New Beta Release 5.7.0.123 released [ Edited ]

[TheUberOverLord]

BRING YOUR SOCIAL NETWORK TO LIFE ("Press Release")

Back in July, Facebook video calling powered by Skype was launched. Today we are thrilled to announce our partnership with Facebook has reached yet another milestone with the launch of Skype 5.4 Beta for Mac and Skype 5.7 Beta for Windows allowing you to conduct a Facebook-to-Facebook call from within Skype. This new development in the Skype-Facebook partnership is the latest example of how Skype is removing communication barriers   and making it easier to connect with friends, family and business colleagues. Our approach to social is about personal connections with people.  We are on a mission to connect over one billion people and our continued partnership with Facebook brings us one step closer to this goal.

 
Initiating a Facebook-to-Facebook call from within Skype is quite easy; all you need to do is connect your Skype and Facebook accounts. Then, select a Facebook friend and hit the video call button in Skype– your friend simply picks up the call from Facebook. This new feature lets you maintain social connections with your Facebook friends and compliments previously announced features such as being able to see when your Facebook friends are online, read their status updates and IM them all from Skype.
 
Besides this great new Facebook feature, additional new features added to Skype 5.4  Beta for Mac and Skype 5.7 Beta for Windows including video rendering giving a smoother video experience for Mac users and group screen sharing for Windows users with a Premium subscription (group screen sharing is currently available for Mac users).  Users who are chatting one-on-one will also be able to screen share with live video streaming.

 
We’re excited about these new enhancements and we would love for you to download the latest version of Skype so you can bring your social network to life with Skype.  If you would like to discuss this new release or have any questions, please feel free to visit our new Skype Support

More here: http://blogs.skype.com/garage/2011/11/skype_57_beta_for_windows_with.html

Notes:

If you wish to download the full installer vs. the partial installer please use this link: http://www.skype.com/go/getskype-beta-full/

If you wish to join the Skype Group chat about this beta release:

Click Here to Join Skype Group Chat

[Pryce]

They missed to mention that now you have to PAY for screen sharing even in a one-to-one session!!!

[rseiler]

What?!  That was unnecessarily greedy.

Since there are "lots" of bug fixes, has anyone noticed any? 

[Pryce]

"Creative Live! inPerson HD" is working again with Skype after THREE MONTHS...

[rseiler]

On the screen sharing, I tested it between a free account and one that had credit, and it worked. Were you testing two purely free accounts?

[ruwim]

I have tested now screen sharing between 2 free accounts. NO GO!! Received a message that screen sharing requires a Premium Account.

[TheUberOverLord]

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Pryce wrote:

"Creative Live! inPerson HD" is working again with Skype after THREE MONTHS...

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Amen, on that one! I know how long you have been waiting

[ruwim]

What about this new bug? After quitting Skype, temp- files and –journal files are left in the AppData\Skype folder. In the previous versions, these files were always deleted on quit.

[TheUberOverLord]

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ruwim wrote:
What about this new bug? After quitting Skype, temp- files and –journal files are left in the AppData\Skype folder. In the previous versions, these files were always deleted on quit.

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Raul, is aware of this and working on a fix.

Created a Jira enty just to be sure this does not get lost as well: https://jira.skype.com/browse/SCW-3305

[rseiler]

ruwim, I can't recall about journal files, but Skype has been leaving temp files behind for many a version now. It's not new.