
The subsequent pane comprises a Search bar which can be used in several ways:
The “+” icon launches the “Add a Contact” process (more below). The “group icon” opens up the Create Group window for multi-party conversations. The telephone icon opens the dialpad in the Conversation panel for making SkypeOut calls by entering a phone number or Contact name.
mood message change and one of (a) your Skype Contacts news feed, (b) your Facebook news feed (if you have connected to Facebook), (c) Alerts issue by Skype re your account or (d) All three.
Home button takes you to the previous Home screen with the most recently called Contacts. Underneath is a new pane that leads to four actions in the right hand conversation panel: The User name in the top pane only takes you to the User Profile screen where you can update your user profile and access your Account Management via a web browser: The changes can be summarized as follows: However, in practice there was almost a total reorganization of the sidebar. However, looking closely at the images in the Skype Big Blog post one would think that there had been no changes to the Contact management sidebar. As the Outlook integration requires significant discussion I’ll review it in a separate post.
I have spent some time looking through the new features in this post I’ll discuss the last three. Of course it also applies to Windows 7 and earlier Windows versions. Windows 8 users should note that this is the edition of Skype that runs in the Desktop mode of Windows 8 and continues with the full legacy Skype feature set.
not mentioned in the Skype Big Blog post linked above: a new user interface for the Contacts Management (left) sidebar. a new profile screen with more accessible account information, and.
taking “Add a Contact” down to a 2 step process.integration with Outlook 2010 and Outlook 2013.Last Friday Skype released Skype 6.1 for Windows Classic, an upgrade to the Desktop Skype client that incorporated: