Reviews of Skype for Windows

1. 
   XtC4UaLL

   Reviewing 4.1.0.136 Beta (Jul 2, 2009)

   The Full Download Version ("Offline Installer") is available e.g. on http://cpn-download2.skype.net/SkypeSetupFull.exe
2. 
   TDreamer

   Reviewing 4.1.0.136 Beta (Jun 30, 2009)

   Their website shows that this is release, NOT beta. for build 136.
3. 
   Diam0nd

   Reviewing 4.1.0.130 Beta (May 27, 2009)

   Here are the full release notes:
   * feature: Screen sharing
   * feature: Accessibility
   * feature: Skype name highlighting on webpages
   * feature: Free call phone number highlighting on webpages
   * feature: Contacts sending
   * feature: Birthday reminders
   * improvement: Audio and Video engine updated
   * improvement: Ability to import more contacts from more source
   * improvement: Updated Skype for Internet Explorer plugin
   * improvement: Updated Skype for Firefox plugin
   * bugfix: Skype Internet Explorer plugin did not work with Internet Explorer 8 on Windows 7
   * bugfix: New Audio device communicator message appeared on every start-up
   * bugfix: Dialpad did not open when starting a call, but opened when call was connected
   * bugfix: Some menu items in Hebrew and Arabic language showed out as ????
   * bugfix: Skype crashed on shutdown sometimes
   * bugfix: GDI+ error was displayed when running Skype on Windows 7
   * bugfix: Not all audio devices were shown out under audio options
   * bugfix: When copying longer text message from one Instant Message to another then you did not have possibility to edit it's controls
   * bugfix: Skype crashed when dragging and dropping quoted chat messages
   * bugfix: Quick-filtering sometimes highlighted contacts incorrectly
   * bugfix: Profile text was cut off when person has emoticon on their 'about me' text
   * bugfix: A user was unable to edit contacts phone number more than once
   * bugfix: Skype showed that webcam is present, but busy when it was disconnected for some Creative webcams
   * bugfix: It was not possible to remove duplicate entries from audio devices list
   * bugfix: On client upgrade "View technical release notes for this update" link did not work.
   * 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 & d*** 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
4. 
   jp_ext

   Reviewing 4.0.0.226 (May 20, 2009)

   Call quality to land lines is worse than ever and the contacts list is clunky. Why don't the developers take a look at Live Messenger? Apart from that this software is great. Good audio and video and fast file transfers.
5. 
   bigmama

   Reviewing 4.0.0.226 (Apr 22, 2009)

   by far skype gives you the best quality of sound during conversations
   
   the only problem is that is a little bloated software

Discuss Skype for Windows

1. Jun 30, 2009 - 2:20 PM
   pburch

   Skype for Windows 4.1.0.136 is not a beta version, it is the official version of Skype. Could you please correct this?
2. Feb 3, 2009 - 4:17 PM
   blackz0r

   Here's the offline installer for v4.0:
   
   http://download.skype.com/SkypeSetupFull.exe
   
   Please, link to the full version from now on.
3. Jan 7, 2009 - 2:02 PM
   Diam0nd

   Full release notes for the 4.0.0.181 are:
   * feature: Super Wideband Audio codec
   * feature: MySpaceIM with Skype (functionality carried over from 3.8)
   * feature: Option to disable uPnP and Nat-PMP
   * feature: eBay browser highlighter bundled
   * feature: Added Philips SPC 1330 NC as High Quality Video camera
   * improvement: Instant Messaging layout improved
   * bugfix: History did not show all entries
   * bugfix: Outlook contacts were not always displayed correctly
   * bugfix: Resize area was missing from Shop panel
   * bugfix: Chrome could not be switched off in some scenarios
   * bugfix: Skype Call and SMS URI did not focus Skype
   * bugfix: Changing language settings on sign-in screen did not always update language
   * bugfix: Links in form of username:password@something were not clickable
   * bugfix: Crash in Vista, when last audio device was removed during a call
   * bugfix: Quickfilter took focus while writing an instant message
   * bugfix: Incorrect tooltip displayed when a call was put on hold
   * bugfix: After switching Custom Chrome off through menus no visual style was selected in options
   * bugfix: 'Add to contacts' right-click menu missing for Outlook contacts
   * bugfix: Close menu did not work in Compact mode conversation window
   * bugfix: Recently closed conversations menu did not truncate long conversation names
   * bugfix: Wrong file transfer status was shown after other side cancelled sending file
   * bugfix: US Number +15416 was shown as Canadian
   * bugfix: Emoticons were not shown in profile area
   * bugfix: Emoticons were not shown when exchanging contact details
   * bugfix: Conference call sometimes continued ringing after answering
   * bugfix: Checkbox to show online users count was missing from Tools > Options
   * bugfix: Conversations were not consumed when user was blocked
   * bugfix: Video error message was not displayed when webcam was in use by another application
   * All language localizations updated
   
   http://share.skype.com/s...a_3_for_windows_ho.html