Excellent. Too bad that Skype's features today are ignoring this idea: that some contacts mean more than others. The same can be said about most phones and IM/VoIP clients too. On the iPhone you have "favorites", but those, too feel somewhat impersonal. Skype should take this insight and really put it to good use.

That's the truth ..Skype is a wonderful tool that allows you to have direct communication and to keep in touch with your family members and friends.. the interaction you can have with someone through skype is more personal, the quality of images and sounds are a lot more superior than other sofwares or instant messengers. Thanks Skype!

Sure, at first glance, that makes sense. But at the same time, I have a D&D call every week with four people. If we could do video with more than just one participant, that would be great. If we could use apps across all platforms (*nix, windows and mac), that would definitely up the ante. Cell phones also don't have the limitation of being at a machine (although we are getting around that, Skype still doesn't have 'wireless' support that so many people look for). When skype starts allowing transparent cross-platform support, and brings the *nix versions up to the same level as the more 'mainstream' OSes (I use my skype account on all 3, and a wireless skype 'phone'), and when there is a better mobile counterpart (and not just an iPhone or Android app, for example), then perhaps skype will become more mainstream.