Download Skype 1.2.0.37

After a short beta period, version 1.2 of the Windows version of the Skype VoIP program has now reached final status. The full version number is 1.2.0.37 and the 6.4MB download can here to be found. The changelog is very similar to what we’ve seen in the previous betas, namely centrally stored contact lists, and support for Voicemail and SkypeIn, two new paid services that Skype now offers. What else has changed can be found below:

feature:

• Central Contacts List
• Voicemail
• SkypeIn
• Getting Started Wizard
• Promote Add To Contacts
• toolbar added to call tab
• File Transfer – ability to select multiple files to send
• Import/Export contact list from/to vCard
• API: possible to initiate conference
• added exitsurvey when Skype is uninstalled
• chat /alertson * /alertsoff

change:

• improved voice quality
• improved connectivity on XP SP2
• Options dialog – usability improvements
• new sounds
• file transfer: increased relayed transfer speed to 1500 bytes/sec
• Option to automatically close ft window when transfer is complete
• notification on entering SkypeMe mode changed to confirmation
• Send Contacts: possibility to send PSTN numbers
• Send Contacts form closed when all selected contacts added
• content of user profile phone fields is displayed in Contact List as links only if it’s valid Skype contact identity
• prank call warning redesigned
• the number of simultaneous File Transfers limited to 50
• user selectable font size and type in Chat
• reversed pending authorization requests order on start-tab
• Import Contacts – bundled MSN, Microsoft Outlook, Outlook Express and Opera Contact Importers

bug fix:

• improved ‘Automatically check for updates’
• My Skype Picture ? files with jpeg extensions were not shown
• ‘accept authorization’ buttons were not translatable
• in some cases API did not deny access properly
• API: commands BTN_RELEASED UP and BTN_RELEASED DOWN
• API: “AUDIO IN” and “AUDIO OUT” commands did not read double byte driver names correctly
• API: command BTN_PRESSED E failed with error 71 invalid key
• API: command IMHISTORYCHANGED didn’t work
• API: mute from UI is communicated to API
• API: No notification were shown when the user changed audio device
• handling URL links in chat improved
• Send Contacts: Add Selected button disabled, if contacts are unchecked
• Send Contacts: username was displayed twice, if fullname was not chosen
• Send Contacts: username and fullame were placed differently on sender’s and receiver’s side
• unchecking Show Emoticons hidden emoticons toolbar in IM windows
• resource leak and potential crash condition fixed, related to traynotifications
• addressbar quickfilter did not show all matches on some cases
• avatar browser: select added image by default
• doubleclicking on last (partially visible item in contactlist) acted on wrong contact
• when conference call host runs out of skypeOut credits during call correct error messages are displayed
• SkypeIn/SkypeOut error codes are displayed during conference calls
• improved SkypeOut links handling in Chat window
• installer now tries to shut down skype 10 times instead of 1 during install and uninstall
• possible to add conference participant from addressbar with conference button
• going automatically to ‘Not Available’ status was not working if AutoAway was set to 0
• uninstaller behavior improved
• timestamps added to ‘click here to see previous messages’ link
• installer reuses language selection
• avatar browser did not work with multiple accounts
• unicode character sorting was inconsistent
• sometimes after a person had left Multi Chat, the person was still shown in participants list
• default style emoticons have timestamps
• sometimes number of copied chars were calculated wrong in chat
• file transfer notification had missing content in some cases
• text highlighting in chat improved
• if file was renamed before saving, old filename was shown in dialog
• Startup splash text was broken in German
• edit profile: weird ‘scan line index’ out of range bug fixed
• ‘&’ was escaped in recent- and bookmarked chat menus
• invalid handling of SkypeOut number when redialing from failed call tab
• too long avatar file names did not fit to avatar browser
• search results: ordering by birth date did not work on rare cases
• conference holding issues
• tooltips were missing in search results

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