Feedback on Skype 6.21.85.104 preview for Windows

Question

Hi Skype team, thanks for the update. 
Here's some feedback/requests/criticism for you as you've requested as such:
(Claudius, they asked for feedback and not "suggestions" and not in any specific area here: http://blogs.skype.com/2014/10/09/improved-skype-d​esktop-clients-for-a-dynamic-new-chat-experience/)​..."Give it a try, and let us know what you think. We’ll be closely following your feedback onTwitter, Facebook, and the Skype Community."
1. Mood status should be editable below my name in the top left, adjacent to my user pic, and not only in the "profile" popup when clicking on the blue bar.
2. Recipient chat bubble colour can stay the same blue colour. Sender colour should be distinctly different and not a different shade of blue. It should be the green colour skype used to use. 
(Hell, you guys could get REALLY crazy and allow sender/recipient chat bubble colours to be completely customisable! Crazy, I know).
3. User picture bubble in above chat should be perhaps 10% larger than it currently is. On a 27" display @ 2560x1440 I cannot even make out any distinct features of their face. It's just too small.
4. Scrollbar for navigating user list on the left hand side is too small and doesn't adhere to Win32 scrollbar standards by using the system scrollbar. The right hand side for navigating conversations does adhere to Win32 and uses the system scrollbar. Please change it back to the system default Win32 scrollbar. Over 51% of your users are more than likely on Windows 7, and only 8-10% on WIndows 8/8.1/8.1 Update 1 with the different scrollbar kit. It's best to stick with what the system uses.
If I find more I'll update it as I go along; these are just my first impressions. 
Thanks!

Answer 1

My feedback: I don't want this. Ever.
I don't want this text-bubble bullcrap. It's cluttering and annoying to look at. I don't want to see these tiny versions of avatars either, they're cluttering and won't be very visible either way. If I want to look at their avatar, I will click on their profile or talk to them 1:1. Actually, I do indeed enjoy the look of the current skype. Minimalistic. My only problem with your mess is that it's 100% WHITE. It burns the eyes and causes actual pain to tab into.
I cannot imagine how this UI is going to work out in large group chats. I'm in multiple, and all I can see is hell. Especially with image previews like this? Plain and simple, you're asking for disaster.
Why do you, Microsoft, continue to give us things we don't ask for? Why has the suggestion for themes been "under consideration" for nearly a year? I don't understand, but at this point, I don't care. I really do hope a new IM/Call program emerges from the shadows and people start moving there. I'm beginning to really despise Skype, and for good reason.
If anything, please make this "dynamic new" garbageexperience optional. That's my feedback, and I pray that you will take what I say into consideration. Then again, you probably won't. Because you're Microsoft.
In any case, I'm going to keep my skype not updated for as long as I possibly can to avoid this calamity waiting to happen. Maybe you'll learn from the backlash of the last time you forced us to update and let us use the program the way we want to, as consumers.