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Skype 3.5 Beta for Windows update

By My status Raul on July 4, 2007 in Skype for Windows beta.

We have just released a updated version of Skype 3.5 Beta for Windows. This update introduces some new cool features.

If you are experienced user and you are not afraid of some possible problems then you are more than welcomed to try it out and leave us your feedback on it so we can make Skype even better for you.

You can download the updated beta version of Skype here and leave us feedback through Skype 3.5 Beta forum in our public issue tracker Jira, to learn more how to leave us feedback please visit our Skype for Windows development page.

The new release accommodates following new features:

* Add video to mood and chat message
* Video snapshot
* What's New Guide
* Support for Firewire Digital cameras

Full list of changes in comparison with previous in new release, 3.5.0.158, is here:

* change: Change SkypeMe status to Online for users under 16
* change: Updated all language files
* change: IE Plugin updated (2.2.0.98)
* bugfix: When menu was opened it needed 2 clicks to answer a call on tray notification
* bugfix: Latvian installer did not work
* bugfix: Installer did not remember custom install location
* bugfix: Profile phone number text was cropped
* bugfix: Autoredial attempts were wrongly counted
* bugfix: Skype contacts were shown as SkypeOut contacts when sending SMS
* bugfix: Accessibility: Not all buttons in profile were selectable via Tabstop
* bugfix: Multiple device indicators were overlaying sometimes
* bugfix: Status icon was shown wrongly on some machines
* bugfix: Unable to copy emoticons while writing chat message
* bugfix: Chat did not open from right place when person has extended keyboard navigation enabled
* bugfix: Selecting text with double click did not work as expected when there were links in message
* bugfix: Skype sometimes crashed on call transfer
* bugfix: Duplicate entries in contact list
* bugfix: Contact groups scrollbar visible when groups not expanded
* bugfix: Voicemail event count does not decrease after listening to it
* bugfix: Sound error not played on some actions
* bugfix: German match case option in chat shown in black
* bugfix: Cyrillic characters were shown wrongly on some places
* bugfix: Chat messages were shown with too much indent
* bugfix: Long usernames displayed wrongly in Events Panel
* bugfix: Skype displayes blanks under Audio Settings
* bugfix: Name not shown on tray alert on 1680x1050 resolution
* bugfix: Call forwarded icon not displayed
* bugfix: Changing participants view was not possible in chat window
* bugfix: Add to SkypeOut did not work as expected on some rare cases
* bugfix: Options accessibility has usability problems with screen readers
* bugfix: Chat window content was too wide
* bugfix: Chat controls did not appear instantly
* bugfix: Video calls should be better on relayed connections
* bugfix: Video calls with integrated Intel video cards had green flicker
* bugfix API: It was not possible to select default audio device

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New features are always exciting but isn't it about time Skype got its feet back on the ground and made the basics work such as CLI for Australia (we don't all run around down here wrestling crocodiles!) and also DTMF for Austalian SkypeIn numbers.

These are very very basic telco features where Skype fails, and even more than fails it promotes products which rely on these services and does not warn us that they do not work in Australia because of Skype's inferior implementation.

Come on Skype, get your head out of the clouds and stop behaving like an old-line bureacractic telco and fix some of the basics, please.

walter | Sunday, Jul 29

So I get a prompt today to upgrade to Skype 3.2 on my Vista Ultimate machine.

I do and since then, Skype doesn't connect (which it did in the previous version...not sure which one. I tried to roll back, but with no luck).

Anyway, installed 3.5 and still, doesn't connect.

I try to leave feedback on Skype forum and the link is broken.

Not so cool.

What can I do to get Skype working/connecting on a Vista machine? This seems to me to be basic stuff.

Sorry, just a bit frustrated as I rely on you guys...shame on me.

Don't know if it was a patch that Microsoft pushed yesterday that did it...which is, of course, always a possibility!

jer979 | Thursday, Aug 16

We can't use SKYPE anymore at our business since it apparently does not support Windows VISTA. COME-ON SKYPE! You have known that VISTA was coming for the past three years. You had PLENTY of time to develop drivers. If you don't get this fixed soon, you are going to lose thousands of customers.

jimfox2 | Friday, Aug 17

I'm trying to install a new version of Skype 3.5, but I have a problem, I see.when i'm starting instalation,after a few seconds, instalation is broke,and i see information that older version of Skype 3.5 cannt be removed..isntalation was stoped at application 3DSE5COA-5B36-4F98-99A7-287F7DBDCE03, comand line UPGARD....How can I installl my new Skype version...?Thanks a lot..........

zorana_mitrovic65 | Sunday, Aug 26

Unable to delete name of person called from screen. Tried to get answers and contact Skype without success. Please respond. Thank you, WA6UIM at

wa6uim | Wednesday, Mar 25

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