Emerging Tech Talk #015 – Demo of new Skype 2.8 Beta for Mac OS X
January 5th, 2009 by Dan YorkTonight out at MacWorld, Skype is announcing their new 2.8 Beta for Mac OS X which rolls out some new features including screen sharing, WiFi access via Boingo, a new way to interact with Mood messages that are more like Twitter, chat prioritization and a number of other options.
In this episode, host Dan York demonstrates those new features and shows what the new Skype 2.8 Beta for Mac OS X looks like…
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March 27th, 2009 at 5:11 pm
Can Skype 2.8 be set up to automatically accept screen sharing? This would be useful to me so I can remotely operate my mother’s mac using Skype. Presently my skype 2.7 can answer calls and video automatically.
March 27th, 2009 at 8:49 pm
Kim, Good question. I don’t see any way that you can configure Skype to start screen sharing automatically. As you note, it can start video automatically, but I can’t see anywhere to start the screen sharing automatically. The good news is that the buttons have changed so that they are right above the video window and are VERY clear. So your mother would just need to click the Screen Sharing button and it would start.
I would note, too, that this screen sharing feature is “sharing” in a view-only mode. You could not “operate” your mother’s mac remotely. You could *see* her Mac’s screen, but you couldn’t do anything there. It’s not a “remote desktop” kind of tool. Just viewing. I have found it quite useful to show people what’s on my screen and demonstrate various applications and such… but *I* am the one operating my Mac.
Thanks for the question, Dan