Skype 3.0 Beta Released

Posted on November 14, 2006, 12:04 pm by adi under Cool Stuff

Skype got an extreme makeover and is now available in Windows.

You can also creat public chats and invite the world to talk with/at you about any topic. It comes with banning services for trolls.

 The most outstanding feature is the capability to use many extras within Skype, with no need to download them separately. Among the most popular plug-ins there are Pamela Call Recorder and Unyte for application sharing.

Other improved features are SMS and chat history view, along with major customization capabilities. Skype Beta 3.0 new interface is even more user friendly because it lets you have almost all the controls in the same place.

Public Chats allow Skype Beta 3.0 users to create and join large text chatrooms that work much like IRC chatrooms. Public Chats moderators can direct conversation topics, kick users, and determine who can participate in chats. Links to Public Chat can be included on web pages, allowing people to jump into conversations via Skype, thus opening the doors to a better interaction with the Web.

Skype is freely downloadable for Windows (official release 2.5, beta release 3.0), Mac (official release 2.0 with video call support) and Linux (official release 1.3).