March 2009

Introducing to you, just out from our build server: Skype for iPhone.

You have been asking for it for a long time on our forums and now it's here.

Start downloading it straight from App Store.

We are interested in all your feedback about this new product to make future versions better. Post comments on this blog post, discuss things on our forums and file issue reports on our issue tracker, read the issue reporting guide.

Today we are releasing a hotfix version of Skype 4.0 for Windows.

Start downloading the new build from here.

The new hotfix version of Skype 4.0 solves problems with blank Skype menus when using Skype in Hebrew and Skype hanging while making a video call to a Skype client which does not support video.

We are always keen on hearing what you think about Skype. Comment on this blog post, discuss it in our forum or file an issue report in our public issue tracker.

The new version is 4.0.0.224 and it has following changes compared to the previous release:
* Optional install: Google Chrome browser
* bugfix: Skype menus were blank in Hebrew localisation
* bugfix: Skype hung when making video calls to clients which do not support video

This week has been busy for us on the Windows Mobile front. We have released two new versions: a hotfix for Skype 2.5 for Windows Mobile and Skype 3.0 beta for Windows Phones.

If you are interested in exploring new things then I would recommend you try out the new beta version, but remember that as it's a beta version, it might misbehave from time to time.

If things don't work as expected, please let us know about it. Feel free to comment this blog post, talk about it on our forums - or if you're more technically-minded then file a bug in our public issue tracker Jira. If you haven't done so before, see the guidelines how to do it.

Skype 3.0 beta for Windows Phones brings to you many new features that you have been asking for from time to time - in particular, SMS sending and File transfer.

Full list of changes:

24.03.2009 version 2.5.0.205 for Windows Mobile
* improvement: Single CAB file and EXE file for PocketPC and Smartphone platforms
* bugfix: Skype is not always launched by default in the same language as OS (Swedish/Russian/Portuguese Brazilian)
* bugfix: Hang up button is cut off in landscape mode
* bugfix: The dial tone of Skype call disappears after tapping on 4 tabs
* bugfix: Several localization fixes
* bugfix: Users who are not the first on multichat participants list cannot be unblocked in Multi-chat view after blocking them

24.03.2009 version 3.0.0.100 Beta for Windows Mobile
* feature: SMS
* feature: File Transfer
* feature: Add to Contacts Wizard
* feature: Dial Helper
* improvement: Emoticons support in mood messages/about me
* improvement: Hyperlinks support in mood messages/about me
* improvement: Added option to block users from search results
* improvement: New user interface for Status tab, history and chat
* improvement: Option to Remove Skype folder from Application Data during uninstallation

We've released a hotfix to Skype 4.0 for Windows.

This update resolves the problem in the previous release of Skype 4.0 (4.0.0.215) which prevented the Skype Extras Manager from being installed .

We recommend that everyone upgrades to the new build.

Unfortunately a previously unknown bug sneaked into Skype 4.0.0.215 for Windows, released this Wednesday, with it not including the Skype Extras Manager (which handles third party add-on applications for Skype).

To workaround this problem, download the full installer for Skype 4.0.0.215 for Windows.

We're sorry for any mischief the gremlins caused - we're working on the next release which will fix this problem.

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Edited on 18.03.2009.

This issue has been fixed in Skype 4.0.0.216 for Windows

We have released a hotfix today for Skype 4.0 for Windows.
In this new release we have fixed numerous issues found in the original gold version of Skype 4.0.

I would like to suggest that everyone upgrades to this version.

Download it now.

This version fixes the following major problems:

some games minimized when started while Skype was running
users sometimes got Disk I/O errors
installing Skype sometimes failed in the United States when users had Firefox as their default browser
problems with compact view window positioning

Please continue to let us know if you run into any problems while using Skype. Just comment on this blog post or talk about it in the forum. Alternatively, if you're a bit more technically-minded, log an issue report on our public issue tracker, Jira.

Full list of changes from last release, 4.0.0.206, are in the new release, 4.0.0.215:
 * change: Full text quote will be shown only after sending instant messages
 * bugfix: Informative messages appeared multiple times even when closed
 * bugfix: Disk I/O error message appeared intermittently
 * bugfix: Skype sometimes failed to install when Firefox was set as the default browser in the United States
 * bugfix: Compact view window positioning fixed
 * bugfix: Some USB dual-phones did not detect Skype correctly
 * bugfix: Some full-screen applications minimized automatically when Skype was running with the Skype visual style enabled
 * bugfix: If a user has Compact View enabled, opening a conversation from the tray alert does always open
 * bugfix: 'Ignore' option in the 'Call' menu was greyed out when receiving an incoming call
 * bugfix: Help menu was sometimes displayed incorrectly in Compact View
 * bugfix: Tools menu was not fully visible in compact view on some window sizes
 * bugfix: Echo123 was incorrectly re-added to contacts when opening Getting Started Wizard
 * bugfix: SMS failure reason messages were missing
 * bugfix: Instant messaging entry area showed vertical scroll bar after changing font size
 * bugfix: Add people to group conference call was not disabled when host was using Skype 3.8 for Windows
 * bugfix: Opening a file without file association triggered error message instead of a menu to choose application with which to open it
 * bugfix: Adding contact to a category via right click menu caused contact list display disruption
 * bugfix: Incorrect error message appeared when no entries were found within history search
 * bugfix: Contact list was not always sorted correctly
 * bugfix: Personalize button appeared blank - intermittent
 * bugfix: Unable to take a video snapshot when selecting the option from the drop down menu
 * bugfix: Call dropped when adding a participant to a conference call
 * bugfix: Setting number type was not possible when editing contact phone number
 * bugfix: More button on users video mood message did not work
 * bugfix: Call Quality feedback link "Issues with this call" was not visible - intermittent
 * bugfix: callto:// link did not work with Firefox
 * bugfix: Skype did not start after installing on Vista when computer was running on batteries
 * bugfix: A new message notification was not generated when sending an instant message using the /me command
 * bugfix: Call were not started automatically to a contact who was added to an ongoing call
 * bugfix: Menus flickered when using Skype with Arabic or Hebrew language
 * bugfix: Double click on a contact did not focus the instant message entry box
 * bugfix: Dates were not shown in old conversations
 * bugfix: Disabling contact import feature via registry did not work
 * bugfix: Phone number type was not being saved
 * bugfix: End call sound was played when user joined group call
 * bugfix: Links to domains .rs, .me, .kp, .xn did not work
 * bugfix: Incoming contact request were not shown correctly in compact view
 * bugfix: Closing conversation from menu did not work
 * bugfix: Clicking on Skype links on web pages did not bring the Skype window to foreground
 * bugfix: Adding phone contacts to group conversations was not possible
 * bugfix: Accessibility: Tab order corrected in options
 * All localizations updated