Download Skype 1.1.0.47 beta

A new beta version of the 1.1 family of the eponymous VoIP program for the Windows platform has been released on the Skype website. The update has been given version number 1.1.0.47 beta and is exactly five and a half MB in size. With Skype it is possible to call other users of this program for free. It is also possible to call fixed or mobile phone users for a minimal fee. In this release, memory and processor usage have been reduced, among other things, and the necessary bugs have been fixed. The full changelog looks like this:

Changes:

• new Estonian, Russian, Polish, Korean, Norwegian, German, Finnish and Swedish translations
• connectivity improvements
• user presence detection improvements
• chat synchronization improvements
• improved installer compression
• reduced Skype v1.1 memory consumption
• reduced Skype v1.1 processor consumption
• disabled options set to invisible
• newest unread chats displayed first on start tab

Fixed:

• chat window could be opened for SkypeOut Contacts
• faster Contacts list updates
• options – ‘division by zero’ error
• send Contacts – if ‘send to’ field ends with semicolon
• tab header hot-line did not work if some tabs were hidden
• authorization request put to focus now
• green button resumes if call is held
• setting proxy to automatic does not clear host/port values
• chat: when copy-pasting text some characters at end were sometimes dropped
• chat: ‘messages older than x hours’ banner was not updated
• topic URL included closing quote-sign
• duplicate usernames in Contacts list problem (introduced in 1.1.0.34)