New feature: automatically pause itunes during calls
New feature: remember open chats after quit
Improvement: now easily switch between user names
Improvement: new sounds for event notification (w/ bonus ringtone)
Improvement: font size for individual chats now adjustable
Improvement: remote contact's timezone is showed in contact list tooltip (if the contact permits it)
Improvement: "sort contacts by status" added to the view menu
Improvement: chats show skype: url's as links
Improvement: events & services panels now open and close faster
Improvement: new chat / commands, enter /help in chat window to learn more
Improvement: skype crash reporter, reports crashes to skype
Improvement: redesigned call preferences panel
Improvement: new login screen
Improvement: new alert for custom ringtone while in a call
Improvement: upgraded audio for improved call quality
Change: scrollbar added to the dialpad tab
Change: chat text send button removed
Change: cmd-= and cmd-_ also increase and decrease chat font size
Change: fade-out animation of the blue login screen (tiger-only feature)
Change: new icon, buttons and graphics
Change: skype icon can be replaced with candybar
Change: skype sound test (echo123) is now added to the contact list of new skype users by default
Bugfix: contact groups now expanded from first install
Bugfix: fixed chat handling of email addresses with dot in name
Bugfix: fixed long delay on quit
Bugfix: icon for blocked skypeout contacts was incorrect
Bugfix: muting conference calls failed in some cases
Bugfix: add a contact menu option didn't work when a chat window was the front window
Bugfix: online status was not saved
Bugfix: selected contact in the contact list was unselected after the status of a contact had changed
Bugfix: sign in as another user didn't perform fast switch between two accounts when both accounts had passwords saved
Bugfix: skype api: get/set mute didn't work
Bugfix: skype name and display name of a conference call participant were in some rare cases not shown
Bugfix: many fixes related to sign-in process
Bugfix: skypein status was in some cases inaccurate
Bugfix: titlebar name now sync’d better to recent changes in profile
Bugfix: chat drawer redraw problems addressed
Bugfix: under certain circumstances hang up failed
Bugfix: skype now runs from unix volumes too
Bugfix: better support for firewire devices
Known issue: some problems with firewire device as input still exist, working to correct
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.
