Do you Skype?

**SingleBarrelBourbon** · 7th January 09, 03:26 PM

I Skype too. I have it setup on the home PC for my wife and I have a smaller notebook I take when I travel so we can see and speak with one another. Sometimes I have to stay up late to speak with her because we are 12 hours apart. It's a good thing I like to travel.

I guess I'll have to edit my profile to include both. Free Skype is a lot better than cell phone time.

Since there is only one that I can include, I placed the one on my home PC.

**The Vicar** · 7th January 09, 04:19 PM

Skype with family and friends around the world!

It is great!

"V"

**Spartan** · 8th January 09, 07:58 PM

When you add Skype to your XMARKS profile, be sure to check the box in Skype that allows your Skype status to be shown on the web.

**kilted_brewer** · 9th January 09, 10:33 AM

I Skype a little, but not too much: I often forget to turn it on when I'm online.
I'm happy to add other Skype contacts, though. Still might not have anything to say, but it'd help if I can ever order another FK!

**###KILTEDKIWI###** · 9th January 09, 05:40 PM

have already chatted to some of the XMTS locals, been great to put a face to the names...

**Barry** · 10th January 09, 02:54 AM

I've had Skype for a good while now. Naturally my Mac had already had most of the stuff on it that is needed and I had been given a webcam for a birthday.

Skype stayes on 24/7 and with my Mac speakers I can hear if someone calls. Its marvellous, the price is right, and it enables me to stay in touch with friends and family around the world.

As Mr Burns would say: "Excellent!"

**MartinGrenoble** · 10th January 09, 03:14 AM

I don't think Skype software is free any more, but i may be wrong.

I've used it to talk to a friend in Morocco, since telephone charges are still high to "distant" places (ha ha!), whereas within most of western Europe and across the Atlantic, it's almost free compared with what it was years ago, so we use the phone.

What amazes me is that people use mobile phones with the incredibly high per-minute charges. That I refuse to do!

How-off topc can we get?

Martin

**Spartan** · 10th January 09, 08:47 AM

The Skype software is free. Skype to Skype calls are free, either video or just audio. Most of our Skype calls are Skype to Skype video. There is a charge for using Skype to call phone lines. The rate is economical, and depends upon the destination.

**###KILTEDKIWI###** · 10th January 09, 03:26 PM

When you add Skype to your XMARKS profile, be sure to check the box in Skype that allows your Skype status to be shown on the web.

where is that?

**Spartan** · 10th January 09, 03:56 PM

Originally Posted by ###KILTEDKIWI###

where is that?

Open Skype. Go to the Tools pull down menu. Select Options..... That should open a new window. On the left hand side, click the Privacy Settings tab. When that opens, check the box that says "Allow my status to be shown on the web." That should do it.

Oh, yes. Be sure to click on SAVE.