Skype 5 for Mac blocks all webcam access by Flash. Skype says it is "by design"

Re:Skype 5 for Mac blocks all webcam access by Flash. Skype ... by nickolai on Monday January 31, 2011 @07:47AM (#2161236)

For once, i am rather happy with skype devs not putting too much effort in the linux version. Hope it stays that way...

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Re:Skype 5 for Mac blocks all webcam access by Flash. Skype ... by danpker on Monday January 31, 2011 @08:14AM (#2161303)

Never had a big problem with the Linux version. It does video, with good quality, and that's all you really need Skype for, a flashy UI or other pointless features just detracts from Skype's main purpose.

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Re:Skype 5 for Mac blocks all webcam access by Flash. Skype ... by nickolai on Monday January 31, 2011 @10:19AM (#2161689)

Totally agreed. I used to be annoyed by the absence of SMS support in one of the previous versions. I havent bothered checking whether it is present now, since I no longer need that feature anyway.

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Re:Skype 5 for Mac blocks all webcam access by Flash. Skype ... by cookiecaper on Tuesday February 01, 2011 @12:57AM (#2164624)

They've promised to open-source the UI and put out most of the functionality in a blob that the UI talks to, maybe over D-Bus or something I guess. That was quite a while ago, though.

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Re:Skype 5 for Mac blocks all webcam access by Flash. Skype ... by pyre on Monday January 31, 2011 @09:19PM (#2164135)

Well, I hope they add support to video conferencing.

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