Skype stelt je in staat om met andere gebruikers via Voice-over-IP als het ware te bellen. Hiervoor is geen abonnement nodig, alleen maar bandbreedte om de spraakdata over en weer te sturen. Het is ook mogelijk om een abonnement te nemen waarmee gebeld kan worden naar vaste- en mobiele-telefoonnummers en naar nummers in het buitenland. De ontwikkelaars van Skype hebben in de vorm van 1.3.0.45 een nieuwe versie van het communicatieprogramma uitgebracht. Deze versie is alleen geschikt voor Windows 2000 en Windows XP en kan via deze link als installatiebestand gedownload worden. In Skype 1.3.0.45 zijn de volgende nieuwe features, bugfixes en veranderingen doorgevoerd:
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- known issue: when you have chatted a lot, new version startup might take several minutes
- feature: improved Contact Importers
- feature: Voicemail subscribers can leave voicemails to anyone
- feature: animated emoticons
- feature: missed events panel
- feature: services panel
- feature: possibility to send multiple authorization requests from one window
- feature: Arabic, Hungarian, Bulgarian, Czech and Turkish languages added
- feature: improved Profile
- feature: main menu -> help -> Getting Started Wizard
- feature: automatically answer the call option is back
- change: VM options visible to everyone
- change: Receive contacts: requesting authorization through one single form
- change: removed calltab toolbar
- change: added hold and mute buttons to main toolbar
- change: improved chats and calls connectivity behind proxy
- change: improved logging in behind proxy
- change: improved Central Contact List
- change: if a SkypeIn call is sent to voicemail, custom greeting is played
- change: new splash and About images
- change: new language files
- bugfix: current status is disabled in onlinestatus selector menus
- bugfix: File Transfer toolbar button disabled if address bar does not contain valid Skype Name
- bugfix: range check errors when moving window on dual-monitor setup
- bugfix: accessibilty — extra large fonts support improved
- bugfix: some login and startup related issues cleared
- bugfix: could not bookmark a chat without topic
- bugfix: rare access violation in 'Manage blocked users'
- bugfix: multiple language support in search
- bugfix: trayicon did not always respond correctly to doubleclicks
- bugfix: close the search tab if no results found
- bugfix: status not updated when USB phone is used
- bugfix: options: Sound Alert keeps playing
- bugfix: call history context menu 'listen' is now visible only on voicemails
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