be to send > the front camera to the other person since I will obviously be looking > at my screen to see the other party. I scoured the app for settings to > change this but could not find anywhere to do that. I also checked the > Skype settings under the iPhone main settings but there was very little > that was set there. > > Can anyone give me some guidance on how to configure the Skype camera > settings for future video calls? > > Thanks in advance. > > Alan Lemly > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" > Google Group. > > Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. > > Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > > Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing > viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. > > Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" > Google Group. > > Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. > > Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > > Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing > viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. > > Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" > Google Group. > > Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. > > Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > > Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing > viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. > > Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- Christopher (CJ) chaltain at Gmail -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. 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