Comments on: Facebook Video Calling will replace Skype client for most Mac users

By: akshay goenka

akshay goenka — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 05:31:06 +0000

the new fb video chat option is nt available on my macbook pro….do i hav to download it????

By: jamie

jamie — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 00:43:25 +0000

Why do half the gigaom articles claim x will replace y ? Tables will replace laptops , smart phones will replace computers, etc ect etc.

Thee is a world outside a narrow view of new technology, its called the real world, I would never use Facebook to Skype half the folks I know, my smart phone is just a backup when I’m not at a purer, and try running PhotoShop, finalcut pro or any real software on your iPad.

We get you all like new technology, but sensational giddy headlines don’t make it so.

Still like ya all though :)

By: DMC

DMC — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 15:11:17 +0000

Sorry, but to make this claim, especially with your dramatic headline “…will replace…” is for one, naive, and two, just plain wrong. You’re assuming that all Mac users who use Skype for IM and video chat either have a FB account, or trust FB enough to want to shift all their video conferencing to FB as a central hub. Sorry, but that’s just not gonna happen.

By: Austin

Austin — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 17:43:12 +0000

I used it last night and it was probably the most simple integration of all time.

I called a friend not likely to be too computer savvy, they said “wtf” and then had it all set up in 30 seconds without me saying anything.

Very simple and very cool to use.

By: PD

PD — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 08:07:36 +0000

LOL – I just looked at my FB page and there’s an exclamation point at the bottom, “Facebook chat is experiencing technical problems at this time.” So much for launch day! They must have outsourced to Microsoft.

By: PD

PD — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 08:05:38 +0000

Forget having to have applications open, as the myopic author states. I use FB because it’s a good business tool but I am always unavailable for chat, just like in the days of AOL and as today with Gmail. Always unavailable. And I’ve never used MSN (or whatever MS is calling it this month). Once available for chat, all sorts of people who you hardly know are pawing at you for your time – demanding an immediate response. No thanks. I prefer email.

By: B. Moore

B. Moore — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 07:16:31 +0000

Yes this is Off Topic…

Why in hell did you have to add the UGLY new share bar that floats at the bottom of my browser.

UGGG very very annoying.

By: Winski

Winski — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 03:32:00 +0000

SaLUTE !!!

NOTHING that has the eternal stench of Bomber and his gang of flying monkeys from Seattle on it will NEVER come anywhere close to my Mac… NOR will Zuckerberger’s swill….

By: Ed Celis

Ed Celis — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 02:04:43 +0000

Nice article, but as you can see below, it is not working as flawlessly as you claim. Interestingly enough, while I partially agree with your observation that video chats work best with family and close friends, you totally by-pass Skype’s main user base: business connections. Since I try to keep FB restricted to friends and family, I will not be giving up anytime soon on my Skype (annoyingly UI handicapped as it.)
Someday I may use FB’s Skype video chat… when my 65 year old aunt learns how to use her web-cam ;-)

By: GAG

GAG — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 22:24:17 +0000

No thanks, I am even going to leave Facebook.