Skype for Windows 1.4 Beta release.
1.4 Windows Beta released.
Bunch of cool new features including:- Free Call Forwarding
- Expressive content
- Improved Search
- Application to Application Messaging
- New API improvements
- Application to Application Messaging
- Skype Window Control
- Skype URI links (
skype://) for email and web pages
Get it on the Skype for Windows download page.
Cautions: We've had some difficulty with promptness of presence. What do you think about the new features? The look and feel changes?
Change notes...
31.08.2005 version 1.4.0.45
- Feature: 21 new emoticons
- Feature: My Pictures: possibility to choose pictures from Expressive Content
- Feature: RingToneManager for Expressive Content of audio files
- Feature: API notifications for contactlist selection and focus
- Feature: Call forwarding
- Feature: Contextual tool tips
- Feature: Multilingual EULA
- Feature: Possibility to disable file transfer
- Change: Improved Search and AddFriend functions
- Change: Getting Started Wizard: new layout
- Change: Profile: month names are translatable
- Change: Import Contacts: new layout and process improvements
- Change: Improved Emoticons
- Change: API: Allow sending voicemail to myself
- Change: Skype client can now be maximized
- Change: New Korean translation
- Bugfix: Some optimizations during call initialization, should be a little more responsive now
- Bugfix: Import Contacts: mass authorization is back
- Bugfix: Skype does not start for some users
- Bugfix: API: support expressive content files SET RINGTONE and AVATAR
- Bugfix: API: enchance GET RINGTONE to report status
- Bugfix: Prepopulate Skype Test Call Service on new user's Contact List
Comments
Do you know if the call forwarding feature requires the client to be signed in? I like this feature in Jyve, but if I'm signed in, I'm likely at my computer and don't need call forwarding. The Skype FAQs are silent.
Posted by: Michael Arrington | August 31, 2005 10:57 PM
My impression so far:
Presence glitches - very annoying. For quite a long time I saw only 5 people in my list online (that's from 50+ contacts). It is essentialy a "show stopper" bug.
UI tiny tweaks - the new "call" "hang up" buttons are nice.
Tools menu - too much menu item. I expect enhancing the icons bars/UI will follow soon.
Call forwarding - it's about time! much needed. But I'd like to set up forwarding options per contact. when X calls me, it's not that important to forward him to me cell. When Y calls me, forward all the time.
Otherwise, I consider this as an unfair leech of my skypeout credits.
Posted by: Uri L. | September 1, 2005 12:45 AM
From Skype FAQs:
Will my calls be forwarded even when my computer is turned off?
Yes, once you've set up call forwarding you will be able to forward calls even if your computer is turned off and you are logged out of Skype.
Posted by: AndresS | September 1, 2005 12:53 AM
I really like the call forwarding feature, it is overdue since SkypeOut introduction. There is only one problem in the presence indication of my status with other buddies: they have no indication that I still can be reached by call forwarding, so they do not consider calling me. A similar indication such as the one for the voice-box is required to show others that CF is on.
Posted by: Richard | September 2, 2005 04:50 AM
Skype is obviously reacting very fast: today forwarded users show up in orange! with a small
sub-icon like the vioce-mail. Thanks
Just another small nit: is there anywhere a help description what all these small icons mean?
Posted by: Richard | September 2, 2005 11:11 AM
Free Call Forwarding? That's not what Skype.com is saying!
Posted by: chwong | September 3, 2005 05:35 PM