дружит с Win 98/Me. 

feature: added hotkey to mute microphone
feature: Greek and Norwegian language added
feature: installer accepts /nostartup cmd paramater
feature: "start skype when windows starts" checkbox on Create user/login form
feature: added 'send file' menu items to CallTab menu and call History menu
feature: FileTransfer - when no programm is associated to received file, standard Windows open dialog is displayed
change: new language files - French, Dutch, German, Simplified Chinese
change: beautification of send and receive contacts and critical error report dialogs
change: e-mail addresses with subdomains starting with a number allowed
change: special text is displayed if user has contacts but none of them are online, and only online contacts are to be displayed
change: incoming call is not rejected any more if one auto-answered call is active
bugfix: ShowEmoticons option working again
bugfix: Access Violation on cancelling FileTransfer
bugfix: "return" keys are handled correctly on Autorization window
bugfix: Manage Blocked Users window title corrected
bugfix: "Cancel" is now the default choice in Authorize dialog
bugfix: warning message if sending Messages not authorized by you
bugfix: smaller than 1kB files size is shown in bytes
bugfix: critical error report falls back to opening browser window when necessary
bugfix: user profile fields length limited
bugfix: send contacts is finished clearer to the user
bugfix: big smileys with small d-s accepted (:D, :-d, :=d)
bugfix: ignored call is displayed on the start-tab as missed as soon as the call is finished.
bugfix: start conference title corrected
bugfix: error on sending contacts when other part had not authorized You
bugfix: installer detected only standard French as French language in regional settings
bugfix: main window got only partially visible status when opened by click on tray balloon on some cases
bugfix: authorization dialog unicode handling corrected
bugfix: authorization dialog did not fit long text
bugfix: avatars shown correctly on authorization dialogs
bugfix: double messages in Message window when reopening the window
bugfix: Skype crashed on logging in as a new user
bugfix: when logging out or changing user all FileTransfer windows are closed
bugfix: error updating existing speed-dial for a user

21.10.2004 version 1.0.0.94
feature: watermarks
feature: "Send file to Skype contact" shell extension in Windows Explorer
feature: language editor now remembers load and store paths
feature: addressbar auto-completion with contactlist names
feature: addressbar now accepts fullname for calling
feature: adding a new SkypeOut number to Contacts from Call tab
feature: transparency-gradient selection bar
feature: Skype API
change: updated many language files
change: when adding a contact, click Next in Finished dialog takes to first screen and empties the userhandle editbox
change: default autoaway and auto-na times are now 5 and 20 minutes
change: webpage and e-mail limit changed to 100 in personal profile
bugfix: if Language Editor is open in background, but somewhere in the back, choosing from menu "Tools -> Edit Skype Language File" will bring this window in front
bugfix: Start Tab content was not displayed if connection was made "too quickly"
bugfix: if Manage Blocked Users window is open in background, "Tools -> Manage Blocked Users" brings this window in front
bugfix: calltab is correctly updated if 2nd call drops off the conference during conference hold
bugfix: IM: commas do not brake links anymore
bugfix: tooltips containing a pipe symbol are now displayed correctly
bugfix: addressbar history dropdown items can be deleted with 'del'
bugfix: contactlist/callhistory tooltip is capable of displaying unicode
bugfix: adding existing SkypeOut contacts to Contacts correctly disabled in call history
bugfix: IM - links with smileys are handled correctly
bugfix: better time estimate message for file transfers over 24 hours long
bugfix: links with ( dont work in IM
bugfix: File Transfer - Unicode characters in filename handled correctly
bugfix: File Transfer remembers the target directory
bugfix: conference topic is correctly displayed if contains non-ASCII characters
bugfix: conference participant's information correctly updated
bugfix: if non-host put conference on hold, it messed up the other non-hosts' conference tabs
bugfix: in some cases 'conference username' stayed in Menu.Call->Hold after dismissing conference.
bugfix: Contact List ordered correctly after SkypeOut number added
bugfix: File Transfer - message shown when trying to send a file to a blocked person
bugfix: File Transfer - fixed case when file extension got lost
bugfix: reduced flicker when resizing IM window
bugfix: all Skype dialogs placed in the middle of the screen
bugfix: many Unicode handling fixes

Change Log
feature: new text chat with up to 50 users
feature: better interoperability with Windows XP firewall
feature: pop-up menu for several items on Start tab
feature: added link to 'Import Contacts' on empty Contacts List
feature: new Contacts List implementation
feature: new style tray notifications
feature: new big-button toolbar in main window
change: new API protocol 3
change: new translations: German (Claudius Henrics, D. H Schiferli, Frank Knipprath), Danish (Mathias Schwarz), Estonian (Eve Loopere), English, Italian (Daniele Conte), Japanese (Tomo Suzumaru/Livedoor), Spanish (Angel Dominguez), Finnish (Heino Keränen), Greek (Panagiotis Sidiropoulos/Magenta LTD), Dutch (Kees Koenders), French (Guy Pluta), Norwegian (Stig Auestad, Gunnar Holmstad), Polish (Karol Szastok), Russian (Jevgeni Levin), Swedish (Anders Olsson), Chinese Traditional (Morden Chen/PChome Online) and Chinese Simplified (Rachael Wang/TOM Online) - with our thanks
change: SkypeOut error messages visible with default window size
change: connectivity improvements
change: user presence detection improvements
change: installer compression improvements
change: optimized after-call events to reduce after-call processor usage peaks
change: instead of 'fullname (handle)' only handle is displayed if fullname = handle
change: tools menu rearranged
change: disabled options set to invisible
change: enabled multi-selection in Contacts List using keyboard
change: Import Contacts - added progress percentage
change: Import Contacts - usability changes
change: all resizable Skype windows now have a size grip
change: File Transfer usability changes
change: Send Contacts behaviour improved
change: new icons
change: main window tabs more XP-like
change: Change Password and Send Contacts error messages use Skype default error dialog
change: application and main form menu icons are now 32bit
bugfix: fixed callto:// handling in case Skype was not running
bugfix: No pop-ups if user status set to 'Do Not Disturb'
bugfix: access violation during hanging up a SkypeOut call fixed
bugfix: with invalid avatar data is handled correctly
bugfix: green button always places a call
bugfix: green button resumes if call is held
bugfix: Contacts are not shown on the invite page if they are already in Skype and e-mail or fullname matches one found from address book
bugfix: Import Contacts - cancelling search closes the dialog
bugfix: Import Contacts - dialog was blank until Skype was granted access to Outlook
bugfix: faster start up and Contacts List updates
bugfix: fixed unicode handling in authorize form hints
bugfix: avatar browser now accepts unicode chars in filename and path
bugfix: unicode characters in filtered call history are displayed
bugfix: mainform tab captions unicode-enabled
bugfix: hourglass was displayed during Import Contacts search
bugfix: user profile view form did not allow dragging the window from some locations
bugfix: conference call tab behaviour improved
bugfix: uninstaller now also removes avatars folder
bugfix: new installer language dropdown
bugfix: about screen uses installer language   
bugfix: address bar autocompletion dropdown uses the right font
bugfix: SkypeOut contact menu has irrelevant items disabled
bugfix: fixed a memory leak during conference call
bugfix: rare access violation while importing Contacts
bugfix: authorization form beautification
bugfix: address bar autocompletion behaviour improved

What's New in This Release:

· change: improved communication security;
· change: allow empty bodies to /topic and /me;
· change: /alertson and /alertsoff in group chat;
· change: improved detection for roaming conditions;
· change: improved computer idle detection;
· bugfix: some memory leaks patched;
· bugfix: memberlist was incomplete in rare cases.

06.04.2005 version 1.2.0.41
change: improved translations
change: improved chats and calls connectivity behind proxy
change: improved logging in behind proxy
change: improved Central Contact List
change: if a SkypeIn call is sent to voicemail, custom greeting is played
change: mute microphone for 200 ms when playing DTMF tones to avoid echocancellation interfering with tones
bugfix: installer failed to write avatars to destination directory on some setups
bugfix: calls between version 1.2 and version 1.1 or older did not work in some rare cases, there may have been silence or noise in both directions
bugfix: entire chat was resynced in some cases

20.04.2005 version 1.2.0.48
feature: SkypeOut Quality Feedback form is launched after a portion of SkypeOut calls
change: Skype client default width increased from 280px to 310px
change: Migrated key functionality on Call Tab toolbar to main client toolbar
bugfix: Skype API -- prevent Access Control dialog from being bypassed by an already authorized, but modified API client
bugfix: Skype was unable to start when its configuration files were corrupted under some circumstances

change: new splash and About images
change: new language files
bugfix: Import Contacts: no valid importers found from path
bugfix: Import Contacts: if no contacts found, window is not brought to front
bugfix: voicemail options broken if voicemail subscription expired

18.06.2005 version 1.3.0.48
- bugfix: if e-mail field was empty in profile, Skype generated excessive traffic under some circumstances

22.06.2005 version 1.3.0.51
- change: Added new translations and language files
- bugfix: Changed icon for "Clear Call List" in context menu
- bugfix: API: Removed item from manage API access control dialog
- bugfix: Contacts sometimes appear as "Online" when they are not actually connected

Skype 1.3.0.54 29 Jun 2005
- bugfix: chat messages sometimes not sent
- bugfix: 'Country/Region' was partly hidden behind input field in Advanced Search

- bugfix: online users count was displayed as 0 or not displayed at all under some circumstances

08.07.2005 version 1.3.0.57
- bugfix: fixed sound quality problems when not using headset (echo cancellation)

24.08.2005 version 1.3.0.65
• bugfix: fixed a problem with starting calls on some computers. Also known as error 6101 when starting a call.
• bugfix: fixed problems with HTTP proxy and SOCKS proxy authentication
• bugfix: call quality improvements

01.09.2005 version 1.4.0.47
• Bug fix: fixed a problem in p2p network protocol