Skype Changelog

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For Complete changelog pelase go here: http://www.skype.com/download/skype/...changelog.html

Change Log
15.05.2006 version 2.0.0.105

* bugfix: Name not displayed in history tab for calls made to SkypeOut contacts

03.05.2006 version 2.5.0.72

* feature: Ability to Send SMS
* feature: Predictive Dialer
* feature: Shared Groups
* feature: View Outlook Contacts
* feature: Payments in Client
* feature: Improved Account Creation
* feature: Improved Upgrade
* feature: Call quality Feedback
* feature: Simplified Installation
* feature: Voice level indicators in conference call
* feature: File Transfer resumes after restart of Skype
* feature: API group types PROPOSED_SHARED_GROUP and SHARED_GROUP (protocol 6 only), commands ALTER GROUP xx SHARE and ALTER GROUP xx ACCEPT/DENY
* feature: API commands GET CALL xx RATE and GET CALL xx RATE_CURRENCY
* feature: API commands SET UI_LANGUAGE and GET UI_LANGUAGE
* feature: API command SEARCH MISSEDVOICEMAILS
* feature: API commands ALTER CHAT xx BOOKMARK and ALTER CHAT xx UNBOOKMARK, CHAT property BOOKMARKED
* feature: API command ALTER VOICEMAIL xx SETUNPLAYED
* change: Improved video quality
* change: Removed windows platform check for video
* change: Disable the Test Webcam button when Skype knows there is no webcam present
* change: Improve error message when sending files to Pocket PC users
* change: Replaced some ringtones
* change: Accessibility: contact mood text accessible via MSAA
* change: Accessibility: Implement MSAA support for search results
* change: Language file editor has simple search and ordering possibilities
* change: Profile window changed to non-modal
* change: Clarified 'contact details' in authorization requests
* change: Sound file too big error shown already on import
* change: Improved dialog wordings
* change: Current chat window position at beginning of unread messages when opening the window
* change: Only focused emoticon is animated in the emoticons roster
* change: API protocol 6
* change: API: conference calls that had been made or received with version 2.0 or older are not considered as conf calls any more
* change: API: After conference call is finished, CONF_PARTICIPANTS_COUNT shows number of all participants no matter when they had left
* change: ew language files Bulgarian (Nikolay Filipov & Nikolina Filipova , Czech (Petr Silon) , German (Claudius Henrichs & Dick Schiferli), Estonian (Eve Loopere), Hungarian (Mark Bender & Laszlo Koncz & Gabor Stefanik), Italian (Daniele Conte) , Norwegian (Stig Auestad), Dutch (Kees Koenders), Polish (Karol Szastok), Portuguese (Francisco Ferreira), French (Fabrice Imperial & Bruno Lépaulard), Spanish (David Reche), Finnish (Heino Keränen), Swedish (Anders Olsson) Turkish (Emin Dede), Romanian (Peter Henning), Arabic (Sophia Hammoudeh from Maktoob / Eriksen), Chinese Simplified (Leon Yang from tom.com) , Chinese Traditional (Carlos Lee, Morden Chen from Pchome), Mayu Shimizu (Japanese), Anna Nystrom (Brasilian Portuguese)
* bugfix: SkypeOut call quality deteriorated in long calls over bad network
* bugfix: Fixed some corner cases where presence was shown incorrectly
* bugfix: Mood message was truncated incorrectly
* bugfix: Chinese symbols input to chat window problem with Wubi Input Methods
* bugfix: No confirmation on deleting Voicemail
* bugfix: Remove my mood message from 'my panel' title when opened
* bugfix: Video not updated when on hold
* bugfix: Pressing "cancel" did not restore previous settings for Voicemail in options
* bugfix: Calling invalid number with callto: did not show error dialog
* bugfix: Default action button in multichat for people you have not authorized should be 'add', not 'call'
* bugfix: Ampersand does not show correctly on tab header
* bugfix: Double click did not work on quickfiltered chats
* bugfix: After applying Quick Filter the previous group was changed
* bugfix: Could not select URL in chat
* bugfix: After adding new SkypeOut number Skype should focus on it
* bugfix: When only one contact in the contact list, it should always be expanded
* bugfix: Sort order in Contact List does not follow local collation order
* bugfix: User Interface language change not applied to error message
* bugfix: TypeDown search does not start at focused contact
* bugfix: Long filenames were not truncated in File Transfer window
* bugfix: API: If APPLICATION for app2app communication was created and closed without deleting it, next time it was impossible to create it again.
* bugfix: API: BTN_RELEASED deleted first character entered on Addressbar
* bugfix: API: OPEN SENDCONTACTS to multiple targets did not add recipients to form
* bugfix: API: Setting TIMEZONE bigger than 86400 was broken
* bugfix: API: ALTER VOICEMAIL actions were not returned uppercase
* bugfix: API: Sometimes on deleting voicemail notification VOICEMAIL xx STATUS DELETING was missing
* bugfix: API: SEARCH MESSAGES returned other users' messages also
* known issue: upgrading to 2.5 and downgrading from 2.5 might take time depending on call history length
* known issue: conference call participant names lost in call history after upgrade
* known issue: DTMF tones from dialpad do not work

19.04.2006 version 2.0.0.103

* change: updated German, Japanese, traditional Chinese and simplified Chinese language files
* bugfix: API: crash when sending messages from application to application
* bugfix: improved detection in case webcam is used by another application
* bugfix: improved automatic time zone calculation
* bugfix: English Voicemail message played instead of Chinese

16.03.2006 version 2.0.0.97

* bugfix: API Memory leak when changing avatar continuously
* bugfix: wrong error code after inputting an invalid number

01.03.2006 version 2.0.0.90

* change: Added SkypeOut promotion button
* fix: Relayed Skype-2-Skype call quality improvements

08.02.2006 version 2.0.0.81

* bugfix: Video error message displayed in conference calls
* bugfix: Skype did not shut down properly if USB flash drive was ejected forcefully

for complete details please go here. http://www.skype.com/download/skype/...changelog.html

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What's new in Skype 3.8.0.96 Beta:

· Focus on call quality: Major improvements in sound quality, which mean significantly reduced background noise, less delay, fewer call drops and cut-outs.
· Change devices easily: Change your headset, headphones or microphone without having to touch your settings.



What's new in Skype 3.0.0.214:

· Known issue: Skype Extras Manager displays error messages on launching some of the
· plug-ins under Windows' Limited User account
· bugfix: SkypePM.exe crashes on first start after installation
· bugfix: Russian language display problems in updater
· bugfix: Groups panel stayed open when user was changed
· bugfix: Contact list focus was lost when using some toolbar buttons



What's new in Skype 3.0.0.209:

· bugfix: Cannot send SMS from contact menu in Chat window
· bugfix: Updated Internet Explorer and Firefox plugins
· bugfix: ActiveX objects cannot be created in eBay tab
· bugfix: SkypeCheck did not work on clean 3.0 install



What's new in Skype 2.5.0.126:

· bugfix: on rare occasion Skype crashed on startup
· bugfix: there was an incorrect prefix auto added with predictive dialer when dialling US numbers
· bugfix: green button did not change to resume while call was on hold
· bugfix: in chat some PSTN numbers were not recognized
· bugfix: Skype crash on selecting country by flag in Edit My Profile dialog
· bugfix: API: In some cases app2app communication caused Skype crash



What's new in Skype 2.5.0.113:

· Easier to call ordinary phones
· Send SMS messages
· View and call Outlook contacts directly
· Buy Skype credit more easily

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Skype 5.3.32.111 released Apr 21, 2011 (New Release)
· Contacts list: Skype was adding echo123 to the contact list on every Skype startup
· Video Calling: Skype video was freezing sometimes on group video calls.
· Friend Finder: Skype seldom crashed when adding a friend
· Skype Home and Facebook Channel: Skype displayed "script error" pop-ups sometimes to the user


Skype 5.3.32.108 released Apr 7, 2011 (New Release)
Feature improvements:
· Improved quality of video received from Skype on mobile devices
· Skype shows users' presence icons on collapsed contact profile cards
· Conversation topic editing button is now always available on the conversation header
· If a phone number is added to a profile after a failed call attempt, Skype starts a call automatically
· Automatically switch to SMS entry after user adds mobile phone number to profile after failing to send SMS due to lack of phone number

Fixed issues:
· Video: Video sending was sometimes not started if user had set computer to auto-answer and to start sending video.
· Outlook contacts: Outlook contacts without country code gave an error message triggered error message when trying to call them after adding country code
· Call Quality Indicator: Two call Quality Indicators were opened if user change from default mode to compact mode when Call Quality Indicator was visible.


Skype 5.2.60.113 released Mar 16, 2011 (New Release)
Improvements:
· Modified call phones dialogue with integrated contact number search
· New presence-aware call button, including a drop-down of associated contact numbers
· Modified presence icons, to better indicate contact's availability status
· Improved call handling when you run out of credit
· New simple button to share files and contacts
· Improvements to help you find active calls
· New look for the contact profile area


Skype 5.1.0.112 released Jan 31, 2011 (New Release)
· Video calling: Video was not started when making numerous video calls during one Skype session
· General: Skype was crashing on startup for some users
· Call transfer: When transferring Skype call to a phone contact then phone contact was unable to hear audio
· Options: When giving and removing access to Skype for other programs then Skype crashed


Skype 5.1.0.104 released Jan 6, 2011 (New Release)
New features:
· Group video calling out of Beta

Improvements:
· Improved surfacing of 'Add Contact' and 'Create a Group' functions
· Video calls now always start in 640x480 resolution
· Video calls on powerful computers start in 30 frames per second mode

Fixed issues:
· Skype failed to detect screen reader software
· Accessibility fix for selecting chat messages
· Improved scaling for low resolution displays
· Call quality feedback form was nor properly displayed in Arabic and Hebrew
· Unplugging a audio device in use during a call was not handled properly, Skype could have crashed or then did not switch to remaining audio device
· Call Quality Indicator was sometimes displayed partly out of the screen
· On clicking Call Quality tray alert message then the call quality indicator was not focused on compact mode
Skype 5.0.0.156 released Dec 14, 2010 (New Release)
Call Phones:
· Skype crashed on Call Phones area when user had more then one recently expired subscriptions

Contact requests:
· Contact requests sent from Skype for Windows in Cyrillic letters were shown as "?" marks on incoming contact request view on Skype for Android

Login:
· Skype crashed on login for users who had two or more dots ("..") in their username in row.

Screen sharing:
· Full screen sharing selection was not updated when selecting second monitor for screen sharing

Video:
· Fixed the issues with Freetalk Everyman webcam and FaceVsion Touchcam N1 not going into HD video calling mode. Note! Camera firmware needs to be upgraded as-well, see instructions for Freetalk and FaceVsion.


Skype 5.0.0.152 released Oct 14, 2010 (New Release)
· Skype Access – access WiFi hotspots the easy way with your Skype Credit.
· Call transfer – transfer calls to a Skype contact or a mobile or landline.
· Updated call quality guide with pre-call soundcheck.
· Bug fixes.


Skype 4.2.32.169 released May 22, 2010 (New Release)
· Skype Access – access WiFi hotspots the easy way with your Skype Credit.
· Call transfer – transfer calls to a Skype contact or a mobile or landline.
· Updated call quality guide with pre-call soundcheck.
· Bug fixes.


Skype 4.2.32.163 released Apr 29, 2010 (New Release)
· Skype Access – access WiFi hotspots the easy way with your Skype Credit.
· Call transfer – transfer calls to a Skype contact or a mobile or landline.
· Updated call quality guide with pre-call soundcheck.
· Bug fixes.