4 Important Tips for regular Skype Users

We are social persons and we love to stay connected with our friends and family. Although Social networks are one of the best way to connect with our family but there are some drawbacks. We can’t really video chat or call. Skype is for those who want quality. We don’t know Skype too much well today we will learn something else. Let’s take a look on tips

1- Hot keys

Hot keys are the word which refers for fast communication between user and program. Like many other programs,  Skype also have keyboard combination for short cuts and fast user experience. By default User Hot Keys are disabled in Skype but you can enable them just go to menu Tools -> Options -> Advanced -> Hookeys, and then check the check box Enable keyboard shortcuts. Browse through the list of tasks and see the ones you will use. You can even customize the keyboard combination for each action. Remember to save the settings when you are done.

2 – Use Skype through your Web browser

This is a really cool trick very few people know about this. You can Use Skype using your web browser. Some times there is an emergency to use Skype but unfortunately the system does not have one so you don’t have enough time to install Skype. So for these kind of condition you can use Skype on web browser.
Just go to this site . You can even use msn, Facebook chat,  aim using this tool. You can access Facebook in restricted area such like office, colleges  using this site.

3- Free video surveillance with Skype

For this trick I can bet you. That Skype can do this much. Yeah it’s true you can even use Skype for video surveillance.

In face it is really cool trick and really easy to do.  You can monitor a place inside your home with Skype and a webcam, while you are gone.

To do that, you must first make a second Skype account. Now set up that account in a way that it can only receive calls from people in the contact list, and also to automatically start a video call when someone calls. Now add your Skype name to its contact list, so only you can call. Set up a computer with a webcam pointed at the valuable thing you are monitoring in your house. And that should be it. You get the idea right? You can now call from anywhere to this Skype account and a video call will start, sending you direct video with the object in your home, that you are monitoring. All for free too.

4- 2 Skype @ same time

one Skype is not enough for us right? using two account at same  time is pretty cool. You can do that as well. All you need to do is download Skype Launcher. It is a free piece of software that will help you. With it you can open Skype as many times as you want. You can log in with many different Skype names on the same computer.