Skype shouldn't be able to start multiple instances

[Kai Mast]

At the moment wenn I alread have skype running and click on the skype icon in the dash, another instance of skype starts.

The correct behaviour should be: clicking the skype icon in the dash brings the skype instance that is already running to the front.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Gianfranco Costamagna (costamagnagianfranco)]

I really don't understand why, this is an expected behavior that allows you to connect with multiple accounts at the same time.

In my opinion this bug can be closed as invalid or set an importance "wishlist".

[Kai Mast (kai-mast)]

Never thought of it this way. Is it a common case that somebody runs more than one account at once?

[Kai Mast (kai-mast)]

This actually is fixed in Skype 4.0

[Flames_in_Paradise (ellisistfroh-deactivatedaccount)]

This is to be exspected behaviour, because it is possible to have multiple Skype accounts, like private/business and run them simoultaneously on one machine. A good reason not to upgrade in a haste, even though there is a workaround.

It's not a bug , it's a feature.