Customize look

Can you customize the sun secure desktop looks, where the application
are in different area instead off the side like it is.

According to the admin-guide the classic webtop can be changed using Themes:
http://docs.sun.com/source/819-6255/webtop_themes.html
A small description of changing the Theme is on:
http://docs.sun.com/source/819-6255/attr_scottatheme.html
What I normally do is to change the JSP-pages of the browser-based webtop. General knowledge of JSP is required to change the look and feel.
Base dir: /opt/tarantella/webserver/tomcat/<version>/webapps/sgd/ (webtops/standard/webtop/).
Information about creating from scratch using the tta-applet can be found at:
http://docs.sun.com/source/819-6255/TOC_FUNC_TYPE.html#APPLETS
If you need more information just reply here.
- Remold @ Everett.nl

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Customize look and feel

I am looking to customize the look and feel of Collaboration Suite namely the page banner and colours for all users (global settings not individual settings). However I cannot find a way to edit the OCS_V2_PAGE_BANNER.

Can you detail your steps on how you are trying to change this? Also, who are you logged in as?
Here are the steps:
Log into the portal page with the admin account.
Select Builder
Select Navigator
Click on the Contents link for OCS_V2_Page_Group section under Page Groups
Click on Navigation Pages
Click on the Edit link to change the OCS_V2_PAGE_Banner.
To change the colors, you can click on the Customize link on the top right hand corner of the page.
Choose the style tab and then change the style you want to change it to.
Let me know if this help.
Ian

How to customize look of program & backgrounds

I would like to know how to change the background of the top of the Firefox program, (where toolbars, address bar, etc. are). I am sure that I did it once upon a time but have evidently forgotten how to do it and can't seem to find anywhere to do it or found other questions like this.
I look forward to any help I receive.
Mary

hello ,
if you are referring to this [[https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/themes/]]
the link provided is to mozilla add-ons store where you can install customize themes.
Thanks

Customize look of javascript disabled page items

I'm using javascript to enable and disable text field items on a page based on the user's access level and role. I chose to use a script for this because every item on the page is affected, and it seemed easier to maintain and debug by collecting all the logic together. This is working great, however it isn't looking so great. The background and text colors are both grayish and the end result looks like an etch into metal plating. What I would like is for the javascript disable function to look like when I disable it through APEX, a white background text field with grayed text. How can I customize the disabled look?

OK so I've tried your guys' suggestions and here are the results along with some more info.
It looks like APEX sets the attributes for items that are "Disabled, does not save state" as disabled="disabled", but "Disabled, saves state" as readonly="readonly". Not a big deal, I can just fix both styles. However, the problem is the javascript disable function seems to be overriding the CSS style.
My javascript function enableDisableItems() is run onload and has a bunch of lines that conditionally run $x_disableItem('P801_MY_ITEM',true); If I don't run enableDisableItems, I can see my CSS styles. But, if I do run it, the styles go away and I'm left with the old metallic look again. I'm guessing that not only does the javascript change the items' state, but also style. I don't understand why it's doing that or how to stop it...

Customize look of Interaction widgets

Is there a way to customize the new Interaction widgets in Captivate 7? Our client doesn't like blue but all the widgets have a blue style.

I don't know which Interaction you are using but have you cursored down under themes after selecting one? There are several different colors. There is also a custom button for changing some things.
HTH
Dave

EBS customize Look and Feel

I'm looking at changing the look and feel or design of the pages in E-Business Suite. I have learned some ways on how to go about it. But First I need to download all the files (.xml, .uix, .class, .jsp) related to EBS.
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anyone who has tried to do this also..
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anton

Hi,
I'd suggest you to read the "OA Framework Personalization Guide" and the "OA Framework Developer's Guide" docs.
You can find them on Metalink (#268969.1 and #269138.1).
Hope this helps you.
Bye
Raffy

Customizing ADF Faces Look & Feel. Some questions & suggestions

Hi everybody,
We are developing an application with ADF Faces using JHeadStart. For the moment, I am studying the way we must modify the JHS templates to adapt each element to our needs.
As it's told in the JHeadStart Developer's Guide, there are two ways to customize Look & Feel:
1) Modifying the templates
2) ADF Skinning
I'm using both methods, but I feel that thay are not good enough to adapt the L&F to our customer requirements.
My main problem now is in the ADF Table customization. I want to use ADF Table because it offers us a lot of features that are not in the jsf table (the selection column, the table overflow...), and is very usefull combined with the generated JHS code. But at the same time, it doesn't offer a lot of functionality in the look & feel customization. Using JSF Table, I can set the CSS style for headers, rows, columns, the table, I can set the border, cellspacing and cellpadding. But I cannot do
any of these thing (or at least, I don't see how) with the ADF Table.
Our customer (a government) have a strict definition of the look & feel of his web applications. They want we use their CSS styles definition file, so they can modify at once the Look & Feel of all their applications. Modifying the L&F through skinning generate other styles, not use the style classes in our CSS (o so I think).
So, the questions:
1) There is any way to set the suitable styles for the ADF Table components (headers, rows)?
1bis) Why, If I have defined a new skin, with only just a few selectors, some styles from oracle are applied? Maybe because the render kit in the 'adf-skins.xml' is "oracle.adf.desktop"? If it is true, how can I make that they are not used, I must implement a render kit or can I use another existent?
2) Can I decide how looks the select column (for example a button instead of a radio button)? Can I decide where does it goes (right or left)?
3) There is any way to hidden the text Show/Hide of the showDetail in the table (the tableOverflow), as I can change the icons through skinning? If it is not possible, How can I overwrite the text. I need it in Catalan, but it is shown in English for this locale. Where is the message bundle I should overwrite?
4) There is any way to force a tree to start fully expanded?
5) There is anywhere documentation about the javascript functions used in ADF and their meaning? I think for example in the previous question. If I knew which javascript function I should call for expand the tree and its parameters, I could put the call in the onload event of the body.
6) I use a selectInputDate. I have skinned the launch-icon, and I would like to do a similar thing in the chooseDate that is opened in a new window. But It seems not to be affected for my skinning directives (if I put a chooseDate in the same page, its L&F follow the skinning rules I've defined). I don't know if this dialog is an ADF feature or a JHS generated feature.
7) There is any way to keep unmodified the id I've choosed for a component? (I mean, an inputText with id="hello" in a form with id="form" will have in the HTML an id = "form:hello", but I would like it to be simply 'hello')
8) How can I control the position and the size of a dialog (the chooseDate dialog or a dialog I've created)? In the cases I've been testing, it seems the dialog is forced to resize depending on the content. I would like to know if I can establish a fixed size.
9) There is any way to open a non-modal dialog? (which I could keep open at the same time that another instance of the same dialog)
For the moment, I think I have no more question. But give me time.... :-D
The suggestion I've to do is basically more flexible components for a better customization (for example, the styles settings I've talked about previously). ADF components are nice and powerful, but I think they should generate pages that follow the tendencies in the web development: tableless pages (I cannot understand the utility of the objectSpacer existing the margins), use of CSS for layout...
Any answer, comment or suggestion will be welcome.
Carles.
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cbios

I have been able to make the UIX 2.2 and ADF Faces LAF look near identical by updating the oracle-desktop.xss file within UIX 2.2 as follows

<style name="DarkAccentBackground">

<property name="background-color">#d2d8b0</property>
</style>
There are still some differences:
1) A black line appears on the ADF Faces on the 'menu1' facet selected tab below the text. DON'T KNOW HOW TO REMOVE THIS FROM ADF Faces or add it to UIX 2.2!!!
2) In UIX 2.2 a bulleted list uses the HTML <li> tag. In ADF Faces it doesn't use the HTML <li> tag rather it constructs the bulleted list using lower level HTML tags with the 'bullet' becoming an image, in my browser this means the disc is smaller in Faces. The motivation for this change I think is explained via this post. Since I have no control over how this specific HTML tag is rendered it forces me to replace the /adf/images/bltdscn.gif file in adf-faces-impl.jar with a larger disc!
http://www.thescripts.com/forum/thread96839.html
May update this again if there are other things I notice.

ALSB ImportError: No module named customization

Hi,
I am getting this error
ImportError: No module named customization
Looks like it is not finding the package in the classpath.
from com.bea.wli.config.customization import Customization
bash-3.00$ echo $CLASSPATH
/opt/mqm/java/lib/com.ibm.mqjms.jar:/opt/mqm/java/lib/fscontext.jar:/opt/mqm/java/lib/com.ibm.mq.jar:/opt/mqm/java/lib/providerutil.jar::/usr/local/esb/bea/wlserver_10.0/server/lib/wlpatches/CR382420_1000mp1.jar:/usr/local/esb/bea/user_projects/domains/esbdomain/app_patches/*.jar::/usr/local/esb/bea/patch_wss110/profiles/default/sys_manifest_classpath/weblogic_patch.jar:/usr/local/esb/bea/patch_wlw1020/profiles/default/sys_manifest_classpath/weblogic_patch.jar:/usr/local/esb/bea/patch_wls1001/profiles/default/sys_manifest_classpath/weblogic_patch.jar:/usr/local/esb/bea/patch_cie640/profiles/default/sys_manifest_classpath/weblogic_patch.jar:/usr/local/esb/bea/patch_alsb300/profiles/default/sys_manifest_classpath/weblogic_patch.jar:/usr/local/esb/bea/jdk150_11/lib/tools.jar:/usr/local/esb/bea/wlserver_10.0/server/lib/weblogic_sp.jar:/usr/local/esb/bea/wlserver_10.0/server/lib/weblogic.jar:/usr/local/esb/bea/modules/features/weblogic.server.modules_10.0.1.0.jar:/usr/local/esb/bea/modules/features/com.bea.cie.common-plugin.launch_2.1.2.0.jar:/usr/local/esb/bea/wlserver_10.0/server/lib/webservices.jar:/usr/local/esb/bea/modules/org.apache.ant_1.6.5/lib/ant-all.jar:/usr/local/esb/bea/modules/net.sf.antcontrib_1.0b2.0/lib/ant-contrib.jar::/usr/local/esb/bea/wlserver_10.0/../modules/features/alsb.server.modules_3.0.0.0.jar:/usr/local/esb/bea/alsb_3.0/lib/flow/sb-flow.jar:/usr/local/esb/bea/wlserver_10.0/../modules/com.bea.core.jaxen_1.0.0.0_1-1-1.jar:/usr/local/esb/bea/wlserver_10.0/platform/lib/p13n/p13n_system.jar:/usr/local/esb/bea/wlserver_10.0/server/lib/wlxbean.jar:/usr/local/esb/bea/alsb_3.0/lib/version.jar:/usr/local/esb/bea/alsb_3.0/lib/alsb.jar:/usr/local/esb/bea/alsb_3.0/3rdparty/lib/j2ssh-ant.jar:/usr/local/esb/bea/alsb_3.0/3rdparty/lib/j2ssh-common.jar:/usr/local/esb/bea/alsb_3.0/3rdparty/lib/j2ssh-core.jar:/usr/local/esb/bea/alsb_3.0/3rdparty/lib/j2ssh-dameon.jar:/usr/local/esb/bea/alsb_3.0/3rdparty/classes:/usr/local/esb/bea/wlserver_10.0/../modules/com.bea.core.apache.commons.logging_1.1.0.jar::/usr/local/esb/bea/wlserver_10.0/common/eval/pointbase/lib/pbembedded51.jar:/usr/local/esb/bea/wlserver_10.0/common/eval/pointbase/lib/pbupgrade51.jar:/usr/local/esb/bea/wlserver_10.0/common/eval/pointbase/lib/pbclient51.jar:/usr/local/esb/bea/wlserver_10.0/server/lib/xqrl.jar:
I see alsb.jar is in the classpath and unable to figure out why WLST is complaining about customization package.
Does anyone know which alsb jar file contains this com.bea.wli.config.customization package ?
Thanks --agr

Hi,
I am running into customization problem.
For somereason, ALSBConfigurationMBean.customize() method expects two arguments while ALSB API needs only one argument http://edocs.bea.com/alsb/docs30/javadoc/com/bea/wli/sb/management/configuration/ALSBConfigurationMBean.html#customize(java.util.List).
As you see in the script I am passing one List argument as expected by API above.
Has anyone encountered this error. Anything wron on my script ?
Here is the code I am using in my jython script.
if custfile != None :
print "************************************************************************************************************"
print 'Loading customization file...', custfile
print "************************************************************************************************************"
input = FileInputStream(custfile)
custlist = Customization.fromXML(input)
filteredCustList = ArrayList()
setRef = HashSet(createdRef)
# apply a filter to all the customizations to narrow the target to the created resources
for customization in custlist:
print customization
newcustomization = customization.clone(setRef)
filteredCustList.add(newcustomization)
print filteredCustList
ALSBConfigurationMBean.customize(filteredCustList)
sessionMBean.activateSession(sessionName, "import file completed");
print
print '-- DEPLOYMENT COMPLETE --'
com.bea.wli.config.customization.EnvValueCustomization@1f9690e
[email protected]d08
com.bea.wli.config.customization.ReferenceCustomization@14c491b
[com.bea.wli.config.customization.EnvValueCustomization@19726d9, [email protected]c2, com.bea.wli.config.customization.ReferenceCustomization@1a68065]
Unexpected error: exceptions.TypeError
No stack trace available.
Problem invoking WLST - Traceback (innermost last):
File "/usr/local/esb/sse/DeployALSBResources.py", line 198, in ?
TypeError: customize(): expected 2 args; got 1
Thanks --agr

I cannot see where to download firefox from the main page. There is no download here prompt. I've been looking for hours. Am I crazy? Please check the site.

I ahd fire fox for about 2 years now & I love it. This week I started having major problems. Firefox would get frozen & I would have toalt,cntl,delete to get out of it. I decided to try to delete firefox & download it again but when I go there all I get is info about it & no place to press download . Another search took me to another site which had one to download but said it was NOT mozilla so I came to you for help. Please! I am stranded with no fox!!

Hi Marcia, Hope everything gets fixed O.K.
My Fx4.0.1 is working beautifully and, with some customization, looks good, too.
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How do I get my bookmark toolbar back on the top instead of in a drop down box under bookmarks.

I have a check mark in the "view bookmark toolbar" but it still doesn't show. This just changed after I turned my computer on again. When you go to bookmarks and click on "bookmark toolbar", all the websites are still there, but I want them to show up again across the top of my page. Help please!

You can try go to your profile folder:
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Close Firefox. Delete or rename the file localstore.rdf and restart Firefox and try show your bookmarks
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[NOT SOLVED] Gnome will not start

I'm editing this original message by way of summing up so that anyone coming here with a similar problem will know what to expect if they read further:
I believe the reason Gnome would not start on the machine in question was that it made too many demands on the available hardware (see desm0te's comments below).
For this reason I decided to switch to LXDE as Desktop Environment which works well on the restricted hardware. I did not investigate the Gnome related problem any further.
The original message follows:
After a successful installation of the basic command-line Arch according to the Beginner's Guide, I went on to install Gnome according to instructions in the Wiki.
I Did not want Gnome to start automatically but only when I type in the command startx.
This it does, but all I get is the nice blue "curtain" background - no black bar at top of screen with Actions, date , name etc...
and no cursor.
One funny thing was - this afternoon while I was concentrating on another machine - the black bar suddenly appeared (apparently for no reason) showing the date and my name but with the X cursor
from the X11 environment. However as soon as I moved this cursor to the bar and clicked, both dursor and bar disappeared never to return .
I decided to redirect the stderr of startx to a file in the hope that it would give a clue as to what was wrong.
X.Org X Server 1.11.4
Release Date: 2012-01-27
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Linux 3.2.2-1-ARCH i686
Current Operating System: Linux pdv 3.2.2-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu Jan 26 08:28:27 UTC 2012 i686
Kernel command line: root=/dev/sda1 ro vga=773
Build Date: 29 January 2012 03:41:53PM
Current version of pixman: 0.24.2
Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Fri Feb 3 21:13:19 2012
(==) Using config directory: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d"
(EE) Failed to load module "vesa" (module does not exist, 0)
(EE) Failed to load module "fbdev" (module does not exist, 0)
[10f] 320 x 200, 70Hz
[134] 320 x 240, 72Hz
[144] 400 x 300, 72Hz
[154] 512 x 384, 70Hz
[11e] 640 x 400, 70Hz
[112] 640 x 480, 60Hz, 75Hz, 85Hz, 100Hz, 160Hz
[115] 800 x 600, 60Hz, 75Hz, 85Hz
[118] 1024 x 768, 60Hz, 70Hz, 75Hz, 85Hz, 100Hz, 130Hz
[17b] 1280 x 768, 60Hz
[16a] 1280 x 960, 60Hz, 85Hz
[11b] 1280 x 1024, 60Hz, 75Hz, 85Hz, 100Hz
[13e] 1400 x 1050, 60Hz, 75Hz
[124] 1600 x 1200, 60Hz
(gnome-shell:770): Clutter-CRITICAL **: Unable to initialize Clutter: Unable to find suitable fbconfig for the GLX context: Failed to find any compatible fbconfigs
Window manager error: Unable to initialize Clutter.
Failed to play sound: File or data not found
Tracker-Message: Setting up monitor for changes to config file:'/home/dick/.config/tracker/tracker-miner-fs.cf** Message: applet now removed from the notification area
(nm-applet:789): libnotify-WARNING **: Failed to connect to proxy
** (nm-applet:789): WARNING **: get_all_cb: couldn't retrieve system settings properties: (25) Launch helper exited with unknown return code 1.
** (nm-applet:789): WARNING **: fetch_connections_done: error fetching connections: (25) Launch helper exited with unknown return code 1.
** (nm-applet:789): WARNING **: Failed to register as an agent: (25) Launch helper exited with unknown return code 1
Tracker-Message: Setting up monitor for changes to config file:'/home/dick/.config/tracker/tracker-store.cfg'
(tracker-store:791): Tracker-CRITICAL **: D-Bus service name:'org.freedesktop.Tracker1' is already taken, perhaps the daemon is already running?
(tracker-miner-fs:788): Tracker-CRITICAL **: Empty locale file found at '/home/dick/.cache/tracker/miner-applications-locale.txt'
(gnome-settings-daemon:668): color-plugin-WARNING **: failed to get edid: unable to get EDID for output
(tracker-miner-fs:788): Tracker-WARNING **: Couldn't properly parse desktop file 'file:///usr/share/applications/brasero-nautilus.desktop': 'Desktop file doesn't contain type'
(tracker-miner-fs:788): Tracker-CRITICAL **: Empty locale file found at '/home/dick/.cache/tracker/miner-applications-locale.txt'
xinit: connection to X server lost
waiting for X server to shut down gnome-session[655]: Gdk-WARNING: gnome-session: Fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server :0.
Server terminated successfully (0). Closing log file.
(tracker-miner-fs:788): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: Error while sending AddMatch() message: The connection is closed
(tracker-miner-fs:788): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: Error while sending AddMatch() message: The connection is closed
(tracker-miner-fs:788): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: Error while sending AddMatch() message: The connection is closed
(tracker-miner-fs:788): GVFS-RemoteVolumeMonitor-WARNING **: cannot remove match rule 'type='signal',interface='org.gtk.Private.RemoteVolumeMonitor',sender='org.gtk.Private.GduVolumeMonitor',': org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken.
(tracker-miner-fs:788): GVFS-RemoteVolumeMonitor-WARNING **: cannot remove match rule 'type='signal',interface='org.freedesktop.DBus',member='NameOwnerChanged',arg0='org.gtk.Private.GduVolumeMonitor'': org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Disconnected: Connection is closed
xinit: unexpected signal 2
If this gives clues could someone please point me in the right direction? Are the two EE messages significant (Failed to load modules "vesa" and "fbdev"). What is Clutter*? What should I do to get it initialized?
Thanks for any help.
Dick Summerfield (aka Battus).
* Sorry about that - it's an open source graphics library for creating hardware-accelerated user interfaces - but am I any the wiser for that
Last edited by Battus (2012-02-21 19:48:23)

desm0tes:
To take your points one by one:
1. I am now quite happy with LXDE too. The problems I mentioned last night seem to have gone (???!!!) and I can just start LXDE from my user account. Maybe later, I'll realize what I was doing wrong or rather what I did to make it work... . Now I just type:
startx
having put:
exec ck-launch-session startlxde
in .xinitrc.
2. Thanks for the tip about yaourt. I shall try that sooner or later.
3. Well as I said - I don't understand what I was doing wrong - which makes me feel a bit stupid and is rather annoying but looking on the bright side it's fine to be able to start-up, have a legible screen and logout successfully - which I couln't do before. I now have to figure out how to expand the contents of LXDE a bit but that's the fun of it!
LXDE starts up nicely with minimal possibilties but I can change look & feel and customize the panel settings.
"Menu" contains:
Accessories:
File Manager
Image Viewer
LXTerminal
Leafpad
Xarchiver
Internet:
Avahi SSH Server Browser
Avahi VNC Server Browser
Office:
ePDFViewer
System Tools:
Avahi Zerconf Browser
Task Manager
Preferences:
Customize Look and Feel
Monitor Settings
OPenbox Configuration Maanger
Preferred Applications
Run
Logout
All of these start up OK and work, on cursory examination, except the Avahi Browsers which I don't understand and which appear to do nothing as no window appears on screen.
4. I'm not quite sure I can yet see the use of a login manager such as SLiM, since I seem to get on quite nicely without it but since I've heard it mentioned a lot I'm sure I'm just missing the point.
Dick Summerfield (aka Battus)
Last edited by Battus (2012-02-06 19:56:30)

Skype's Downfall

Dear Skype Members,
I wish to share my personal experience and opinion on Skype's progression and how it has affected me.
First of all I am a long time Skype user so I go way back to 2006: i was a client way before the transition and sale to Microsoft so I started using skype in 2004.
I must say that over the years skype has come a long way and it has impressed me but when the Microsoft acquisition hit in 2011... A lot was changed.. Functionality, looks, feels, and it's protocol usages.
It has now become more problematic to even use skype then the ease of usage compared before the day of the Microsoft acquisition.
Let me give you some case an points:
1. in Skype 6.18.0.106 That was the last Version that i obtained for my old computer: it still has windows XP PRo Sp3 32bit installed on it.. And because of the architectural nature of it's build it is only able to run that version smoothly with out locking or crashing my computer: Yes I have tried other versions including the latest version on that system but the higher the version is the more unstable my system become to handle: memory and CPU bandwidth are nearly trippled on average usage and function thus my CPU resources are nearly at 88% of the time of usage.. Doing Cam calls with a group also is resource hogging but 6.18.0.106 was the most stable version and less resource hogging application to use - Skype versions have been re designed; re scripted and re-functioned to be used on newer laptops and computer desktops.
What really makes me sad is that Microsoft did not consider the fact of the majority of the Microsoft and Desktop/laptop client base that cannot afford 600 dollars and up to get a new PC.
And even at the base prices for PCs and laptops... The newer architectural designs for these units (Despite having multi cores and Cuda cores ) still have a limit on their Processing power when you buy the Cheapest ones because that is all you can afford or at the time could afford.
Despite Microsoft Skype team and Programmers making intruding and forceful update requirements on the client consumer base in this world it is very difficult for those whom are unable to use skype to its full potential and be able to have good experience for the usage.
2. The newer versions up to the latest require more power: Microsoft thinks that since there is newer technology out there: they want to take advantage of the look and feel of how skype functions; this requires more power on the CPU/GPU areas including Ram, it also takes more bandwidth on your South and north Bridges.. Why do we need an application that takes more power?
Microsoft COME ON: People upgrade their Computers so that way they can handle the CURRENT APPLICATIONS they already have and make room for handling more apps! I had to save 2 months of money that i have earned within a year period just to get 1,200 dollars of spending power to create a new gaming rig.. That way I can use skype and everything else with ease...
But then Microsoft changes the functionality and look and feel of it? Thus increasing the System requirements to a higher ranking? Does anyone here feel like they are always in a Big fat HOLE that they cannot seem to get their way out of no matter how much they claw and kick up the wall of that hole to get out? Every time an update of Skype happens; More problems appear or something else gets removed and thus destroying and ruining the functionality of it's old true purpose!
Right now I am on a Computer that has the following build.. FX57 AMD so it has a good 2.8GHZ speed on it.. OCed to 3.0. It has a HT Link speed of 1Ghz, with a data width of 64Bits, 64 KB 2-way set associative instruction cache/data cache, with a Physical of Tb1, and 1 MB exclusive 16-way set associative cache with a 256 associated VT Memory with it. there is a total of 4Gigs of DDR1 pc3200 MHZ400; this is the max capable bandwidth/speeds available on the Motherboard. I have a Cache Drive that is 80GIGs with 8mb cache on the PCB, and has 7200RPMs on it's speed. I also have 2 500GIGs Hds that have have 16MBs cache o the PCs that are raided with striping method.
the GPU card is a GTX7900 with 512MBs so with this configuration it is a pretty good fast config for its time. Back then SKype in older versions ran soo smoothly but now with the latest versions.. It slags my PC like a snail.
I am going to be building a new system with newer components but guess what? There is going to be a time and place that my system will again become obsolete when it comes to running skype. When I first ran skype i had a old Emachines 633ids. it had 633 Intel celeron CPU with the max ability of ram on it which was one Gig. I was able to run Skype fine until updates from the old skype company did some changes to it thus increasing the requirements: that is how i ended up spending money to build the old gaming rig with the specs I just listed with the fx57 CPU and the rest. So this means I had to buy 2 computers so far just to keep using skype; 80% of the games (older games at least over 8 years old) I can still play perfectly fine on here.. I paid a lot of money for some of the work I do like Adobe soft and other programs that i use on this thing besides just gaming concerned: My point to all of this is, why must I always have to upgrade my PC or buy a new laptop just to bloody use the latest versions of skype?
Also considering the fact that Microsoft's Life Cycle Policy that was placed on Skype it has only caused more problems for us consumers, Support for older versions of skype is coming to an end as it has been posted on the news blog info site of skype.com.
so it is only going to put a strain on me: The point of skype is that back then skype was all about communication, Look and feel was not such an important thing to a lot of people, And if there ever was anyone that cared is it fair that those whom don't get punished for it?
Windows Live Messenger, was changed quite a bit over it's time, when I had the old Windows Live messenger I used to use just messenger, but then microsoft closed its ports and declined login capability : I was forced to use a newer version of skype that had more customizable look and feel for User pictures and the likes: The only real thing I liked about it was the grouping system and contact management as well as the new feature of Log files to be saved for chat.
It was still mostly a basic communication program that was used by millions: me being one of them, and if I wanted some insane changes done to the interface like idk.. make my entire bar and contacts look all purple or something or use sound boards or new icons i could simply install MSPLUS- I am sure a lot of you have heard of MSGPLus! just google it was a scripted API that allowed one to customize the look and functionality of WLM: Those who really wanted to change the way it looked and given it style. Still the simplicity and less resource hogging application WLM was one of the best achievements of all time when it came to communication reliability; i didn't mind the slight system requirements update on WLM, it wasn't so Drastic compared to Skype's!
And Finally one of the worst things that I have ever had to deal with skype:
Group moderation in chat: there is two types of chat systems; Cloud based and P2P based.
Every time someone creates a new group it auto creates by the default template from Skype itself and on the server: CLOUD-BASE, we do not for one get a choice when using CTRL+N or going to the menu bar to do so or when we add a few friends on our contact list to someone we are already talking with 1vs1, it turns it into a cloud.
I have four groups that i use: some for work, and leisure time. But I do not have full control and banishment and administrative tools available in the cloud: I think i want to be able to ban someone whom is causing problems whether it be temp or permanent, give people certain roles and abilities within the chat to help with moderation and functionality within my groups. Lucky enough there was a command that allowed you to do this: /createmoderatedchat
But recently, Microsoft again stripped us of that functionality and you can only create this chat by using a version of skype 6.22.81.105 or higher: do you know how annoying this is? I actually had to create a portable skype with it's own database folder and run 6.22.81.105 just to create a moderated chat; on my old gaming rig I have to run 6.18.0.106 for reasons of performance concerns.
The latest version Skype 7.4.0.102 - When creating a group; and your the creator, you will NOT be able to see your group you just created in older versions of skype, Do you know how stupid this is? if I use the latest version of skype on my old gaming rig and log in: Oh yes I can see it just Fine, but in older versions I cannot.
If I create a P2P moderated chat in Skype 7.4.0.102 and also set a picture to the group profile properties: it will not show to older users, I don't know why this is like this but it just is.
Here is some things I noticed now:
Latest version creating a group chat p2p based:
6.22.81.105 cannot see the group you just made, (You will not appear inside the chat yo just made it won't be listed on your chat history or anything)
6.21.0.104, and 6.18 also cannot see the group you just made in 7.4.0.102
Basically anything below version 7.4.0.102 that has a P2P based group you made: it will not reflect in older versions.
This means my acquaintances, friends, and business clients that wish to have a group meeting with me, they will not be able to see themselves in another computer: lets say they have a new PC and create the new group: then they have to suddenly run off and so they take their laptop with them: which has an older version of skype and have to run that version of skype for performance issues, well guess what: they wont see themselves!
This is how stupid Skype has become!
I have to run 3 different versions of skype just to Do what I need to do on a daily basis!
Now Skype community: tell me this has really started to get really ridiculous? Because it really has!
oh and if I set a profile picture for the group chat i made; that will only show to ALL users with all versions if i create the modded Group chat in skype 6.22.81.105, then set a picture: it will reflect and show in the latest version of skype and also in my old 6.18 version..
And finally the last bit that really just killed the look of skype: What is up with all the bloody circles?!
I mean really it is like Skype/Microsoft stole the idea of circles from GOogle/Youtube and Imperial online when it came to profile pictures for your self and each user in a group or 1vs1 conversation.
Do I really have to go through all the trouble now of right clicking on a person to see their full profile picture now because their picture is bloody trimmed EVEN MORE around the entire edges? Ya i really want half my face CUT OFF to all my clients and friends when they want to find a picture of my face and see its mee and IM me, oh and I just really love it when it does that too to my group pictures like Cavedog Entertainment, or even Bricksquad: So much for properly showing my Company Logos of PCER, LTD, and Random00Six to my clients.
It's like Microsoft just coppied the idea from Imperial online and Youtube/Google+: But again who the bloody heck wants Circles?
Circles
Look Skype community: I can understand that many of you may want to change the way Skype looks, feels and it's functionality, I don't blame the community at all: you should have the right to change the way you want skype to act and feel to your desires, but I blame Microsoft: it is not fair that everyone should be forced into using the ideas of someone elses, Skype should have been left to 3rd party developers whom wish to code and create scripts to modify the way skype looks, just like MSGPlus! did with Windows Live Messenger, but you have to understand there is some that just don't want to or care to change the way their Skype looks and want to keep it that way.
I have used Yahoo Messenger, AIM and other MSGing applications: NONE OF Them have done this stupid circle thing. Look for ICQ, AIM, and Yahoo messenger latest Versions. They still have a boxed picture profiling system and they give you the option to customize the way it looks a lot better then skype did, and some of these messenger apps still are simplistic and easy.
With these latest versions of these messengers I just named off: They all still work better then skype: I can run AIM, Yahoo messenger, ICQ, mIRC, and can have a yahoo call going on with video streaming and not lag my computer to Crap: if I can run all those messengers simultanoiusly, but must painfully (sometimes it crashes my PC) pulling out my hair, and barely run skype alone: there is obviously something seriously wrong here!
Has Microsoft not learned anything?: It is like the company has sacraficed Quality Performance and Simplicity for Beauty, they already did a horrible job of making windows 8 look like a overblown cattle bag of Mac OS Leopard's quickstart Bar: Window's 8's Start system with app lists is completely over exaggerated with a bunch of boxes blowing up your screen (Not even Mac Leopard and up had Application buttons and quickstart bar this complex and intruding!); and making the application search ability so complex that it takes longer just to work your apllications then compared to Windows XP.
Widows XP was the most outstanding operating system I have ever worked with and it has been a operating system that I have recommended for PC Desktop users since it is appearance, yes that is 14 years of exccellence when it came to a good OS; yes it had some flaws but it sure as heck was easier to use; and Microsoft patched up a lot of issues and security problems. I still semi recommend that operating system; but because of the life cycle issues I now recommend Windows 7.
Summary: the overall preformence and usage of Skype has dwindled greatly, and i must say, skype is no longer my main communication program anymore and I am sure that other users have had to find/ go back to an older application they used to use or are stuck with skype because that is where their friends and family are on so they have, so they use an older version.
I just wish that the old Skype was back, but those days are long gone, and one person whom shares their experiences of 11 years of usage would make any sound what so ever to the ears' of Microsoft.
I echo the pain and suffering of many skype users whom I have read countless Community forum complaints of problems with skype ever since Skype's Acquisition: it has bettered some users, but for others like my self; it has only caused problems and has made me to turn away from Skype.
I wish you all good luck in your Communication protocol issues and hope for the best.
Kind Respects,
E J

I would appreciate that Any skype modorators or Administrators please contact me for copyright issues when it comes to imaging usage on a post: I was not contacted for any violation in the TOS Policy what so ever; therefor there was no reason for my image to be removed.

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I will go & check out the GenArts.
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