Skype stelt je in staat om met andere gebruikers via 'Voice over IP' te telefoneren. Het is ook mogelijk om tegen een kleine vergoeding te bellen naar vaste- of mobiele-telefoongebruikers. Vandaag hebben de ontwikkelaars van Skype versie 1.1.0.61 uitgebracht voor het Windows-platform. De update is via deze link naar binnen te halen en wordt geleverd met de volgende waslijst aan bugfixes, nieuwe features en updates:
Skype version 1.1.0.61[break]
- feature: new text chat with up to 50 users
- feature: better interoperability with Windows XP firewall
- feature: pop-up menu for several items on Start tab
- feature: added link to 'Import Contacts' on empty Contacts List
- feature: new Contacts List implementation
- feature: new style tray notifications
- feature: new big-button toolbar in main window
- change: new API protocol 3
- change: new translations: German (Claudius Henrics, D. H Schiferli, Frank Knipprath), Danish (Mathias Schwarz), Estonian (Eve Loopere), English, Japanese (Tomo Suzumaru/Livedoor), Spanish (Angel Dominguez), Finnish (Heino Keränen), Greek (Panagiotis Sidiropoulos/Magenta LTD), Dutch (Kees Koenders), French (Guy Pluta), Norwegian (Stig Auestad, Gunnar Holmstad), Polish (Karol Szastok), Russian (Jevgeni Levin), Swedish (Anders Olsson), Chinese Traditional (Morden Chen/PChome Online) and Chinese Simplified (Rachael Wang/TOM Online) - with our thanks
- change: SkypeOut error messages visible with default window size
- change: connectivity improvements
- change: user presence detection improvements
- change: installer compression improvements
- change: optimized after-call events to reduce after-call processor usage peaks
- change: instead of 'fullname (handle)' only handle is displayed if fullname = handle
- change: tools menu rearranged
- change: disabled options set to invisible
- change: enabled multi-selection in Contacts List using keyboard
- change: Import Contacts - added progress percentage
- change: Import Contacts - usability changes
- change: all resizable Skype windows now have a size grip
- change: File Transfer usability changes
- change: Send Contacts behaviour improved
- change: new icons
- change: main window tabs more XP-like
- change: Change Password and Send Contacts error messages use Skype default error dialog
- change: application and main form menu icons are now 32bit
- bugfix: fixed callto:// handling in case Skype was not running
- bugfix: No pop-ups if user status set to 'Do Not Disturb'
- bugfix: access violation during hanging up a SkypeOut call fixed
- bugfix: with invalid avatar data is handled correctly
- bugfix: green button always places a call
- bugfix: green button resumes if call is held
- bugfix: Contacts are not shown on the invite page if they are already in Skype and e-mail or fullname matches one found from address book
- bugfix: Import Contacts - cancelling search closes the dialog
- bugfix: Import Contacts - dialog was blank until Skype was granted access to Outlook
- bugfix: faster start up and Contacts List updates
- bugfix: fixed unicode handling in authorize form hints
- bugfix: avatar browser now accepts unicode chars in filename and path
- bugfix: unicode characters in filtered call history are displayed
- bugfix: mainform tab captions unicode-enabled
- bugfix: hourglass was displayed during Import Contacts search
- bugfix: user profile view form did not allow dragging the window from some locations
- bugfix: conference call tab behaviour improved
- bugfix: uninstaller now also removes avatars folder
- bugfix: new installer language dropdown
- bugfix: about screen uses installer language
- bugfix: address bar autocompletion dropdown uses the right font
- bugfix: SkypeOut contact menu has irrelevant items disabled
- bugfix: fixed a memory leak during conference call
- bugfix: rare access violation while importing Contacts
- bugfix: authorization form beautification
- bugfix: address bar autocompletion behaviour improved