Met enige regelmaat komen er nieuwe versies van het voip-programma Skype voor Windows uit. Voor Mac OS X en Linux is dat veel minder het geval. Ook lopen deze clients achter qua functionaliteit enigszins achter met hun Windows-broertje. Zo is verleden maand in de eerste bèta van versie 2.0 pas de mogelijkheid van videocalls geïntroduceerd voor Linux-gebruikers. Naast een paar kleine veranderingen en verbeteringen, bevat deze tweede bètarelease van versie 2.0 voornamelijk bugfixes:
New features:Improvements:
- Command-line login functionality provided by --pipelogin
- Show when somebody is speaking during a call.
- API: Add GET/SET WINDOWSTATE functionality.
- Shift-Enter in contact list will activate the opposite default action on the selected contact (call instead of chat and vice versa).
Bugs fixed:
- UYVY conversion for Apple iSight cameras.
- Changes to ease CPU usage on v4l(1) cameras.
- Support for more resolutions on v4l and v4l2 cameras.
- Avoid flickering in call window video area.
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- Crash for v4l cameras when switching resolution.
- Crash when finishing call with some cameras.
- Crash/memory leak with uvc cameras on fglrx driver.
- Workaround for uvc split-frame video bug with new Logitech cameras.
- Allow toggling of fullscreen while video is paused.
- Unable to resume video after resuming the call.
- Disable video while in a conference call.
- Crash on View Profile in Qt 4.3.1 and earlier.
- Fix contact/event skipping whilst scrolling through Contact List and Events History with keyboard.
- Fix Call button for newly added SkypeOut contact. Remove Chat button for newly added SkypeOut contact.
- Close chat window when you leave chat.
- Cancel search (if active) or close Search window if Escape is pressed.
- Add connecting animation to status icon.
- Don't call random names when quickfilter reveals a single selection and we press enter.
- Rejecting incoming calls from the incoming call popup should redirect to Voicemail if necessary.
- Incoming file transfer in Do Not Disturb should go to New Events area without popup window.
- Add tooltip for (flag:xx) in chat.
- API: "OPEN FILETRANFER ... IN path" command improvements.
- When offline, the number of online users should not be shown.
- Shift-F3 should bring Find in chat dialog with search direction preset to Up.