Skype for Mac 2.6.0.72 beta

Posted on Thursday, April 12 2007 @ 10:17 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck

New features:

Chat typing indicator
Chat alert highlighting
Call transfer
Automatic Updates
DTMF tones in Skype-to-Skype calls
Public chat support (Join)
Payments for Skype Prime premium services

Improvement:

"Set my status to Away after XX minutes" can be disabled in the preferences altogether by setting the value to 0
new chat commands, see /help
added "Toggle Dialpad" menu item to call window
added alert icon into Services panel
added error message for SMS prefs number verification if country does not support setting sender number
added Growl notification for remote contact typing
added Montenegro flag
added Serbia flag
added support for mood message (%mood% tag) into chat styles
alert icon in the header of My Skype area when one of the services is about to expire
better handling of going online when awaking from sleep/gaining network connection
birthday reminder is marked as seen after a call or a chat is initiated from it or after it has been double-clicked
dock icon jumps when waiting for license agreement
experimental Copy Message, Quote Message commands in chat context menu (require SKChatQuotations prefs key)
if only one contact is filtered out in the contact list, then toolbar commands work on this contact
implemented chat "Copy Chat Link" context menu command
improved QuickAnswer panel
pressing "arrow down" key in the address bar will select the first item in the history list if it is visible
pressing "arrow down" key in the search field of history window will select the first item in the history list
Skype became quite slow when the number of unread chat messages was high
SMS prefs sender id verification code is now transformed to uppercase immediately

Changed:

"The whole world can talk for free" tagline replaced with "Take a deep breath"
added an easy to see "Purchase Skype Credit" button to call window when user is out of credit
birthday notifications are marked read when they have been selected for 3 seconds
changed button labels in contact removal confirmation dialog
changed found contact list in search for contacts dialog - added profile button, removed language
changed internals to better support windows switchers
possible to remove multiple contacts in one go
removed time from birthday notifications
updated EULA and copyright text
year in birthday notifications is the year of birth now

Bugs fixed:

SkypeIn number was not selectable
SkypeOut dialler window didn't fade out in certain cases
"Number doesn't exist" error was not handled as expected
"Request Authorization" menuitem was enabled in the history window even when the selected contact had already authorized you
Callto xxx did nothing for already added user.
chat add users panel became very slow after a couple of uses
chat window online status indicator did not sync with main window when connection dropped
clicking 'Add to Conference' while in a 1:1 call changed the call window to a conference, but didn't add the participant
contact list was not brought into focus on right-click under certain trackpad settings
contacts from mobile devices had offline status icon in the contact list
could not change topic by double-clicking
crash on profile log out when searc/add window open
rare crash when adding contacts
deleting some items from history caused the number of missed events to be wrong
duplicate appearance of "Messages in this chat are older than..."
fixed opening of external chat style (opening copies it to app support)
"hanged up" -> "hung up" in notifications prefs
if a phone number with proper country code was entered into the SkypeOut dialler then the popup button was not visible next time the SkypeOut dialler was opened
If clicked on "1 day" link to get history of a chat for 1 day, then "445 months" message appeared
main window had toolbar when user was signed ou
main window jumped into old saved position after sign-in if the position was changed before sign-in
main window was moved to main screen at startup
Not animated SMS emoticon set actually animated in SMS window
only online contacts and SkypeOut contacts were in the Call submenu of the Skype menu in the system status bar
Opening a chat in separate window from chat drawer showed SMS chat.
previously used Skype names were sometimes not shown in the combo box in the main login window
Skype didn't recognize phone numbers without international prefix
SkypeOut dialler window didn't fade out in certain cases
splash screen image was a bit distorted
the duration 00:00:00 not shown for missed calls in the history list anymore
the chat button in the QuickAnswer panel didn't send SMS in case of an SkypeIn call
the country prefix in the popup button of the SkypeOut dialler disappeared for a moment when call button was pressed
the number of missed events was wrong under certain circumstances
tooltips in contact list didn't work if the missed events panel was open
transition from a 1-on-1 video call to a conference call messes up the call window of the receiver
Unable to send files to those with (?) status
under certain conditions "Mark All Viewed" button was incorrectly disabled after sign-in
URI: skype:?eula did not work
username was used instead of display name in the message "xxx would like to share video with you"

Skype API:

"set call xxx join_conference yyy" command didn't work as expected and caused subsequent calls to fail
contact list didn't regain focus after BTN_RELEASED DOWN commands
fixed "NSObjectInaccessibleException - NSDistantObject access attempted from another thread" problem
it was not possible to call any target with name containing ","

Skype framework:

fixed "NSObjectInaccessibleException - NSDistantObject access attempted from another thread" problem

Language files updated:

French - Jean-Pierre Kuypers
German - Claudius Henrichs
Traditional Chinese - Carlos Lee
Italian - Alessandro Venturi
Dutch - Alexander Henket
Spanish - Carola Clavo
Portuguese - Francisco Miguel Ferreira
Japanese - Takenori Kursawana.

Program Information

Category:
Internet and communication
Type:
Free

Version:
2.6.0.72 beta
Size:
29.6MB
Works on:
Windows

Product page: here

Download: Skype for Mac 2.6.0.72 beta

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