Good job on 1.4! I was one of the users who had to give up on 1.3 and use 1.2 because of no end of sound and hang problems. Well, there are no problems with 1.4 after day one of testing. What a relief. Thanks!

You're sure to be nagged re minor bugs and functional deficiencies as a reward for your hard work. So let me join in that effort.

Besides some minor interface issues and bugs, noted in the release notes and already reported on this forum, there are two features that I would want in the Linux Skype client to feel that the client could do the job for me 100%. These are:

1. Ability to forward calls, as is possible in clients for other platforms. Since I use Skype for SkypeIn calls and voice mail, not just client-to-client, this feature is critical to me.

2. Conference calls; maybe this _can_ be done now, but if so I don't see how.

Note that request 1 above could be satisfied if this functionality were added to the Skype web site; there's no need for this to be done from the clients, at least that I can see. As it is I have to borrow a friend's Windoze machine whenever I want to change my forwarding. I guess that's a sort of workaround, but a pretty poor and inconvenient one.

But let me end on a good note. The 1.4 release seems to get the essentials right, and should be a solid platform going forward. Thanks for giving us (if not a completely polished and functional client at this point) at least some solid proof that Linux development really _is_ happening at Skype.

Mike T.

Thanks for the feedback

With regards call forwarding, this is planned for the 1.4 release, and will hopefully be in the beta shortly.

As for conference calls, you can start these now by holding control and selecting multiple contacts on your list, then right-clicking and choosing Start Conference Call.

You can also add people to an existing call simply by right-clicking on a contact whilst a call is in progress (you should then see an Invite to Call option in the menu).

With regards the release, not completely polished is correct and we were really eager to get this out as soon as possible It's probably a bit better than a lot of people were expecting at this stage (at least, I think so). We've put a lot of work into this considering it's the culmination of essentially 6 months development.

Needless to say, there is always more to do, and we're doing it. Hope to keep you all informed as much as possible as we go.

Enjoy!
Andrew.