DevZone 2.5 - new look and feel - Skype Developer Zone Blog

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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:

* left-hand navigation in three steps
* Newsletter subscription
* News and Bugs sections

Newsletter section

Once at the end of the month, we publish a newsletter with success stories of our Software partners, Technical updates, Business cases, FAQs and so. It is logical that you could see the latest one from our main page (top right) and subscribe to it if you haven't done it yet.

News section

What's new!

Instead of having listed different kind of news. We have now under a same News section:

* Extras news: where we will update everything links to the Extras managers (docs, SDK and even new partners Extras)

* Docs news: when a new API commands, URI, wrappers, examples will be uploaded we will let you know to ensure that you could everytime develop for Skype with the latest code

* Events news: want to meet us? when to know more about us? how I get started? how I get tuned? This is the right section you may read.

Bugs and requests section

We have a Technical service which support and certify your application. For that, we are using an external issue tracker (JIRA) where we invite you to create:

* Bug requests, you could have found (the more you can describe how you get it the more our Developer support persons could get it fixed in next released)
* Improvement and Features requests, if you think that we may evolve or cover with nice new commands
* Support request, anytime you could come to us with a "How can I?", "Where can I?"... questions.

Feel free to browse our current issues, to watch or even vote when you think necessary.

Enjoy the visit! : https://developer.skype.com/

Antoine Bertout - DevZone Mng

Comments

u must make a nu skype version for Linux, for use the video call end the other option like windows.
Linux is a very important platform for the world (end for Skype).
Linux without Skype is like a night sky without stars..
Please!

Hi there,
We are truly aware of the gap between the different platform regarding to the API evolution. Be sure that we are going to flat this difference in 2007.

Antoine

Can you please tell me what is the silent switch to install Skype 3.0.0.209 without the toolbar?
Please when you include toolbars, etc. don't make them install automatically when a silent switch is used.
Right now when the /VERYSILENT /SP- switch is used, the toolbar get installed too