New Update Missing Features

This most recent update is pretty awful. Firstly, putting the audio record button in the same place as the send button is absolutely terrible planning. Why on earth would you do that? Secondly, taking away the ability to see which of my contacts are online other than scrolling through recent chats with them is frustrating. Finally, with this new update, I dont always get notifications of new messages, and the app itself is slow. Why add so many useless features to it - like trying to add a Snapchat-esque story to it - when taking away existing features that people loved? Ive faithfully used Skype for years, and Im extremely disappointed with this update.

BlazingEyes about Skype for iPhone, v8.3