Skype for Linux 1.4 beta
Posted on Sunday, August 05 2007 @ 17:45 CEST by Thomas De MaesschalckNew features:
- Start Minimized option now works when auto-login is enabled.
- Improved performance of selection and animated emoticons in chat.
- ALSA mic volume auto-adjustment.
- /alertsoff, /alertson, /alertson [string] for less chat annoyance.
- (flag:iso) icons.
- Allow 'Enter' to open event history events.
- Allow collapsing of contacts by clicking on blue title bar.
- Auto-open event panel when new events come in.
- Chat history loading screen.
- Chat myself area.
- Ctrl-E to switch between full events and contacts view.
- Ctrl-F, F3, Shift-F3 in chat.
- Ctrl-U to hide offline contacts.
- Different new events notification in systray.
- Enable some basic skype: and callto: functionality in chat.
- Event type selection in Quickfilter
- Flags in dialpad and profile editor.
- Login/Db conversion progress bar.
- New Dialpad
- New New Event Event Tracking
- Quickfilter in Event History
- Receive Contacts.
- Send Contacts.
- Show SkypeOut number in contact card for SkypeOut contacts.
- Special options screens for Voicemail and Call Forwarding if features are unavailable.
- Support skype: element, ?userinfo to view user's profiles.
- Undelivered message notifications.
- Fix for ftp.. and www.. being listed as links.
- Fix crash on exit after opening a chat window (during that session).
- Honour the Re-add contact option in Blocked Contacts management.
- Leave default Skype startup size the same as login screen.
- Fix emotes button status after clicking on an emoticon.
- Allow selecting of .gif files for avatars.
- Refused outbound call was treated as a new missed event.
- Fix for broken collapsing of single transfer when status changes.
- Do not make chat windows appear in Do Not Disturb mode, regardless of setting.
- Fix status and progress for some transfer window children.
- Actually save e-mail and full name into profile on new account creation.
- Crash when attempting to use the "Join to Conference" feature on incoming calls.
- Use 48 pixel icons for chat windows.
- Avoid ghost chats turning up in event history when creating new chat windows.
- Fix for bad contact card selection in some cases.
- Voicemail setting is incorrectly shown as enabled if it has never been enabled in the client.
- Fix for a crash when deleting new birthday events.
- Crash on Signout due to new new events animator.
- Use foreground colour from user's settings for chat, to avoid black on black issue.
- Fix tooltip to change properly after midnight.
- Fix for scroll overdrawing in transfer widget.
- Fix single click to always open chat popups.
- Do not Request Authorisation for SkypeOut contacts.
- In Edit SkypeOut Contact: 'RENAME' button should be called 'APPLY'
- Hide mood message bubble when contact does not have a mood message.
- Fix for situation 1, disabled answer call button.
- Fix half-button clickable bug in popups for Qt 4.2.x.
- Ctrl-W now closes chat window.
- Don't show chat message popup for active chat window.
- Add CallAnswered event fire.
- Typo in default translation for call forwarding description.
- API MINIMIZE should close to systray.
- Actually update selected audio devices with API AUDIO_{IN,OUT},RINGER
- Add another SkypeOut 'Invalid number' failure message.
- Add hovering to transfer directory change button.
- Allow collapsing with ctrl in chat memberlist.
- Allow sending messages using Numpad Enter key.
- Avoid mic level adjustment resetting mixer values to 0.
- Avoid an overdrawing effect sometimes when switching groups / using quickfilter on contact list.
- Avoid crash when collapsing events.
- Avoid crashes/unexpected behaviour on some dual-contact list events (ie. send contacts)
- Avoid showing old events in new events panel on startup/sometimes.
- Avoid single click to open chats not working.
- Blocked status icon wasn't implemented correctly.
- Case-independent emoticons matching.
- Centre delete multiple contacts dialog too.
- Centre rename, block and delete widgets on screen for now to avoid them drawing offscreen sometimes.
- Change default action for skype:
link to Call if no double-click action is defined. - Chat input area is set to 3 lines of text upon opening.
- Clear last event selection when switching out of event history.
- Close Auth Request widget popup if acted upon.
- Contact cards keep their style after being hidden in a chat with ctrl-click.
- Crash when deleting calls.
- Do not ask authorization from PSTN contacts.
- Don't give Place Call / Add to Contacts / etc options for Undisclosed numbers
- Don't hide offline contacts in chats.
- Don't hide offline contacts in some special filters (ie. send contacts).
- Don't jump to password prompt is username prompt is empty on login.
- Don't lose Personal Information divider after viewing a PSTN profile.
- Don't show unread chats as missed events on repopulation for people who have windows automagically appearing.
- Don't trigger any event sounds/popups for /alertsoff chat.
- Ensure transfer window reappears if a new transfer arrives or is sent.
- Fix a crash on new events new events code.
- Fix event bumping - necessary now without event repopulation.
- Fix font size on chat Myself Area mood.
- Fix for creating an 'empty' BirthdaysSeen/BirthdaysDeleted key in config.
- Fix for loading ftp.bla.bla or www.bla.bla links in the correct browser.
- Fix for some obscure possible behaviour where a single-selected contact could be cleared.
- Fix receiving skypeout contacts.
- Fix some ampersand escaping issues in Rename Widget and contact list tooltips.
- Fix some historical chats being added with wrong icon to event history.
- Fix some quickfilter reset issues.
- Fix stray contact card bug.
- Focus input area on activation change.
- Make double-clicking work in events history with slow event expanding (ie. lots of events).
- Make quickfilter dialing work correctly again.
- Minimum chat input area height is 1 line of text.
- More auto mic level fixes -- should now choose a proper mic device to change volume of for most users.
- Only auto-open event panel if we're not Do Not Disturb.
- PSTN numbers are now correctly shown in incoming call popup.
- Uninitialised value in Options -> Advanced dialog.
- Remove buttons and fix up translations for multiple authorisation request dialog.
- Remove duplicate window when joining to conference and merging calls.
- Revert to unselected style after using a quickfilter to find one contact, then resetting.
- Send Connecting, Ringing Out and other user-initiated call operation sounds to headset.
- Show completed/failed calls in event history (without repopulation).
- Show completed/failed transfers in event history (without repopulation).
- Show the sender of incoming contacts.
- Some additional fixes to chat missed events repopulation.
- Update stale quickfilter status properly on events/contacts change.
- Update the people online count from time to time.
- Use a smaller profile editor window if it won't fit on screen.
- Work around some issues with event history selections.
- Work around new user registration first attempt failure.
- A couple of tooltips added in main window and contact card.
- Add Privacy button to e-mail field in Profile Editor.
- Change 'Database failure' error to alert user another instance may be running.
- Change Ctrl-W behaviour on main window from Sign out to Hide window.
- Change Dialpad icon in Call Window.
- Disable the auto away/NA features more until they're implemented later.
- Don't try to round corners on mood message bubble.
- Memory leaks with event widgets.
- Only animate emoticons in the currently active chat window.
- Prettify main menu a little.
- Add --disable-api command-line parameter to prevent connection to X11/DBus API.
- Add --disable-cleanlooks command-line parameter to override default theme.
- Disable UI smart 1:1 chat grouping for now to avoid unreadable chats.
Program Information Category: Internet and communication Type: Free Version: 1.4 beta Size: 11.2MB Works on: Linux Product page: here |
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