So Much to Hate about Skype for Windows 8

Skype for Windows 8 is the most incredible piece of garbage I have ever used. It is one of the best examples of terrible interface design I can even think of, and that isn't just because I have a terrible memory. It's surreal. It's almost as if a bunch of intelligent, talented people were explicitly told by Microsoft to make the interface in exactly the worst way possible, and then these people went and did just that instead of telling management to fuck off and die like they should have.

So here is what I hate:

1) Skype is now hidden in that weird dumb alternate universe touchscreen OS that runs parallel with Windows 8. Is that Metro? I think it might be called Metro. Look, Metro sucks. It's like this dumb extra level of complexity to an operating system, which is already at the maximum level of complexity. So now not only can you switch between tabs on browsers, and alt-tab between windows, but you can also switch between entire operating system interfaces, each which run their own programs. This is a Windows 8 thing as much as anything, but I'm not complaining about Windows 8. I'm complaining about the goddamn retarded decision to actually work with Windows 8's dumb Metro bullshit and act as if every computer on the market is a touchscreen tablet.

2) Basically almost everything else just flows from this. Remember how you could just drag and drop files into a chat window to send them? Remember how you could have an eye on one window while you worked in a totally different program, perhaps while collaborating with a coworker on a project? Or maybe just entertaining yourself while chatting with boring family members. Remember sitting down at your computer and being able to tell at a glance that someone had sent you a message? Well now you can't.

3) Skype now follows the limitation of looking at one thing at a time all the way down to the program's interface itself. You can't even view the contact list while you're chatting with someone. Every version of every desktop IM program I remember since ICQ has allowed you to look at both things at a time. Imagine an alternate universe where the phrase 'multitasking' was never invented, and people only did one thing at any given time on a computer. Imagine Microsoft eliminating the single advantage of IMing over any other means of instant communication.

It is seriously garbage and everyone involved in the project should be, I dunno, gassed to death or something. Ok, not gassed. I went too far there, and I'm sorry. But something bad. Not death, nothing like that. Just something that would make them wish they were dead.