January 2007

January newsletter - Do More in 2007 with Skype

By Antoine "Ants" on January 31, 2007 in Newsletters.

The January developer newsletter has been published yesterday. Please visit and take a reading break. And if it is not done yet, feel free to subscribe in order to receive the next one.

In this issue:

Guest writer: Dick Schiferli for Pamela
FAQs and bugs fixed
Do More: Developer program team in 2007
Skype relaunches software certification
Gizmoz Talking Headz Mashing-up with Skype 3

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Let's Get Ready To Transfer

By Don Kennedy on January 26, 2007 in Skype4COM.

Last Time we dealt with an example of how to gracefully deal with Skype4COM Lib attachments and status messages. See Prior Example.

Now it’s time to put that original framework to good use, with a new feature available to Skype developers.

Call Transfer. Yep, It is now possible to transfer Skype to Skype calls to PTSN numbers (“Phone Numbers”) as well as other Skype Contacts. This feature really needs to be seen and tried to be appreciated for how it can help Skype users on both a personal and business level. Here is a look at what this Example can do:

This Example also includes the Full C# source code, So you can see how it was done. Let’s see what it can do.

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DevZone 2.5 - new look and feel

By Antoine "Ants" on January 22, 2007 in Partners and developers.

The most significant finding from the usability on website browsing is that users are usually much more oriented toward functionality. Even a website that users visit daily seems to feel like a tool: users want to get in and get out as quickly as possible rather than “connect” with the site. Nielsen Norman Group - expert in design human-centered products and services

Users tend to glance at websites when they need to accomplish something or to find the answer to a specific question. That is the reason why with more than 2550 visitors per day, the DevZone has from now a more concentrate contents, cut into a better and more logical structure: