Skype Garage

kosi_s commented Thursday, Jun 30

Hi Devs,

Thanks for a great app, so useful. Really grateful for that. New update looks good and I can see some improvements already. Cheers.
One thing though, Sign in automatically does not work. Each time I sign out, I have to re enter my password. Any ideas what I can do to fix this?

Kind regards,
K

stewartrogers-ioutput commented Thursday, Jun 30

Please add Motorola Xoom and other Honeycomb devices as soon as you can. And please, please, please add support for Bluetooth headsets for Android tablets too. Thanks.

lauri.andler commented Thursday, Jun 30

Why isn't video calling supported on Samsung Galaxy S with 2.3.4 when it's supported on Nexus S? They are almost identical devices?

csaba.hereb commented Thursday, Jun 30

On the Motorola Atrix the app works, but the status icon starts rolling around after a while saying "reconnecting", although the connection is fine. Very annoying!

navossoc commented Thursday, Jun 30

@stewartrogers-ioutput
It works on Xoom, but, I didn't get it on the android market, but no video calls yet.
The landscape mode is 100% better on Xoom...

boodz.23 commented Thursday, Jun 30

when the video call will be available for Galaxy S2 ??

rdeal12 commented Thursday, Jun 30

what have you removed the option to change the incoming call ring tone?and it would be nice if i could answer a skype call with my headset

andrew.becherer commented Friday, Jul 1

Hi Devs,

Thanks for the exciting release but I am afraid the Nexus S is not fully supported. I am using the white Nexus S that supports AT&T Wireless' AWS spectrum (model i9020a) running the official Google Android release 2.3.4. Video calling is not available on this device. It was a pretty big let down. When can we expect video support for all Nexus S devices?

jose_morales_ariza commented Friday, Jul 1

With the last update, Skype doesn't detect my phone microphone. Nobody can listen me.

dkasak commented Friday, Jul 1

Why no push notifications? With Windows Mobile 6.5 support being pulled quite a while ago, I would have expected more features going into the Android and iPhone clients. And let's not talk about the monstrosity that is the Linux client.

kaguyasudo commented Friday, Jul 1

The microphone on my X8 doesn't seem to work. Tested with Echo123 as well, the same result. It used to work well with older versions. Please fix this problem asap so that I can talk, not just "chat"!!

domaccount commented Friday, Jul 1

It seems this update broke the dial-pad notes while in a call. Though I hear the DTMF sounds in my headset, the remote end (conference call, voice mail, etc) cannot. Please fix this.

uschmidtmann commented Friday, Jul 1

Just restored the 1.x version on my Galaxy Tab.
Reasons / Problems with 2.0.0.45 from Market:
- Autologin does not work anymore
- Can't get rid of the annoying login/logon sound (why does everybody have to hear me starting skype?)
- changing screens with the tabs was much faster than going through the main screen (my personal opionion, but typical: more colour, less functionality - sorry)

balint.krizsan commented Friday, Jul 1

I was hoping for the fix of the LG Optimus One (P500) problems. In the last version at least there was a button to turn the back speaker off - but it did not work. But with the new version it is still not possible to switch to the ear piece speaker. Could you please fix this?

woicex8 commented Friday, Jul 1

Same problem as kaguyasudo:



The microphone on Xperia X8 does not work.



Skype(X8) --> Skype(PC): PC has silence in the speaker

Skype(x8) --> landline: landline has silence in the speaker (Skype out)

Skype(X8) --> Echo123 nothing recorded, "beep -- beep" shortly after another



On the same Xperia X8 normal GSM calls and calls from a SIP VoIP client work fine,

so the microphone itself is functioning well.



Skype was working perfectly fine in version 1.x.

Current (faulty) Skype version: 2.0.0.47



Can you please fix this fault?

Thanks!

c.ordini commented Saturday, Jul 2

htc wildfire 2.2: impossible calling! choppy sound. downgrade to 1.0.983

morris.hull commented Saturday, Jul 2

Sound problems exist on Atrix. It worked well prior to the July 1st update.

pernelvig commented Sunday, Jul 3

Microphone does not work on xperia mini pro. Had to uninstall and restore the old version of Skype. Mic seems not to be working on any xperia device according to the forum.

noushadwss commented Sunday, Jul 3

The microphone on my X8 doesn't seem to work. Tested with Echo123 as well, the same result. It used to work well with older versions. Please fix this problem asap so that I can talk, not just "chat"!!

drmemory commented Sunday, Jul 3

On HTC inspire 4G Skype is in constant state of reconnecting. Otherwise seems to work fine .

mike.slater commented Wednesday, Jul 6

Nexus-S: Works well with far fewer drop-outs. Video seems to work well (others can see me fine) although I haven't tried it 'two-way' yet.

Why has the ability to change the ringtone gone?????

The default ringtone is useless and I'm missing calls!!. PLEASE put the ability to change the ringtone back.

Many thanks for a great app.

peter.dostuni commented Thursday, Jul 7

On Motorola droid, mic not working with latest upgrade.

erik-jan1979 commented Thursday, Jul 7

Microphone issue also on Samsung Galaxy I15503: The other side is not able to hear me after installing this update. Fix would be very much apreciated...

manjari.soni commented Saturday, Jul 9

Xperia X 10 mini pro - Updated by mistake and have lost the skype calling/recieving facility. Auto mute mode gets on....
Terrible
Are u fixing the problem

hrammer65 commented Monday, Jun 20

Have you people gone completely insane with this fbook cr*p? I mean, now its not only in the Home tab, no no no, now it's between the Contacts tab and Recent. So basically I guess you think that fbook is SO darn important that it should be everywhere.
And of course there is absolutely no way to turn fbook integration off, of course not.

You know what, the ONLY thing skype has going for it, is the fact that it's more or less mainstream, but belive you me people WILL start switching every which way, and actually, they already are leaving for google voice and other alternatives. Skype was good back in the day, it was small, fast and most importantly it did not violate people's privacy.

al...bri commented Monday, Jun 20

Amazing.... installed it on Windows 7 x64 now it won't load anymore... welcome to microsoft !

g4pilut commented Monday, Jun 20

My first impressions of beta 5.5.0.110:

I'm not going to comment on the yet again major UI changes, except to say they will take some getting used to.

The good

Video quality is definitely better...at least when the VP80 codec is in use.

In High Definition audio frame rate is MUCH better. I'm using a Logitech C910 webcam. With version 5.3 my fps was very poor when I was in HD. With the beta version I'm getting 1280x720 @ 30 fps. I used to have serious video lag compared to audio. With the beta version video and audio sync properly.

Group calls - good quality

Screen sharing quality is very good. Better than with previous versions.

Facebook - I don't use it and have no interest but at least the integration is easy to ignore if that's your choice.

The not-so-good

The beta version seems prone to crashing when the incoming video switches from SD to HD. In several cases, on different users' PC's, it actually caused a Windows BSOD. Other cases just Skype itself crashed. It all cases the crash followed switching from SD to HD.

I've seen a video call start with the VP71 codec and others using VP80. I haven't figured out what circumstances causes which codec to be used.

CPU use seems significantly higher than with the previous versions. This may be an issue for users with less-than-high power PC's.

The "Internet Connection Problem -trying to get your call back" feature doesn't work. It never did and still doesn't. If a call drops you still have to manually end the call and manually start it over again (which I prefer anyway).

A video call starts in "Zoom In" mode. You can manually change it to Zoom Out once a call is started but there's no option to default to Zoom Out.

You can no longer turn off your PIP. Most of the time this isn't an issue but I'd still prefer the option.

That's my 2 cents worth after a few hours playing around with beta 5.5.0.110.

levski3840 commented Monday, Jun 20

Good job, great job! Just want to add that there is a slight confusion with customers. If you can put a sign up on facebook user name in the "Latest" and also scored when someone is fit to be seen whether this entry is on skype or facebook. Sorry for my bad English

..the circle of the joke I hope in version 5.10 can be integrated and msn:))

hrammer65 commented Wednesday, Jun 22

Guys, I love it how you gently moderate out any kind of negative comments. What's the excuse, it looked like spam, right? Nice!

apellion1 commented Saturday, Jun 25

Keep up the good work!

peterjahn commented Saturday, Jun 25

Please add support to write messages to offline facebook contacts.

stefano.conti60 commented Sunday, Jun 26

Does not matter if in compatibility mode or not, GUI and commands of skype 5.3 crash with all SIS graphics. I have reinstalled 5.1 Many other people did the same. Fix this bug, please

mtazulsemfiltro commented Tuesday, Jun 28

Please let us use command line "-cleanhistory" or any other solution to remove all traces of recent activity, to protect users privacy...faster than going to "options" menu...

kkahrs commented Wednesday, Jun 29

For a couple of months I have been a bit frustrated that I am not able to run Skype in compatibility mode for Windows XP SP3 in different versions of Windows 7. I want to use compatibility mode because it is the only way I know where I am able to minimize Skype to the taskbar. It is quite annoying when the Skype window does not want to close when Skype is running. Skype 5.5 beta for Windows could be useful for Facebook chats, but I was a bit disappointed when I saw this reply:

Skype will crash on startup if user has set it to run under compatibility mode on Windows Vista or 7. Workaround: Please do not start Skype under compatibility mode.

Is there another way I can make Skype minimize completely to the taskbar without using compatibility mode? Or can you find a workaround so that compatibility mode can work?

When it comes to the Facebook chat integration, but I agree with the points raised in the known issues. Currently I use ICQ because of the FB chat integration, but I want to switch to Skype 5.5 it it works satisfactory. However, as you write in your known issues, it's hard to distinguish Facebook and Skype contacts. Facebook users need a FB logo and a different sound when FB contacts are chatting with me.

ananda96 commented Thursday, Jun 30

Please give Users a CHANCE to disable or REMOVE Facebook Stuff!

Not everybody likes this, not everything MUST be integrated!

mikewolf051 commented Friday, Jul 1

I like the new login interface, but i run into a problem when I want to use my C910, I can't seem to activate the HD video mode even though I was able to do so in 5.3. Both computers have the same camera and hardware and are on the same network. I want to see the high quality indicator brought back. You know whats wierd is after i was having crashing issues with the beta and went back to 5.3 the high quality indicator which i had never been able to get working with 5.3 actually would now appear when it was suppose to. Anyway I'd love to see the zoom in and zoom out function done away with and it set to automatically be set to zoom out. It's irritating to have to constantly zoom out during each video call. Another feature everyone wants to see is free group video chatting instead if it being a paid feature. It's about time guys. You made your money now get on with the free.

muzenda29 commented Saturday, Jul 2

I am not very tech savy, however everytime I try to install skype on my PC which has windows 7, it tells me the programme will harm my computer and surely once I start using skype my pc crushes...can you do something to rectify this

irasmy commented Sunday, Jul 3

i agree completely with hrammer65 comment, he expresses what i felt about Facebook, plz remove Facebook Stuff, i am actually emigrated to Google voice, it is very good, reliable, simple, and u get every thing in one place.

shaunconlan commented Wednesday, Jul 6

I have not upgraded to this yet. If I am forced to and cannot run it under compatibility mode, I WILL BE UNINSTALLING. No I don't want skype taking up my task bar. No I don't want face book rubbish. Fix your shit.

P.S. Goggle voice is starting to look good.

sergiu.ene commented Thursday, Jul 7

i'm too agree with irasmy and hrammer65. pls make an option to remove facebook integration, or at least to hide the tab with facebook. btw this option is not working with clients connected using http proxy - facebook tab get's never connected. (i have a facebook acc, but i use it very rare)

cornelius_young commented Thursday, Jul 7

1. may I know which port does Skype use to connect to facebook? Seems like my ISP doesn't allow skype to connect to facebook, but when in other place with other ISP, facebook chat on skype is working great.
2. Try to add an option to turn off facebook on skype, this is for those who does not need it.
3. why should there be skype home appearing when we start skype 5.5? Please remove the skype home thingy.

warp.master commented Saturday, Jul 9

er can we have the volume control back the only way right now is via the check settings
also i miss the snapshot button, also does the snapshot lib have to hang everything while it loads every picture i keep having to clear the directory out to improve snapshot feature

other than that its great here

ak_irk commented Sunday, Jul 10

Skype will loose me as a use if there will be no options to:
- hide Facebook stuff
- disable absolutely annoying SkypeHome window upon start up!!! It's SOOOO annoying, that nothing else in the universe!

Come on guys, is it so difficult to implement those tiny options that can give you so many benefits in terms of users love when they can tune the app to their needs?!

ttom34 commented Friday, Jun 24

Sorry, but I don´t think that this is a good way, to remove the extras-manager completely from the application, even if the support for it was stopped, so the people who use this (like me and many others), can´t update the application anymore, without loosing the nice features of the extras-manager (they have to install crapy soft instead, what was ranged as unserious-software - is this the new way of microsoft, to get most profit of it ?)
So please think about of all that users who like that soft very much - the removing of the extras-manager was a big fault

ezwan_corluka commented Thursday, Jun 30

pls i need extra to play game while skyping..i just downloaded the 5.3.0.116 version,but i still dont have extra.help

annaliese1970 commented Friday, Jul 1

I agree with ttom34. This is an extremely poor way to keep your clients using your product. With so much competition on the rise for free calling, you should be ADDING, not REMOVING features!

vgrabchuk commented Saturday, Jul 2

"Good job"

Now skype4com.dll is not working, and it looks like this is because of removed Extras manager

alex.v.sokoloff commented Sunday, Jul 3

This shows again that Skype Team don't really care about users. Among Skype Extras there were good applications which provided some really useful functionality absent in Skype, e.g. call recording, notifications for particular contacts, interactive whiteboards etc. They removed the Extras Manager, but didn't offer anything in return - they are not actually expanding Skype functionality. Suggestions about some much needed features have been on Skype forums for years. Now they have just abandoned all those forums (the Skype Community) and created a new Support Network - a nice trick, isn't it?

I think if they keep on neglecting real needs of their users they risk losing some of them. Alternative applications like Windows Live Messenger, Yahoo Messenger, Pidgin or Google Talk are ready to embrace new users

muskratjohn3 commented Tuesday, Jul 5

The removal of this software will greatly impact usage of skype. Thousands of military servicemen and women use these applications to stay closer in touch with their children while they are deployed around the globe. Removing this is foul, to one of skype's largest user markets.

ufobmx commented Tuesday, Jul 5

I am now leaving Skype , The Forums is Out of Order and now this, Goodbye Skype.

bennyvig commented Tuesday, Jul 5

Really really CRAZY for Skype to have allowed this situation to have developed. Extras was a brilliant component of Skype ....... skype management should be pushing the envelope and making Skype better all round - NOT REMOVING valuable functionality !!
Where is the logic of upsetting users - Skype is losing the incredible high goodwill it built up over years big time day by day now. Sort extras out please skype and get it back online and live ASAP.

scarvacif commented Wednesday, Jul 6

i am appauled at skypes decision to remove extras from its latest version, and when the opportunity arises for a good alternative communication tool with extras such as tic tac, i will be taking my auto renewal business elsewhere, and i encourage anybody else who pays skype to do the same...

david.wells commented Sunday, Jun 19

Two issues with this release:

i) Running Fedora rpm 32bit build on Fedora 14 64 bit I see frequent instances when starting up skype where it connects but then thrashes the disk and consumes most of the cpu for a couple of minutes before crashing. Maybe 25% of the time when I start up after booting the OS I see this. Once it has crashed if I restart it seems to start OK. When it crashes I don't hear the skype login sound when it connects.

ii) The credit counter shows zero even though I have credit and if I log on to the website I can see I have credit.

If there is anyway I can collect additional information that will help you resolve these two issues just let me know.

Dave

locoxella commented Wednesday, Jun 22

Thank you for the latest updates. Please keep it up. Still a long way till getting the quality of Windows versions.

bethany.walter commented Wednesday, Jun 22

I have a Logitech quick-cam chat ID 046d:092e that used to work on 2.1.0.81 but does not work on 2.2.0.25 or 2.2.0.35. Using Ubuntu lucid. Cheese works fine with the camera and skype works with my folk's genius 2020

fulopattila122 commented Friday, Jun 24

Great! Thank you for the update! 2.2.0.35 has arrived today to my Ubuntu via the software update.

I appreciate your efforts to keep the Linux version updated.

zilvador commented Tuesday, Jun 28

Thank you for the release. It is good to see active development.

mary.russell35 commented Thursday, Jul 7

Same problem on Fedora 14 64bit as reported by david.wells however on restart every thing seems normal (signin sound etc)

lspci output:
02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GT218 [GeForce 210] (rev a2)
02:00.1 Audio device: nVidia Corporation High Definition Audio Controller (rev a1)

driver:
kmod-nvidia-96xx-2.6.35.13-92.fc14.x86_64.x86_64 96.43.19-1.fc14.10 rpmfusion-nonfree-updates