This how I feel about every version of Skype (for OS X) since version 2.8.x. The Skype UI had two windows - one for contacts and one for conversations. This made it easy to tuck Skype in a small corner of your screen. I think starting at version 5 they switched to one giant window and the community, pretty unanimously thought it was one of the worst UIs they had ever used (see this blog post: http://ignorethecode.net/blog/2011/03/30/skype_5/). The change seemed completely unnecessary and made things very non intuitive. If I myself had trouble using it, I think it must have been even worse for people who do not use computers so often. Indeed many people reverted back to 2.8. I used 2.8 up until a few months ago when Skype finally decided to drop video support for it.
I think the newest version of Skype does let you break things into new windows, but to me it seems that it should be the default.
My main point is: the UI was already great, it didn't need any changes.
I'm still using 2.8 - if the other side cares about video, we'll use a google hangout, but skype's never getting upgraded again. Man was that a disaster.
I think the newest version of Skype does let you break things into new windows, but to me it seems that it should be the default.
My main point is: the UI was already great, it didn't need any changes.