Skype for Mac 2.5 Gold
By
Raul on January 31, 2007 in General, Skype for Mac.
Today, 31st January, we have released Gold version of Mac 2.5.
It has one new feature and many improvements in addition to multiply bugfixes. Everyone is suggested to update their clients.
You can read more about new features and improvements on our main blog and download it from here.
Version released is 2.5.0.85, it has following changes compared to previous version:
* new feature: birthday notifications
* improvement: new Video codec
* improvement: updated Localizations
* improvement: added voicemail expiry date into MySkype area
* improvement: added "Send SMS" to the context menu of history list
* change: enabled "Send File" and "Send Contacts" menu items when multiple contacts selected in the contact list
* change: "Mark All Missed Events as Viewed" confirmation dialog now has a "do not show this again" checkbox
* change: renamed "Delete From Call List" to "Delete This Entry" and "Delete Selected Entries"
* change: removing chats from history list doesn't delete the chats itself anymore (use "Delete All Chat Messages" command in the Chat menu to delete the chats altogether)
* change: double-click on a voicemail in the history starts playback now
* change: animations disabled during calls
* bugfix: Skype.framework: isSkypeAvailable returned YES even when user signed out
* bugfix: API: Calling invalid number error was not sent to API clients.
* bugfix: API: isSkypeAvailable returned YES even when user signed out
* bugfix: API: implemented CONTACTS FOCUSED notification
* bugfix: API: BTN_RELEASED * and # didn't work when there was no call going on
* bugfix: answering an incoming call with Ipevo phone, did not open call window.
* bugfix: unread chats were not loaded after signing in as another user
* bugfix: there were Growl notifications of blocked Skype contacts coming online and offline
* bugfix: the text after EULA link in the Create Account dialog was not clickable
* bugfix: the phone number field of the SkypeOut dialler was not cleared when the window was re-opened
* bugfix: sometimes quickfiltering was not performed after a contact was added
* bugfix: sometimes a part of a link in mood message was unclickable
* bugfix: SMS button in Prefs were changing to Skype name instead of Mobile phone.
* bugfix: mood message shifted 1px to te left when highlighted in compact view
* bugfix: link color was wrong
* bugfix: incoming authorization requests will not steal focus anymore
* bugfix: double-click on a SkypeOut contact opens a SMS window now, in case you have specified double-click to start a chat in your prefs
* bugfix: days until SkypeIn service expires was incorrect in the My Skype panel under certain circumstances
* bugfix: clicking on an unread chat in the system menu bar menu will now open that chat
* bugfix: clicking on a missed call in the system menu bar menu will now select the call in the history list
* bugfix: after deleting a new voicemail, sometimes the count of missed events was not correct anymore
* bugfix: "Request Authorization" window did not appear in list of Skype windows
Your feedback is invaluable to us.
Comments
Any more updates on echo cancellation?
rbear15 | Tuesday, Feb 6
I just tested this out on my new iMac running the latest OS. The echo problem is severe on my new iMac running the latest OS. This issue has also been reported at this link https://developer.skype.com/jira/browse/SCM-178.
I'm a testing engineer for a large cell phone company, and I'm just wondering how comes this kind of show stopper issue is not mentioned anywhere in their release notes and more fundamentally how could they release this load as a gold build.
zhenyucai2006 | Monday, Apr 2
Unfortunately Skype remains pretty much unusable on my Macs, I have to switch to Windows to get rid of the echo. I refuse to wear a headset to overcome inadequacies in the software. I use Skype extensively across the Atlantic.
I have tried mac to mac, mac to windows, windows to mac and windows to windows. Any time there is a mac involved the echo is so bad I have to continually hit the mute button to stop the feedback loop. I wind up booting my macbook Pro in Windows and calling my wife on her Windows machine. Not a great advert for Skype for the Mac.
I have tried reducing the input volume of the Mic's and the volume at either end and the only tme it doesn't echo is when one or other volume is off.
What's above gold? Whatever it is you need to get some and make a new Mac version.
simon.palmer | Saturday, May 12
as for the above comment, i am sufferin froom the exact same problem.... what to do????
a_y_a_k | Wednesday, Apr 23