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Feed: Skype Garage
Posted on: Tuesday, June 30, 2009 8:41 AM
Author: Raul
Subject: Skype 4.1 Gold for Windows
We're pleased to announce the new Skype 4.1 for Windows production version.
This new version of Skype brings you screen sharing, accessibility, and
birthday reminders together with the ability to send contacts. It also
highlights Skype names on web pages for you, allowing you to click the name and
start a call. In addition to these new features a number of improvements have
been made which you can read about on my 4.1 beta announcement
<http://share.skype.com/sites/garage/2009/05/skype_41_beta_for_windows.html> ,
or on our main blog post
<http://share.skype.com/sites/en/2009/05/skype_4_1_beta_for_windows.html> .
Start downloading it right now <http://www.skype.com/go/getskype> .
We would like to thank everyone who took the time to feed back their thoughts
and issues when using Skype 4.1 Beta for windows. Many of these issues have now
been fixed in the gold version.
We're always happy to hear your feedback, so please let us know if anything
doesn't seem to be working as it should. This is easily done through discussing
matters on Skype forums <http://forum.skype.com/index.php?showforum=2> or by
leaving comments on this blog.
If you are a technical user then please take a few minutes to report issues on
our public issues tracker <https://developer.skype.com/jira/> .
With the gold release of Skype 4.1 for Windows we have fixed lots of issues,
especially ones relating to webcam detection, quoting links in an instant
message and invisible cursor after switching windows when using Skype in
compact view.
The main changes from 4.1 Beta for Windows to the gold version, 4.1.0.136, by
category are:
Calling
* Call status was sometimes displayed as "Ringing" after the call had started.
* Error message sometimes appeared when selecting the "Learn about Call
Quality" link from the Call toolbar.
* Users were unable to call a contact again after rejecting the same contact
from a previous conference call.
* No sound was heard when connecting a second USB device, even when it was
selected as the default option.
* Skype automatically adjusted user's microphone levels during a call even
when they had disabled this option.
* Skype did not warn users when they tried to answer a call without any active
audio devices being available.
* Auto-answer of incoming calls failed after multiple calls in quick succession
* Dialpad is now visible when starting a call rather than when a call is
connected.
Instant messaging
* Users were not notified when a file had been sent in a group IM conversation.
* When copying and pasting a web address (URL) links within the same instant
messages, the URL appears as a blank line.
* When copying a large amount of text, (approximately 20 lines) from the same
IM, and pasting it to the text input field, users no longer had the ability to
scroll or edit that particular text
* Users were unable to copy and paste from an SMS message.
* The copy/paste menu did not appear when right clicking in the IM input field
area
* Dragging and dropping quoted text to the chat text box caused Skype to crash
for some users.
* No message displayed when two users were calling at the same time, only the
end call button was displayed.
Contacts
* Users were not re-displayed in the contact list after they had been
unblocked.
* After renaming a contact, the name would revert back to its original name
following a restart.
* Some users were unable to drag and drop a contact to a group conversation.
* It was not always clear that MySpace contacts had been found during contact
search.
* Quick filter results were displayed incorrectly after previously selecting
two contacts at the same time.
* Echo 123 was sometimes not available for newly created accounts.
* Blocking users was ineffective in some cases.
* No tooltips were visible for participants in a group conversation.
* Unable to edit a SkypeOut contact's phone number more than once.
* Contact categories were ordered differently from the contact list.
History
* Links to previous IM's within an existing chat (Yesterday, Last 7 days, etc)
did not show in some scenarios
* SMS
* When an SMS was sent to a SkypeOut contact whose profile contained multiple
phone numbers, the SMS would always go to the first number even if the user had
selected an alternate phone number tab.
* Formatting of "quoted text" was displayed incorrectly.
* Users were unable to copy / paste from SMS messages.
Audio/Video
* Skype detected a Creative Live webcam even though the device was not
connected.
* A "New Audio Device" Communicator message appeared on every start up for
some users
* Nothing happened when clicking the "remove" button to delete multiple
devices from Audio Settings drop down menu.
* Only one USB device was visible in the drop down menu when more than one was
available.
* When receiving video calls from a Skype for Mac user, the Windows user saw
an "On Hold" graphic when the incoming video was stopped.
* Some users were unable to undock from a docking station when a webcam was in
use.
* The "Video Call" option was incorrectly made available when users made a
SkypeOut call.
* Video was still displayed when user turned off video while a call was on
hold.
* Video snapshot images appeared black when saved.
* Fixes for a small number of webcams that were not detected.
* Video did not start, if Skype was running on a secondary screen.
* When two identical USB audio devices were plugged in, only one device is
displayed in the list in Tools > Options > Audio Settings > Advanced.
* Compact / Default view switching
* When switching from Compact View to Default View the display position was
incorrect.
Accessibility
* Voicemail and File Transfer are now accessible via keyboard navigation.
Miscellaneous
* Fix for "Disk I/O error". If user still experiences this ensure that the
appdata/skype/username directory is not read-only, if this does not resolve the
issue please contact Customer Support.
* Emoticons were still displayed even when this option was disabled.
* Skype crashed on Windows Server 2008 R2.
* Error message: "Unterminated entry" sometimes displayed when starting Skype.
* Users on the "LITE" version of Skype will be displayed as "Unknown" in
Conference calls.
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