Skype Journal: Skype for Mac 1.5 Gold and 2.0 Beta with Video
September 13, 2006 07:20 PMSkype moved their Mac 1.5 from beta to "gold" release and launched the Mac 2.0 beta today, Beta version 2.0.0.2 is Universal, needs OS X v10.3.9 Panther or newer. Congrats to Skype's Mac team; someone should buy that group brews for shipping under intense pressure. 1.5 offers a stable release of Skype video. Change log (just a few bug fixes).
This morning's news release puts the number of Skype users worldwide at 113 million.
Screenshots from Skype's PR team confirm what we've been saying for a long time, and what 21talks summarized: "Compared to Apple iChat, the new feature still is limited. Multi-person video chatting isn't allowed. No 3D view that makes user experience a lot richer. No fancy video backdrops." Still on our video wishlist:
- recording of video conversations
- a "lenscap" privacy button that does for video what the "mute" button does for audio
- piping screen areas from your PC into Skype video, for application sharing
- piping video files from your hard drive into an existing video call to share your video
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Funny how the gold 1.5 for Mac doesn't have chat capability any longer. Believe me, I've tried all the tricks I know to solve it. Wish I had put aside the beta but luckily I still have a copy of 1.4
Posted by: John Maas at September 14, 2006 7:50 AM
Hi John,
Ryan here from the Skype for Mac team. I'm confused how you cannot find the chat capability? Chat works fine for 1.5 Gold, we use it every day here at Skype and I have plenty of reports of users who also have used it fine, maybe you should contact me directly on how to get it working on your system?
Cheers,
Ryan.
Posted by: Ryan Hunt at September 14, 2006 5:13 PM