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New Skype beta is scary: Windows 1.3 Released

June 1, 2005 06:06 PM

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The list of Known issues in Skype for Windows 1.3 Beta seems onerous.

I only recommend it for the brave and for those who want to monitor how Skype is evolving its new user interface (awesome).

Phil Wolff, one of my partners had this to say, "Skype should sit on this until it's fully baked. They shouldn't mess with their "It Just Works" by releasing alpha quality code as beta. Defects that cause computers to freeze or crash (100% of CPU) should put a public release on hold." I agree.

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Posted by: Jirong Zhou at June 2, 2005 1:47 AM

Where can I find the what's new?

Just curious why they didn't dig it out to the help menu for a beta test version.

Posted by: Lauri V at June 2, 2005 8:07 AM

There is some information in the Skype blog, about what has changed.
http://share.skype.com/blog/products_and_services/skype_for_windows_1.3_beta_available/

Posted by: Bill Campbell at June 2, 2005 8:19 AM

Hey Lauri!

Thanks for dropping by and for adding the link to the Skype Blog. That will help Jirong and others. I should have included it. It was late and I got sloppy.

I didn't mean to be so critical. I think the UI is going in the right direction. The "bloat space" is owned by MSN and Yahoo. The ability for me as a Skype VM user to send a Voice Message to any Skype user is brilliant.

Keep coming back!

Regards, Bill

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