Skype for Windows Beta 新版 3.8.0.96

久しぶりに Skype for Windows が更新です。
但し、ベータ版!

02.04.2008 Skype 3.8.0.96 Beta for Windows

• known issue: Sending Voicemail to not authorized user fails
• feature: New uPnP implementation
• feature: Extras Manager 2.0
• feature: Profile picture hidden by default on authorization request
• Improvement: Audio calls quality
• Improvement: Internet Explorer add-on updated
• Improvement: Firefox add-on updated
• Improvement: Skype4COM updated
• change: Default video resolution for Pentium 3 and slower computers is 160×120 pixels
• bugfix privacy leak: Moodmessage and online status exposure to web browser via internal interface
• bugfix: Rarely contacts were lost after upgrade
• bugfix: Public chat links did not work on Vista
• bugfix: My video was froze on video call for some users
• bugfix: Call went to Voicemail even if not selected it in options
• bugfix: Sometimes video was black for receiver
• bugfix: Sometimes video preview was frozen
• bugfix: High Quality Video was not possible with Core2Duo E8200 CPU
• bugfix: Users who have not logged in for long time were not found with search
• bugfix: Rarely Skype crashed during file transfer
• bugfix API: It was not possible to forward call if username had comma in it

覚悟完了の後、先ずはダウンロードとインストールから。

追記(2008/04/03 12:14)

日本語によるアップデート内容の解説が出てますのでご紹介。

clip IT!
from Skype 日本語ブログ
「Skype 3.8 for Windowsベータ公開」

• 背景音の大幅削減
• 遅延の削減
• 通話の強制切断の削減
• 通話の音声不良の削減
• 設定をいじらなくてもヘッドセット、ヘッドホン、マイクを切り替えられるように

また、認証の要求を受信した際、相手のアバターは表示されないように仕様を変更しました。

フムー
余計な機能は盛り込まず、来るべき Skype v4 に向けての磨き込みに入ってきたってコトですかね?
ここはもう一歩踏み込んで、 v4 では不要な機能の切り離しまで取り組んで欲しいですね。 Google の下で(笑)