I've been trying to be patient with the newest version of Skype for OS X, but today I surrender. I have officially gone back to version 2.8 (the last version before version 5, I know, I don't get it either) to fix all the audio and video problems I experienced with v5. I don't know what happened with this version. Skype has always been the most solid VOIP solution for PC & Mac, but version 5 broke video support for all sorts of cameras and the UI got completely ugly and obtrusive. Since the announcement about Microsoft purchasing Skype for $8.5 billion, I doubt there will be enough money left to fix this P. O. S. Luckily, the folks at Skype still have 2.8 available on their site here. Downgrading means I'll be giving up group video calls, but I didn't do that much anyway. Besides, there's always iChat for that.