New Skype for Mac 7.0

Yikes. This version looks terrifying. The whole redesigning of the chat experience was not needed. It was very clean and simple before. Now there are unneeded chat bubbles, pictures of my contacts instead of names (my friends have some really stupid pictures), and a bunch of unnecessary colors. Making everything blue is just ridiculous. I understand that is Skype's color but there's a fine line between branding and poor design.  With that being said, the biggest flaw is the lack of customization to the redesign. If I could at least change the color or get rid of my friend's profile pictures in replacement of their name again (what a crazy concept), I wouldn't really have too much of an issue.  Back to 6 we go...

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