Maandag is met versienummer 2.8.0.659 een nieuwe stabiele versie van de Mac OS X-client van het VoIP-programma Skype verschenen. De download is 42MB groot, maar het gaat hier dan wel om een Universal Binary. In versie 2.8 zijn een aantal interessante nieuwe mogelijkheden aan het programma toegevoegd, waaronder Skype Access en het kunnen delen van de desktop. Daarnaast zijn ook de kwaliteit van zowel het geluid als het beeld verbeterd en is er een sloot aan bugs verholpen. Meer informatie over de veranderingen sinds versie 2.7 kan in deze blogpost worden gevonden. Hieronder is te vinden welke bugs er in versie 2.8.0.659 nog uitgehaald zijn:
Skype AccessAn incorrect notification message appeared “This Wi-Fi hotspot does not support Skype Access” when users tried to connect to Skype Access when Airport was set to off.
ChatContacts
- Text was not visible within the chat input field that contained a certain Unicode character.
Video
- Platform specific - Skype for Mac OXS 10.3 (Panther); Skype froze after deleting unread missed events.
- Mood message appeared blank after playing iTunes.
- Contacts were still visible in the “Manage Contact Groups” after deleting them from the Contact List.
Screen sharing
- Video appeared blank between Skype for Windows and Skype for Mac.
- A video error message appeared at the beginning of a video call.
- Video and screen sharing functionality did not work after a multi- chat
Miscellaneous
- Recipients screen remained black after screen sharing was resumed.
- A green line appeared when screen sharing between Skype for Windows and Skype for Mac OXS 10.4 (Tiger).
- Skype froze when screen sharing between Skype for Windows and Skype for Mac.
SMS
- An incorrect informative message appeared when entering more than 20characters for a password.
- The Show in Finder option was not available after cancelling a file transfer.
- Platform specific – OSX 10.3 (Panther); Skype could not connect to the network.
- Skype froze when selecting “Quit Skype”.
- The typing indicator appeared within a Multi-chat even though no one was typing.
- An incorrect informative message appeared when trying to call an emergency number.
- Commas were not visible in mood messages.
- A users name and password field appeared blank after selecting the option "Remember my name and password on this computer" .
- An error message appeared when dragging and dropping a participant to an SMS group.
- An error message appeared when closing the SMS window after sending to multiple recipients.
- SMS functionality did not recognize newly updated telephone numbers associated to Skype Out contacts.
- Ringing sound was not available on incoming calls.
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