Skype for Desktop is unusable on Tablet devices

Why am I being forced to use the desktop client when it functions terribly on tablets? I enjoyed being able to use a full-screen, resizeable/multitasking client, and now I can't even see what I'm typing with the on-screen keyboard, along with being subjected to the awful banner ads that even further shrink visibility. For the love of god, either bring back Skype for Modern Windows, or give us the option to change the interface in the Desktop app to look like it used to. Given that I literally cannot even use the client right now, no thanks to the limited ability for Skype to shrink its window past a certain size being what prevents me from seeing what I'm even typing, I will be seeking an alternative IM client unless this is resolved.

Go to the store and look for Skype Translator, it is basically the "modern" app with the translation bits added. It's not perfect but compared to the desktop version on a tablet its wonderful. And like the rest of us, join the queue for a proper explanation from someone at Skype or MS.

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First of all I really have to make a reality check: Are people actually HAPPY with what you've done to Skype, Microsoft? Do people actually like this unintuitive new bloated shiny joke of an update that you've given it in 7.0?
If so, then I'm probably posting this in vain.
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What do I do? Well I run different versions of many kinds of software and OS'es, mostly for testing purposes, but sometimes I also run legacy software for the simplicity you ask for ( I do run a severe old winamp, mostly beacouse I'm attached to it).
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