Skype 5.0.0.152

(2010.10.14)

Changes in 5.0.0.152

Changes:
* Removed post call experience
* Added an option to disable avatar pictures in contact list.

Fixed issues:
* Accessibility in Call Phones tab was not properly supported.
* Accessibility was not fully supported in Call View.
* It was not possible to accept or reject a contact request via keyboard.
* Labels in Add people widget were not visible to Jaws.
* When the user redialed within 10 seconds the audio was sometimes silent.
* During Skype update it was impossible to change language for Skype browser plugin.
* Skype browser plugin was wrongly interpreting US vanity numbers that exeed 11 digits.
* Sometimes the browser plugin dropdown menu was shown in the wrong place on the screen.
* Call Phones tab showed wrong information about subscriptions when user did not have reccurring payments enabled.
* Call to invalid number message was not cleared.
* Calling rates under subscriptions were sometimes not correctly shown.
* Header area in call phones tab sometimes showed some messages in text format instead of graphical.
* Numberpad on call phones was not displayed properly on low screen resolutions.
* Sometimes the rates lookup drop down list appeared in wrong place when using Skype in compact mode.
* Call Quality Indicator did not warn user if he mutes microphone in Windows settings.
* Call Quality Indicator stated unknown connection speed.
* Call restablishment message will remain on a call which appears to be fine, though available bandwidth is very low.
* The call quality indicator sometimes incorrectly reported medium quality when in fact the video call was in high definition.
* Call transfer to a phone number not in contact list did not work.
* Video was not transmitted after call transfer.
* Occasionally the call view had white boxes instead of texts.
* In rare occasions Skype crashed after changing microphone.
* Creating a Skype Out contact from recently dialled numbers was malfunctioning.
* There were some text formatting errors in Recents list.
* Avatar picture was not displayed in Public profile view.
* Sometimes, Add contacts buttons text was only partially visible.
* User search, based on e-mail and phone number, did not display partial results if full matches were present.
* On rare cases file receiver saw a erroneous message ‘The file isn’t available’.
* Skype sometimes stopped responding when accepting File Transfer in group conversation.
* Message box that appears so users can activate a free trial remained even after trial is activated.
* Often when adding a third participant to a video call the host was not notified about the need to activate a free trail in order to use group video calling.
* Placing a group video call with no free trial appears to other participants as missed conversation.
* Video could sometimes freeze for some participants on Group video calls.
* There was no support for languages read right to left in profile view.
* Skype opened in focus if Skype was set to autostart.
* Skype sometimes crashed when switching Windows user under Windows 7.
* Skype was starting as maximized during autostart process.
* When opening main menu Skype asked user to install Flash player if user did not have it previously installed.
* During screen sharing, the shared area may be partially cropped when resizing it.
* Netbooks with Mobile Intel® 915GM/GMS,910GML Express Graphics Chipset and Windows 7 sometimes had problems when receiving large screen sharing resolutions beyond 1322 × 823.
* Receiving a large resolution screen share could have artefacts on screen.
* When receiving screen sharing from Skype for Mac version 2.8, sometimes the screen does not load on the 5.0 side.
* The Skype Access connection display did not pop-up correctly when trying to connect to supported hotspot after starting Skype up.
* In some cases, avatar pictures were missing from Skype Home feed.
* Occasionally mood message update displays may be disrupted when the network connection is momentarily lost.
* Skype Home is not scaling very well to small and big window
* Sometimes there was a connection error when trying to open account panel from client alert in Skype Home.
* Un-sent mood message updates within Skype Home will not be saved when navigating away from Skype Home.
* Clicking on the webcamera settings may cause Skype to crash.
* In rare cases users video may not start correctly when using Logitech webcam pro 9000.
* In rare cases, video may not be received by the other party even if the local preview is working correctly
* Skype crashed if user quit Skype during an active call.
* Skype may not work properly with virtual cameras
* Switching between USB camera and HP Virtual webcam locks the camera
* The call receiver may not see HQ logo on their side during HQ call
* The receiver may not see HQ logo in the local preview while the receiver sees the logo on his side.
* The Skype video snapshots feature is not working on Windows XP SP3.
* This version of Skype (5.0) has increased CPU usage which may effect video quality on some computers.
* Under some circumstances upon ending a Skype Video call the webcam can still be capturing video even though it is no-longer in use.
* Video call picture quality was sometimes lower than expected in good conditions.
* Video calls may not work with virtual machines.
* Video calls on a secondary display causes higher CPU load compared to usage on the primary display.
* Video may stop if you lock and unlock your computer while on a call
* Video might freeze in calls with H.264 devices.
* DailyMotion videos which have been added to a mood message are not being displayed to other contacts.
* Calls go to Voicemail for offline users even if they have disabled it from Options.
* Message that display’s “Item has been deleted from conversation history.” sometimes appeared after sending Voicemail. Voicemail itself will be sent without problems.

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Skype 5.0.0.152 (Windows)