Skype Classic is the earlier-generation build of Microsoft’s portable all-in-one VoIP, IM and video-chat client.
Launch it and a compact dashboard shows what your contacts are up to—like, comment or tweak your own mood line in seconds. One more click opens the integrated phone-book, letting you ring or text any Facebook buddy for free as long as they’re also on Skype, a neat trick for trimming phone bills.
Group video is baked in: drop up to nine friends into the same window and the view automatically spotlights whoever’s talking, so side conversations don’t derail the main thread.
If flaky calls have plagued you before, the built-in call-quality monitor tracks jitter, packet-loss and bandwidth in real time, popping up plain-English fixes before you even notice the hiccup.
When the Internet really lets you down, automatic call-recovery jumps in—dropping and re-establishing the session within a few seconds so you’re back to laughing instead of troubleshooting.
This download is the legacy v7 “Classic” edition for macOS, still prized by users who prefer the lighter, ad-free interface of the pre-Metro era.