Version history for Skype

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Changes from v4.0 Beta to v4.0.0.150 Beta

• bugfix: Renaming a contact did not work correctly
• bugfix: New audio device notification was sometimes wrongly presented for SoundMax devices
• bugfix: Incoming chat notification was played when it should not have been
• bugfix: Changing ringing device also changed speakers
• bugfix: No sound was played when sending a chat message
• bugfix: It was not possible to remove echo123 from the contact list
• bugfix: Skype sometimes crashed when recording voicemail
• bugfix: Getting Started Wizard sometimes misbehaved after making a test call

Changes from v3.8.0.139 to v4.0 Beta

• feature: Calling and conference calling
• feature: Instant messaging (IM) and group instant messaging (group IM)
• feature: DTMF Tones
• feature: Video calling
• feature: Contact profiles
• feature: Contact list
• feature: Conversations list
• feature: IM, conference call and group participants lists
• feature: File sending (including multi-file sending)
• feature: Shop
• feature: Directory
• feature: Audio device configuration
• feature: SMS
• feature: Welcome screen
• feature: Import contacts
• feature: See what’s new
• feature: Incoming call alerts
• feature: Call phones
• feature: Menus
• feature: Contact requests
• feature: Partner tab
• feature: Automatic upgrades
• feature: Presence icons
• feature: Flashing alerts in your taskbar
• feature: Extras Manager
• feature: Detaching conversation from mainform
• Feature missing from 3.8: Call quality feedback indicator
• Feature missing from 3.8: Skype Prime
• Feature missing from 3.8: Linking of MySpaceIM with Skype and Skype accounts
• Feature missing from 3.8: Ability to turn alerts off
• Feature missing from 3.8: Accessibility (keyboard navigation and screen reader functionality)
• Feature missing from 3.8: Saving groups
• Feature missing from 3.8: History
• Feature missing from 3.8: Video in mood
• Feature missing from 3.8: View Outlook contacts in my Contact list
• Feature missing from 3.8: Call transfer
• Feature missing from 3.8: Contact groups
• Feature missing from 3.8: Creating new Shared Groups
• Feature missing from 3.8: Sending contacts
• Feature missing from 3.8: Send Money
• Feature missing from 3.8: Skypecasts
• Feature missing from 3.8: Alerts (eBay, Paypal, 411)
• Feature missing from 3.8: Public IM
• Feature missing from 3.8: Auto redial
• Feature missing from 3.8: IRC chat style
• Feature missing from 3.8: Speed dial

Changes from v3.8.0.115 to v3.8.0.139

• security fix: Skype File URI Security Bypass Code Execution Vulnerability
• change: Internet Explorer plugin updated to version 2.2.0.181
• change: Firefox plugin updated to version 2.2.0.87
• change: Extras Manager updated to version 2.2.0.58
• change: Google contacts importer removed
• bugfix: Skype occasionally crashed on Vista after disconnecting power cable from PC
• bugfix: Skype crashed on Windows 2008
• bugfix: Skype occasionally crashed when importing contacts from several Sources

Changes from v3.8.0.96 Beta to v3.8.0.115

• change: Updated Extras manager to version 2.0.0.55
• change: Firefox plugin updated to version 2.2.0.80
• change: Internet Explorer plugin updated to version
• bugfix: Account creation without a valid email address was not communicated correctly
• bugfix: Skype occasionally crashed on startup when some specific sound cards were set as windows default
• bugfix: Skype did not always go to "Away" and "Not Available" status automatically
• bugfix: After locking the screen, video froze or went blank
• bugfix: When user was not able to connect he was forwarded to wrong webpage
• bugfix: Windows Vista screensaver was not disabled during video call
• bugfix: Any link containing "+" was not clickable in a chat
• bugfix: Skype crashed when set web cookies got damaged
• bugfix: Video resolution did not scale up correctly in some instances
• bugfix API: App2App transfers were disabled when File Transfer was disabled
• All localizations updated

Changes from v3.6.0.248 to v3.8.0.96 Beta

• known issue: Sending Voicemail to not authorized user fails
• feature: New UPnP implementation
• feature: Extras Manager 2.0
• feature: Profile picture hidden by default on authorization request
• Improvement: Audio call quality
• Improvement: Internet Explorer add-on updated
• Improvement: Firefox add-on updated
• Improvement: Skype4COM updated
• change: Default video resolution for Pentium 3 and slower computers is 160x120 pixels
• bugfix privacy leak: Moodmessage and online status exposure to web browser via internal interface
• bugfix: Rarely contacts were lost after upgrade
• bugfix: Public chat links did not work on Vista
• bugfix: My video was froze on video call for some users
• bugfix: Call went to Voicemail even if not selected it in options
• bugfix: Sometimes video was black for receiver
• bugfix: Sometimes video preview was frozen
• bugfix: High Quality Video was not possible with Core2Duo E8200 CPU
• bugfix: Users who have not logged in for long time were not found with search
• bugfix: Skype sometimes crashed during file transfer
• bugfix API: It was not possible to forward call if username had a comma in it

Changes from v3.6.0.244 to v3.6.0.248

• feature: Public API access whitelist/blacklist
• improvement: Improved connection speed to Skype network from restrictive network environment
• bugfix: Skype cross-zone scripting vulnerability
• bugfix: Skype crashed sometimes when leaving groupchat
• bugfix: Skype crashed when current Skypename field was empty
• bugfix: Contacts were occasionally lost when synchronisation failed
• bugfix: MySpace tab was not reachable via keyoard navigation
• bugfix: Editing avatar resulted “Cannot focus a disabled or invisible window” error
• bugfix: It was not possible to answer second incoming call
• bugfix: Dynamic Content message overlaying contact list toolbar and group controls on reduced Skype window
• bugfix: Check update web link was incorrect
• bugfix: Call on hold image was wrongly displayed
• bugfix: USB webcam plugged in while on call did not allow to start video
• bugfix: It was not possible to open video settings panel while on video call
• bugfix: Skype crashed sometimes when expanding chat history
• bugfix: Presence were shown wrongly to conference call participants sometimes
• bugfix: Incorrect message was shown when when sender cancelled file transfer
• bugfix: Voice Mail greeting playes again when viewing profile
• bugfix: Wrong flag was displayes for Democratic Republic of the Congo
• bugfix: File Transfer relayed message was displayed after File Transfer had finished
• bugfix: Language name for Belarusian was wrong
• change: Language files updated

Changes from v3.6.0.216 to v3.6.0.244

• change: Internet Explorer plug-in updated to version 2.2.0.147
• change: Audio device checking before placing a call and changing to windows default if previous device is non existent
• change: Re-enabled config.xml keys for higher resolution and frame rate video
• bugfix: Skype generated high amount of page faults
• bugfix: Skype crashed when unknown PSTN number was added to conference call
• bugfix: Skype crashed on occasionally when computer was locked
• bugfix: Skype crashed infrequently on shutdown
• bugfix: Contact search window was incorrectly drawn when there were zero results
• Localizations updated

Changes from v3.6.0.127 Beta to v3.6.0.159 Beta

• feature: Linking MySpace profile in Skype
• feature: Display MySpace avatar in Skype
• Improvement: Improved audio quality on low speed internet connections
• Improvement: Improved presence
• change: Computers with Dual Core CPU's will send 640x480 by default on video call.
• bugfix: Audio settings not displayed correctly
• bugfix: Microphone level adjustments made during the call were not remembered for next calls
• bugfix: Full screen video windows was movable
• bugfix: Skype crashed when user enabled and disabled video many times in short timeframe

Changes from v3.5.0.239 to v3.6.0.127 Beta

• known issue: Skype may crash if user starts and resumes video many times in short time frame
• feature: High Quality Video calls
• feature: User notification if he has old Logitech driver version
• feature API: Check and set Skype window status
• feature API: Notification for opening and closing Skype CHAT windows
• feature API: Notification for changing state of the Skype main window (minimized, maximized, normal, hidden)
• change: Extras Manager updated to version 1.5.0.5
• Numerous bug fixes
• Updated language files: Arabic (Eriksen Translations Inc.), Bulgarian (Nikolina Filipova & Nikolay Filipov), Czech (Petr Silon), Danish (Eriksen Translations Inc), German (Claudius Henrichs & Dick Schiferli), Estonian (Eve Loopere), Greek (Panagiotis Sidiropoulos http://www.magenta.gr), French (Fabrice IMPERIAL & Bruno Lépaulard), Italian (Daniele Conte), Japanese (Mayu Shimizu), Hungarian (Mark Bender & Laszlo Koncz & Gabor Stefanik),Latvian (Intars Students), Lithuanian (Viktoras Kriukovas), Norwegian (Stig Auestad), Dutch (Kees Koenders), Polish (Karol Szastok), Portuguese-Portugal (Francisco Ferreira, Portuguese-Brazil (Leslie Predrotti), Finnish (Heino Keränen), Swedish (Anders Olsson), Russian (Eriksen Translations Inc), Romanian (Péter Henning and Mónika Iancu), Turkish (Ömer Emin Dede)

Changes from v3.5.0.229 to v3.5.0.234

• known issue: Video preview may not display on computers with Windows 2000. Video calls will work though.
• bugfix: Web URI Skype?chat did not work
• bugfix: Upgrade dialogue did not open on Skype restart
• bugfix: Skype freeze on rare cases on start-up
• bugfix: Skype may have crashed when making a call for small number of users

Changes from v3.5.0.214 to v3.5.0.229

• bugfix: Skype crashed when ending a call and Do More menu is open at the same time
• bugfix: Send Money did not work
• bugfix: Skype crashed when call was finished during call transfer attempt
• bugfix: Skype crashes on Windows 98 when receiving video
• bugfix: Video call freeze with some rare webcam's
• bugfix: Skype crashed sometimes when not supported video capture device was used
• change: Updated language files

Changes from v3.5.0.178 Beta to v3.5.0.202

• feature: Safety and Privacy Improvements
• feature API: SET_INPUT for recording Voicemail
• change: IE plugin updated to version 3.3.0.105
• change: Extras Manager updated to version 1.5.0.2
• change: Dial tone changed
• change: Updated all localizations
• bugfix: Add video to mood message button was not clickable in entire lenght
• bugfix: Incoming chat message notification displayed video messages wrongly
• bugfix: Error message displayed when shutting down Windows while Skype was running on some occasions
• bugfix: Wrong payment rejection cause displayed when person called from not compatible client
• bugfix: Send contacts button was active after leaving chat
• bugfix: Call was put on hold when screen saver activated
• bugfix: Audio devices with the same name where displayed incorrectly
• bugfix: Skype crashed when ending a call in some circumstances
• bugfix: On some rare cases opening chat resulted 100% CPU usage

Changes from v3.5.0.158 Beta to v3.5.0.178 Beta

• feature: Video Snapshot: Edit video snapshot should use system's PNG editor
• feature: Added fields in Options to allow Auto Redial on/off and delay between redials
• feature: Video Snapshot: right click on snapshot should provide a menu
• feature: Public API: Silent Skype confirmation dialogue, when SET GUI OFF command.
• change: U3: Chinese Simplified/Singapore removed from manifest file (LCID 4100 not supported anymore)
• change: all lang files updated
• change: IE Plugin ver 2.2.0.101
• change: Alerts and Messages: “Learn more” link was broken
• change: U3: skype.ico updated to 32x32
• change: U3: Updated min size requirement in manifest file
• change: U3: U3Action.exe updated to version 1.6.4.0
• change: Feedback form should open automatically for SO calls
• change: Vista Logo: active call should be put on hold in fast user switching
• change: Non-Pro user attempting to transfer a SkypeIn call
• change: Error when applying/saving language file
• change: Safety and Privacy improvements: re-enable "Show that I have video"
• bugfix: Skype is not able to import contacts from Windows Mail
• bugfix: Options|Privacy: Link at bottom is only half visible
• bugfix: Win98: Runtime error 216 on Startup
• bugfix: Conference call hangs with infinite loop
• bugfix: Video sub options do not care about main options
• bugfix: Autoredial was turned off in options, but autoredial is offered with redial every 0 minutes.
• bugfix: Transfer of an outgoing call should not be possible
• bugfix: Dial tab: entering phone number with mouse doesn't work properly when scrollbar is visible
• bugfix: Crash when using find in empty chat
• bugfix: U3: Soft eject while Skype is running gives errors
• bugfix: Video Snapshot: Image view screen should show hang-up button
• bugfix: Fixed AV when Windows session was locked
• bugfix: Saving mood message didn't work, when hitting enter or clicking away
• bugfix: Linebreaks in mood message were removed, when editing message
• bugfix: When sending a File to a contact, I got sent the file
• bugfix: Some multichat problem
• bugfix: Redial is not is put on temporarily hold when the user is in another call
• bugfix: “Send Money” menu item opens browser
• bugfix: Myself Capture: buttons are partly hidden in myself capture window
• bugfix: Skype crashed while opening Options tab
• bugfix: Setting video to fullscreen render desktop useless
• bugfix: Ringing continued after busy tone received, via some PSTN providers
• bugfix: Crash in What's New wizard
• bugfix: Mouseover on name in chat underlined too much
• bugfix: Wallpaper border around Chat window was incorrect, when Chat window first opened
• bugfix: There was no animation during sign in process
• bugfix: AC: List index out of bounds error when searching for users
• bugfix: Public API: fixed saving plugin ACL settings for plugins whose file name contained characters with ascii code >127 (note that user has to reauthorize all such plugins)

Changes from v3.5.0.107 Beta to v3.5.0.158 Beta

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

Changes from v3.2.0.163 to v3.5.0.107 Beta

• feature: Auto redial
• feature: Call Transfer
• feature: Device Indicators
• feature: Edit chat messages
• feature: Message history loading granulated
• feature: Private Telephone Numbers
• feature: Send contacts inside chat
• feature: Visual indicators for Audio In / Audio Out in options
• feature: Show examples of notifications / alerts in options
• feature: Added Latvian localization - Intars Students
• feature: In-Client Hardware store button
• change: Extras Manager updated to version 1.2.0.261
• change: Options categories smoothly slide open and close when changed
• Updated language files: Arabic (Eriksen Translations Inc.), Bulgarian (Nikolina Filipova & Nikolay Filipov), Czech (Petr Silon), Danish (Eriksen Translations Inc), German (Claudius Henrichs & Dick Schiferli), Estonian (Eve Loopere), Greek (Panagiotis Sidiropoulos http://www.magenta.gr ),French (Fabrice IMPERIAL & Bruno Lépaulard), Italian (Daniele Conte), Japanese (Mayu Shimizu), Hungarian (Mark Bender & Laszlo Koncz & Gabor Stefanik),Latvian (Intars Students), Lithuanian (Viktoras Kriukovas), Norwegian (Stig Auestad), Dutch (Kees Koenders), Polish (Karol Szastok), Portuguese-Portugal (Francisco Ferreira, Portuguese-Brazil (Leslie Predrotti), Finnish (Heino Keränen), Swedish (Anders Olsson), Russian (Eriksen Translations Inc), Romanian (Péter Henning and Mónika Iancu), Turkish (Ömer Emin Dede)

Changes from v3.2.0.158 to v3.2.0.163

• feature: Added Latvian localization done by Intars Students
• improvement: Audio calls improved
• change: Do not accept multichats from not authorized contacts
• change: IE plugin updated
• change: Extras Manager updated to version 1.2.0.261
• bugfix: CCleaner removed 2 Skype related registry entries
• bugfix: Tray icon menu not translated during login
• bugfix: Skype crashed on password change notification
• bugfix: On rare occasions Skype crashed when opening options.
• bugfix: Skype may have crashed in large multichats
• bugfix: NTLM proxy authentication did not work

Changes from v3.2.0.152 to v3.2.0.158

• feature: Getting Started Wizard improvement
• bugfix: Installer error 1603
• bugfix: Sound setting not saved on Vista
• bugfix: Accessibility problems with screen readers resolved
• bugfix: Delay when playing notification sounds
• bugfix: Incoming call is not sent to Voicemail if user rejects it
• bugfix: On some rare cases conference call participants were muted
• bugfix: Skype crashes sometimes when ending a call
• bugfix: NTLM proxy authentication did not work
• bugfix API: App2App transfers did not work as expected
• Language files updated

Changes from v3.2.0.148 to v3.2.0.152

• change: Call forwarding setup banner
• change: Extras Manager updated to version 1.2.0.257
• bugfix: Error 2739 while installing Skype

Changes from v3.2.0.145 to v3.2.0.148

• bugfix: Options has compatibility issues with screen readers
• bugfix: Upgrading from Skype did not work
• bugfix: No voice heard on some services

Changes from v3.2.0.115 Beta to v3.2.0.145

• feature: "Save as" possibility in My Pictures
• change: Extras Manager updated to version 1.2.0.255
• change: Video icon in contact card is now clickable
• change: Blue background for "Start my video" button
• change: Video capability icon is shown in profile windows also
• change: New call forwarding status icon
• change API: API plugin will be banned for current session if user closes ACL form 3 times
• bugfix: Audio related small fixes
• bugfix: Skype crashed when conference starting windows was opened with incorrect telephone number
• bugfix: Start Skype when I start Windows doesn't match with settings on Sign-In screen
• bugfix: Links in account panel were not clickable
• bugfix: Advanced options were not displayed if user saved settings on them
• bugfix: Video preview in options were on wrong resolution
• bugfix: Options buttons had white boarders around them
• bugfix: In conference call host was not marked as host
• bugfix: Learn more link in privacy options was misaligned
• bugfix: On rare occasions Skype was not displayed in taskbar
• bugfix: Contact card displayed sometimes wrongly in compact mode
• bugfix: Changing display mode to compact while chat open was not fully acknowledged
• bugfix: Volume widget in options was not accessible from keyboard
• bugfix: Typing indicator has sometimes in compact mode box around it
• bugfix: File Transfer windows had 2 unnamed links for screen reader
• bugfix: Unable to start conference call from menu
• bugfix: Tray icon warning was not cleared when user logged out and right after in with another user
• bugfix: Special characters in SMS deleted other content in some occasions
• bugfix: Volume slider was reset after call by Skype if user had changed it
• bugfix: Skype crashed on rare cases when ending conference call
• bugfix: Privacy settings for incoming call did not work always
• bugfix: Call quality feedback link did not work
• bugfix: Cyrillic characters displayed as question marks on some cases
• bugfix API: "API Attachment Successful" event was not received from Skype client
• bugfix API: Pending plugins were not notified about authorization changes
• updated language files

Changes from v3.2.0.82 to v3.2.0.115 Beta

• known issue: Options - some incoming calls from people who haven't been authorized
• known issue: Options - Audio settings sliders and feedback indicators not working correctly
• known issue: Options - Advanced settings sometimes return to Basic settings next time you go into options
• known issue: Options - Start Skype when I start Windows doesn't match with settings on Sign-In screen
• feature: Call forwarding improvements
• change: Options overhaul
• change: New offline warning banners for 1:1 chats
• change: New RichText based hint window
• bugfix: Calls between Skype 3.2 beta versions had during silence strange background noise
• bugfix: Myself capture buttons were misplaced
• bugfix: Call duration was showed wrongly for very long calls
• bugfix: Chat guidelines were messed up when using double quotes in them
• bugfix: Importing Gmail contacts for non-English Gmail failed sometimes
• bugfix: File size was not displayed before accepting File Transfer
• bugfix: Skype changed IE6 text size to medium automatically
• bugfix: Link in chat topic was not clickable sometimes
• change: updated language files

Changes from v3.2.0.63 to v3.2.0.82

• known issue: On calls between Skype 3.2 beta version on during complete silence there is odd background noise
• feature: MSI installer
• feature API: New command OPEN LIVETAB
• improvement: Video user interface
• bugfix: Skype crashed when doing quick logout after login
• bugfix: On one to one call receiver could not add third party to call
• bugfix: Quickfilter added country prefix to contacts search
• bugfix: Contacts card displayed wrong information after quitting conference card to conference partners
• bugfix: Rich mood message line breaks
• bugfix: Contact List was messed up on some occasions
• bugfix: Skype crashed on conference call when it was turned into regular call and then back to conference call
• bugfix: Skype crashed on Vista when unplugged USB headset during a call
• bugfix: Audio handling on Vista improved

Changes from v3.2.0.53 to v3.2.0.63

• change: Extras Manager updated to version 1.1.0.246
• bugfix: Deleting history sometimes gave "List index out of bounds" error
• bugfix: Skype crashed on some occasions when deleting history
• budfix: Rich mood message formatting was lost on some occasions
• bugfix: File transfer was not resumed correctly sometimes
• bugfix: Skype crashed on some occasions when logging out right after login
• bugfix: Skype may have crashed when disabling Live Tab
• Updated language files for German, Italian, Polish, Romanian, Bulgarian, Czech, English, Estonian, Spanish, Hungarian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Turkish and Chinese-traditional.

Changes from v3.1.0.147 to v3.2.0.53

• feature: Send Money
• feature: Skype's own audio codec
• feature: Skype improved conference mixer
• feature: Skype Jitter Buffer and concealment
• feature: Skype audio preprocessing components
• feature: Account in Client
• feature: Import Contacts from MSN Hotmail, Yahoo! and GMail added
• feature: Multi-Device presence
• feature: Myself Capture
• feature: Call Quality feedback in client
• feature: Voice Mail playback pauses Winamp
• change: Extras Manager updated
• change: Menus overhaul
• change: My Pictures - grid replaced with list
• change: Own mood message displaying chaged
• change: Myself panel and contact cards layout updated
• change: Options: SMS validation - check the phone number automatically after submitting valid code
• change: Updated EULA and added Turkish EULA
• bugfix: API: CLEAR CALLHISTORY command did not work
• Updated language files: Arabic (Eriksen Translations Inc.), Bulgarian (Nikolina Filipova & Nikolay Filipov), Czech (Petr Silon), Danish (Eriksen Translations Inc), German (Claudius Henrichs & Dick Schiferli), Estonian (Eve Loopere), Greek (Panagiotis Sidiropoulos http://www.magenta.gr ),French (Fabrice IMPERIAL & Bruno Lépaulard), Italian (Daniele Conte), Japanese (Mayu Shimizu), Hungarian (Mark Bender & Laszlo Koncz & Gabor Stefanik), Lithuanian (Viktoras Kriukovas), Norwegian (Stig Auestad), Dutch (Kees Koenders), Polish (Karol Szastok), Portuguese-Portugal (Francisco Ferreira, Portuguese-Brazil (Leslie Predrotti), Finnish (Heino Keränen), Swedish (Anders Olsson), Russian (Eriksen Translations Inc), Romanian (Péter Henning and Mónika Iancu), Turkish (Ömer Emin Dede)

Changes from v3.1.0.144 to v3.1.0.147

• Known Issue: API: cannot set default video device
• Known Issue: API: app2app connection is not established if other party is not in your buddy list
• bugfix: API: OPEN CHAT command was not working
• bugfix: My pictures gave wrong error message when broken picture was used
• bugfix: Adding a png image as a profile image caused repeated error message
• bugfix: High CPU and an error message with double-byte languages when creating public chat

Changes from v3.1.0.112 to v3.1.0.134

• feature: Skype Prime
• change: Plugin Manager updated 1.1.0.237
• bugfix: SkypePM.exe may have shown a 'DLL Initialization Failed' error message on shutting down Windows.
• bugfix: SkypeFind: search for umlaut characters from tab did not work
• bugfix: SkypeIn call trayalert was wrong
• bugfix: Typing indicator: behaviour incorrect when typing was stopped
• bugfix: API: sometimes GROUPS gave wrong data about USERS and NROFUSERS

Changes from v3.0.0.217 to v3.1.0.112

• feature: Skype Find
• feature: Account Panel redesign feature: Alerts Platform
• feature: Typing indicator feature: API: possible to get contact's avatar and get and set own avatar
• feature: API: GET CONTACTS_FOCUSED
• feature: API: SET RINGTONE STATUS ON|OFF feature.
• API: GET PREDICTIVE_DIALER_COUNTRY feature:
• API: CALL property TARGET_IDENTITY bugfix:
• API: after joining calls to conference VIDEO_(SEND|RECEIVE)_STATUS RUNNING was erroneously sent
• bugfix: API: ongoing call was not put on hold while answering another incoming call
• bugfix: API: notification of clicking MENU_ITEM in Tools returned user_id
• Known issue: SkypePM.exe may show a 'DLL Initialization Failed' error message on shutting down Windows.

Changes from v3.0.0.216 to v3.0.0.217

• known issue: MSI installer gives warning message when upgrading from non-msi versions older than 3.0.0.210.
• bugfix: API ACL form was misaligned on high dpi setting
• change: IE/FF Plugins updated

Changes from v3.0.0.209 to v3.0.0.214

• Known issue: Skype Extras Manager displays error messages on launching some of the plug-ins under Windows' Limited User account
• bugfix: SkypePM.exe crashes on first start after installation
• bugfix: Russian language display problems in updater
• bugfix: Groups panel stayed open when user was changed
• bugfix: Contact list focus was lost when using some toolbar buttons

Changes from v3.0.0.205 to v3.0.0.209

• bugfix: Cannot send SMS from contact menu in Chat window
• bugfix: Updated Internet Explorer and Firefox plugins
• bugfix: ActiveX objects cannot be created in eBay tab
• bugfix: SkypeCheck did not work on clean 3.0 install

Changes from v3.0.0.190 to v3.0.0.198

• change: API: re-allowed app2app incoming connections from non-authorized buddies
• bugfix: e-mail validation pattern did not allow numbers before @ sign
• bugfix: Skype crashed on SMS number verification
• bugfix: Skype may crash on rare cases after ending video call
• bugfix: API: setting call forwarding did not work

Changes from v3.0.0.123 Beta to v3.0.0.137 Beta

• known issue: Extras Manager: Installer shows an error message if some of the components that have to be rewritten are locked
• change: new button for 'leave' in chat window
• change: Do More Menu' active even when Extras Manager not running
• change: updated all translations
• bugfix: in some cases there was low voice quality in a video call
• bugfix: http/socks proxy connections did not work
• bugfix: sometimes video was not shown in incoming video call
• bugfix: Sometimes Extars Manager produced an Access Violation on start up
• bugfix: ViewProfile: divider was missing before contact count
• bugfix: LOGIN: no user name was selected and password field was not focused by default when Skype started
• bugfix: Public Chat: Wrong timestamp for remove message action
• bugfix: Sometimes there were overlapping phone numbers in contact card
• bugfix: Public Chat: Distinguish between Host and Creator in UI
• bugfix: Accessibility: MSAA for tab control added again
• bugfix: wrong flag was displayed for Ireland
• bugfix: Public Chat: Chat not ended if a promoted Host chose 'End Chat'

Changes from v2.6.0.105 Beta to v3.0.0.106 Beta

• known issue: call quality in video call can be low
• known issue: http/socks proxy connections do not work
• feature: Public chatrooms
• feature: Extras Manager
• feature: Sound Settings Widget
• feature: API: MENU_ITEM and EVENT objects
• feature: API: Command GET MAX_CONFCALL_PARTICIPANTS
• change: UI redesigned
• change: Improved Video device detection
• change: New Language files: Arabic (Eriksen Translations Inc.), Bulgarian (Nikolina Filipova & Nikolay Filipov ), Chinese Simplified (Leon Yang from TOM Online Inc), Chinese Traditional (Carlos Lee from PChome Online), Czech (Petr Silon), Danish (Eriksen Translations Inc), German (Claudius Henrichs & Dick Schiferli),Estonian (Eve Loopere), Spanish (David Reche), Greek (Panagiotis Sidiropoulos http://www.magenta.gr ), French (Fabrice IMPERIAL & Bruno Lépaulard), Italian (Daniele Conte), Japanese (Mayu Shimizu), Korean (Susan Joo), Hungarian (Mark Bender & Laszlo Koncz & Gabor Stefanik), Norwegian (Stig Auestad), Dutch (Kees Koenders), Polish (Karol Szastok), Francisco Ferreira (Portuguese (Portugal), Portuguese (Brasil) (Leslie Predrotti), Finnish (Heino Keränen), Swedish (Anders Olsson), Russian (Eriksen Translations Inc), Romanian (Péter Henning and Mónika Iancu)
• change: new Language Lithuanian (Viktoras Kriukovas)
• bugfix: API: Command OPEN OPTIONS did not function for Updates page
• bugfix: API: Workaround to handle usernames with comma in CALL, CHAT and SMS commands (use quotation marks for them)

Changes from v3.0.0.154 Beta to v3.0.0.190 Beta

• known issue: Skype may crash on rare cases after ending video call
• feature: Rich Mood Messages
• feature: Connection Wizzard
• feature: API: rich moodmessages
• feature: API: public chat support
• feature: API: FILETRANSFER object
• change: Video quality improvements on low bitrate (128 kbit upload links)
• change: Updated Extras Manager
• change: Updated Internet Explorer and FireFox plugins
• change: API: changes in USER LASTONLINETIMESTAMP, GROUP NROFUSERS_ONLINE and GROUP USERS are no longer sent to clients, GROUP NROFUSERS is sent when GROUP USERS property changes
• change: API: application can connect to oneself
• bugfix: Livetab: Fixed some rare crashes
• bugfix: Livetab: Improved error handling
• bugfix: Webcam detection did not return error message
• bugfix: Deleted shared contact did not disappear from CL
• bugfix: Public Chat: link was missing from PC wizard
• bugfix: Public Chat: Keyboard support for creating public chats
• bugfix: Public Chat: Choose Picture did not working in PC wizard
• bugfix: Compact Mode did not show contact card correctly
• bugfix: API: after sending ALTER CALL START_VIDEO_SEND in UI 'Start my video' button did not change
• bugfix: API: if event was killed without DELETE EVENT command, it still remained on Events panel
• bugfix: API: improved detection who is hosting the conference (there were random Skypecasts drops)

Changes from v3.1.0.112 to v3.0.0.218

• bugfix: 1st attempt to log into Skype with an existing username after a clean installation caused Skype to crash

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