This feature helps you avoid a lot of copy-pasting because you can dial a phone number on a page directly from Internet Explorer. This adds a lot of convenience to calling via SkypeOut.

You have virtually nothing to set up for the toolbar to work, besides accepting it to connect to Skype. Usage is really simple.

By now most Skype users have heard or used the callto:// links. This is a very cool feature and makes it easy to call directly from the web browser. One thing we all have missed is something like a "chatto://" link. Skype for IE helps as it recognizes the callto:// links and, through Skype, lets you send a chat message too.

You have two dropdowns on the toolbar. The first called "My Contacts" for your Skype contacts so you can see their status and so that you can initiate a chat or a call from IE. The second called "Page Contacts" for the Skype names discovered on the current webpage.

One interesting feature is the possibility to send the current webpage URL automatically to a contact when selecting to chat with him/her from the toolbar. Of course this is optional and can be enabled from "Toolbar Options."

Changing status and search engine integration is also part of the package. You can choose between Google, Yahoo and Eniro.

I'd like to point out that it is still a BETA version and there are some known bugs, but nothing major.

• Dual monitors do not seem to be supported at the moment.
• Skype IE toolbar doesn't work on the secondary monitor.
• Also "My Contacts" needs longer time to load if you have a big contact list.

You should definitely try it and give feedback so it can become a useful tool for you.