Skype mette la quarta: disponibile la GOLD 4.0.0.206 per Windows

Sono 405 milioni gli utenti nel mondo e, proprio qualche giorno fa, si sono festeggiati i 16 milioni online contemporaneamente: questi gli impressionanti numeri di Skype. Oggi, dopo le tre passate versioni Beta, ecco finalmente la 4.0 stabile per computer Windows, anche se alcuni piccoli problemini sono conosciuti e in via di risoluzione.

Si tratta della release 4.0.0.206 che vede la luce dopo mesi e mesi di lavoro per i ragazzi di Skype che recentemente hanno fatto qualcosa, vedi QUI, anche per i computer Apple. Per chi non ha utilizzato le Beta, non fidandosi, ci sarà una netta differenza, soprattutto nell’interfaccia rispetto alla precedente versione 3.8.

Nel POST di Raul Liive una breve introduzione al nuovo modo di intendere la telefonia, migliorato l’audio grazie al codec SILK, e videotelefonia, migliorata ulteriormente la qualità delle chiamate video, in Rete. Per scaricare la 4.0.0.206 è possibile partire da QUESTA pagina. Ancora un po’ di pazienza per gli utenti Mac: la nuova GOLD 2.8, che seguirà l’attuale Beta, è in dirittura d’arrivo.

Per chiudere, ecco il lungo chengelog della nuova GOLD per Windows (in inglese):

- feature: New style when copying and pasting text in an instant message (text quoting)

- feature: Video Call in separate window

- improvement: Skype now creates thumbnails of display pictures

- change: Get more ringtones and custom sounds link removed from options panel

- change: Removed display bandwidth usage option

- change: Dial pad will be opened automatically on call to landlines or mobiles

- change: Increased minimum window size in compact mode

- bugfix: Hot keys did not work

- bugfix: Call button was sometimes greyed out after ending a call

- bugfix: Registry keys under HKCU for disabling some features did not work

- bugfix: Skype crashed on startup when router did not specify some details via uPnP

- bugfix: Forward Error Correction did not work

- bugfix: File sending was slow after changing profile picture

- bugfix: When history was disabled then profile picture and mood were lost with restarting Skype

- bugfix: Previously set call forwarding options were not shown after fresh installation of Skype

- bugfix: Wrong error message was displayed when user tired to register a Skypename containing more than 32 characters.

- bugfix: Skype did not maximize correctly when user had non-standard Windows taskbar placement

- bugfix: In compact view it was not possible to start a call from main menu

 - bugfix: Skype did not remember chosen window size

 - bugfix: Skype crashed sometimes on changing between default and compact view

 - bugfix: It was not possible to resize Skype window if it was placed on second monitor which was on left side of main screen

- bugfix: Prices in Japanese Yen on call phones tab were not displayed correctly when the price was either 0 or contained more than 1 decimal point

- bugfix: Wrong call button was displayed for Outlook contacts

- bugfix: It was not possible to unblock Outlook contact from SMS input field

- bugfix: Executing menu items when pressing the enter key did not work

- bugfix: Instant message entry box content was cleared when switching between compact and default view

- bugfix: & sign was not displayed on instant message window header in compact view

- bugfix: Incoming instant message notification was not cleared on full screen video call after reading the message

- bugfix: In conversations list clearing quickfilter took focus from instant message input area

- bugfix: It was not possible to add Outlook contacts to conversations

- bugfix: SMS rate did not update when changing persons phone numbers in profile

- bugfix: Remove read conversations was greyed out while on a call

- bugfix: Creating new group conversation from single conversation did not take focus on participants side

- bugfix: Some conversations were not marked as read after using "Mark all as read" option

- bugfix: Skype crashed when opening dial pad on very small call window

- bugfix: It was possible to try to open in progress file receiving

- bugfix: After editing your contacts phone number type was forgotten

- bugfix: Link to connect MySpace profile was missing on Personalize menu

- bugfix: Changing client language did not take effect immediately

- bugfix: Invite to conference context menu was available while recording voicemail

- bugfix: Clear history did not work instantly

- bugfix: It was not possible to remove last contact from custom category

- bugfix: History showing missed calls showed also attempted calls

- bugfix: Conversations were not marked as read correctly on group conversations

- bugfix: Online status on focused conversation was not updated on time

- bugfix: First contact in Choose contacts from was not visible by default

- bugfix: Adding a call, which was on hold, to a conference did not work

- bugfix: In profile contacts country was not localized

- bugfix: Context menus in conference did not work correctly

- bugfix: Installation failed with error 1638 in case upgrading Skype and the previous MSI packages were removed

- bugfix: Login and Welcome screen in Arabic localization were misaligned

- bugfix: Disabling API via registry key did not remove option to manage other programs access

- All language localizations updated: Bulgarian - Nikolina Filipova & Nikolay Filipov, Czech - Petr Silon, Dutch - Kees Koenders, Estonian - Viljar Sepp & Eve Loopere, Greek - Panagiotis Sidiropoulos http://www.magenta.gr, French - Fabrice IMPERIAL & Bruno Lépaulard, German - Claudius Henrichs & Dick Schiferli, Hungarian - Mark Bender & Laszlo Koncz & Gabor Stefanik, Italian - Daniele Conte, Latvian - Intars Students, Lithuanian - Viktoras Kriukovas, Norwegian - Stig Auestad, Polish - Karol Szastok, Portuguese-Portugal - Francisco Ferreira, Romanian - Péter Henning and Mónika Iancu, Simplified Chinese - Della Wang (TOM.com), Traditional Chinese - Carlos Lee (PChome), Turkish - Ömer Emin Dede.