Improvement: added keyboard shortcut to bring chat window forward
Improvement: added remote time zone and buddy count to remote profile panel
Improvement: added remote time zone and buddy count privacy options to profile
Change: Japanese localization (beta)
Bugfix: changed the default size and location of the main window
Bugfix: emoticon popup menu remained open when main menu was clicked
Bugfix: it was not possible to record, listen or delete voicemail welcome message
Bugfix: Skype remained in the background when you made a call or initiated a chat by using the menu bar item
Bugfix: sometimes main window toolbar remained hidden after a successful sign in, even though it should have been visible according to user settings
Bugfix: sometimes mood messages in the contact list and in the tooltip were different
Bugfix: under certain circumstances, the main window appeared just as a white rectangle
Change: easily switch to back to classic sounds in events preferences
Change: added checkboxes to the edit profile window, to show/hide buddy count and time zone
Change: if main window is in the forefront, entered text will go to address field
Change: updated end user license agreement (eula)
Change: added eulas in French, Japanese, German and Italian
About:
Skype is a little program for making free calls over the internet to anyone else who also has Skype. It’s free and easy to download and use, and works with most computers. Now it also supports video conferencing over the net.
Skype is a proprietary peer-to-peer Internet telephony (VoIP) network, founded by Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis, the creators of KaZaA and competing against established open VoIP protocols like SIP, IAX, or H.323. The Skype Group is headquartered in Luxembourg with offices also in London and Tallinn. The system has a reputation for working across different types of network connections (including firewalls and NAT) because voice packets are routed by the combined users of the free desktop software application. Skype users can speak to other Skype users for free. Skype also has paid services allowing users to call traditional telephone numbers (SkypeOut), receive calls from traditional phones (SkypeIn), and receive voicemail messages.
