Skype for Mac OS X Change Log

1.12.2005 Skype for Mac OS X Beta version 1.4.0.27

• support for call forwarding
• support for mood messages
• auto-answer calls option
• automatically pause iTunes during calls
• remember open chats after quit

• now easily switch between user names
• new sounds for event notification (w/ bonus ringtone)
• font size for individual chats now adjustable
• remote contact's timezone is showed in contact list tooltip (if the contact permits it)
• "Sort Contacts by Status" added to the View menu
• chats show Skype: URL's as links
• Events & Services panels now open and close faster
• new chat / commands, enter /help in chat window to learn more
• Skype Crash reporter, reports crashes to Skype
• redesigned Call preferences panel
• new login screen
• new alert for custom ringtone while in a call
• upgraded audio for improved call quality

• scrollbar added to the dialpad tab
• chat text Send button removed
• cmd-= and cmd-_ also increase and decrease chat font size
• fade-out animation of the blue login screen (Tiger-only feature)
• new icon, buttons and graphics
• Skype icon can be replaced with CandyBar
• Skype Sound Test (echo123) is now added to the contact list of new Skype users by default

• contact groups now expanded from first install
• fixed chat handling of email addresses with dot in name
• fixed long delay on quit
• icon for blocked SkypeOut contacts was incorrect
• muting conference calls failed in some cases
• Add a Contact menu option didn't work when a chat window was the front window
• online status was not saved
• selected contact in the contact list was unselected after the status of a contact had changed
• sign in as another user didn't perform fast switch between two accounts when both accounts had passwords saved
• Skype API: GET/SET MUTE didn't work
• Skype Name and display name of a conference call participant were in some rare cases not shown
• many fixes related to sign-in process
• SkypeIn status was in some cases inaccurate
• titlebar name now sync’d better to recent changes in Profile
• chat drawer redraw problems addressed
• under certain circumstances hang up failed
• Skype now runs from Unix volumes too
• better support for Firewire devices

• some problems with Firewire device as input still exist, working to correct