Skype allows you to talk to friends, family and co-workers across the internet without long distance telephone charges. It works by using P2P technology for the data transmission, meaning there is no central server as a middle manager.
What’s new in this version:
Version 2.7.0.195beta:
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feature: Higher resolution video calls (640×480 and 25 frames per second)
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feature: Mobile Indicators
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improvement: Possibility to paste DTMF codes to call window
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improvement: Added confirmation dialog before closing all open chats
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improvement: selected chat background color in drawer is now gray if Skype is inactive
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improvement: Joining public chat when host is offline has improved messaging
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improvement: clicking search button in the view which is shown after quickfiltering starts search immediately
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improvement: “Block” and “Add to Conference” menu items were not enabled when multiple contacts were selected in contact list
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improvement: Added “Back to Contacts” button to the view which is shown after quickfiltering didn’t find anything
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improvement: KICKED and KICKBAN messages now shown in chat
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improvement: Volume slider in conference calls and video calls
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improvement: Improved context menu of contact groups
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improvement: Rename contact group right after creation
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improvement: Address Book contacts are now updated after change in Address Book
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improvement: context menus of Address Book contacts improved
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improvement: File transfer notifing window improved
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improvement: Added “Create New Group” menu item to the “Add to Group” submenu in the context menu of contact list
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change: Growl removed from advanced prefs
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change: Renamed ‘Show Skype status in menu bar’ to ‘Show status in menu bar’and moved to General
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bugfix: Skype did not install Address Book dialler on some instances
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bugfix: Compatibility with Leopard OSX 10.5 firewall
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bugfix: Removed 3 seconds delay after hanging up a video call
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bugfix: When sending contacts to multiple users comma appeared between user
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bugfix: Sound popup menu was not updated after removing custom sound
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bugfix: Video calls were unstable on PowerPC computers
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bugfix: Kick chat messages was displayed incorrectly
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bugfix: Crash on quitting with Cmd+Q before user is signed in
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bugfix: “About Skype” window did not close when the logo was clicked
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bugfix: It was not possible to send voicemails after cancelling a voicemail recording right after it started
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bugfix: Number of missed events were wrong sometimes after marking new voicemails
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bugfix: Sometimes contact list was not fully visible or there was some white space inside the main window
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bugfix: Sometimes echo123 was not added to the contact list for the new users signing in first time
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bugfix: Skype crashed during processing transfer history for File Transfer window
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bugfix: Sometimes Skype crashed when stopping video
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bugfix: File Transfer didn’t show correct file size during transfer
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bugfix: Local video was not shown on some cases
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bugfix: Search button in Find Contact was disabled
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bugfix: It was possible to import duplicate phone numbers
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bugfix: It was not possible to accept file transfer after Skype client re-start
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bugfix: Multichat participants list was wrongly sorted
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bugfix: There was no call window on reciever side, if caller hung up and called again very quickly
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bugfix: If someone came online while renaming a contact the whole contact name got selected
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bugfix: Contact groups were sometimes expanded automatically when internet connection status changed
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bugfix: Busy signal kept playing while waiting for redial
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bugfix: Chats did not open sometimes on Panther OSX 10.3.9
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bugfix: Reseting language in edit profile window did not work
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bugfix: Sometimes Skype played dual ringtones when making a SkypeOut call
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bugfix: It was not possible to transfer call back to the person who transferred it to you
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bugfix: Wrong chat was selected in drawer after closing all read
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bugfix: When adding Address Book contact to Skype contact list some details were not added to contact list
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bugfix: Sometimes Skype froze while loading contactlist right after sign-in
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bugfix: Conference call view didn’t transform back into single call view, when only one participant was left in the call
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bugfix: Full screen video didn’t clear when joining a conference call
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bugfix: Long URL’s were overdrawn in view profile window
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bugfix: When already in a call, and ‘automatically answer calls’ selected - current call was placed on hold and incoming call was answered
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bugfix: Cancel Sign In button didn’t function properly
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bugfix: Skype API: OPEN CHAT command didn’t work
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German, Spanish, French, Dutch, Japanese, Russian, Norwegian, Italian, Czech localizations updated
