Zojuist is in de vorm van versie 2.5.0.82 de tweede bčtarelease uit de 2.5-serie van Skype voor Windows uitgebracht. Met dit populaire VoIP-programma kan gratis met andere gebruikers van dit programma worden gesproken. Ook kan er een abonnement worden genomen (SkypeOut), zodat bellen naar vaste- en mobielenummers mogelijk is. Versie 2.5 wordt met een lange reeks veranderingen en verbeteringen geleverd, de meest in het oog springende is de mogelijkheid om sms-berichten te versturen. Het volledige changelog ziet er als volgt uit:
New features:Changes:
- SMS button added in profile for SkypeOut contacts
- extra Warning dialog displayed when executable file is opened
Bugs fixed:
- "Send SMS" hint should only be visible if mobile number is entered
- if signed out, menu Help > ‘Check for updates’ will go to download webpage
- SMS icon changed to service icon
- 'advanced' button made wider in authorization form
- updated EULAs
- updated language files
- SMS window was missing my mood message
- SMS window title should contain the telephone number or Skype name of the recipients
- SMS authorization options design changed
- uninformative error message when adding too many participants to SMS
- AltGr + W closed SMS composition window
- only focused emoticon animates in SMS windows
- OK button changed to Accept in File Transfer window
- button name was wrong in dialog when reseting back the original Voicemail greeting
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- keyboard '#' character did not make the equivalent DTMF tones
- DTMF-s from dial pad did not work
- text missing in search window if Korean language is chosen
- "send chat message" button in Multi Chat button hidden in 16bit color mode
- number auto formatting incorrect when entered from history tab
- 'outlook contacts' group missing when clicking View Outlook Contacts
- was possible to get 'List Index out of bounds' error messages when using Shared Groups
- Chinese EULA was shown in installer when Czech language was used
- Estonian and Greek EULA missing from installer
- API: Accepting or declining Shared Group via API leaves invitation form open
- Portugal Portuguese, Czech, Hungarian, Polish, Bulgarian languages were missing from installer
- Estonian, Netherlands, Greek, Portuguese Portugal EULA were missing in installer
- remove SkypeOut warning for free PSTN calls
- calling users when you ae in offline mode now disabled
- when pressing Add Contact - 'Add' form is pre-filled with the user name in focus
- was not possible tp enter @ sign via Alt-Gr in to Payments in Client field
- Skype crashed on incoming PSTN call when number was not shown
- gray text in address bar changes when tab is changed from contacts tab to history tab
- icon on call tab looked bad on Windows 98 and Millennium Edition
- icons on File Transfer window looked bad on Windows 98 and Millennium Edition
- "Delete This Entry" was missing trash bin graphics
- unknown numbers missed "Delete This Entry" context item
- cost and balance in JPY shown wrong in SMS windows
- log area popup menu is back in SMS windows
- 'remove from this group' option should be grayed out
- "this person has left the group" appeared on top of numbers
- there was no confirmation dialog when renaming a Shared Group
- Call Tab closed when calling a not existing Skype name
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