Skype 5.0 for Mac OS X

Today came the final version of Skype 5.0 for Mac . In comparison with the beta, according to numerous requests from the workers, the interface has been made more compact: the indents between the messages in the chat have decreased, the height of the lines in the contact list, the size of the side menu have decreased. The opportunity to expand video calls in full screen was returned and more convenient chat during a call was made. The call of the contact monitor is made more clearly - a new window for tracking the statuses of the most important interlocutors for you.
In addition, Skype announced a contest for the best chat theme (after beta 5 was released, many began to write their own CSS styles for the chat window, not being content with the too “spacious” default design).
Video conferencing is also out of beta and is now working in commercial mode. To organize a video conference for 3-10 people, one of them will need to subscribe to premium services (EUR 5.99 per month) or buy a “pass” for 1 day (EUR 3.49), in addition to video conferencing, the access to the chat is included in the premium package technical support.



Of the innovations that did not appear in Skype for Mac, it is worth noting integration with Facebook, but Skype intends to ensure the uniformity of application functionality for different versions in the future.
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Read more about the new version in the Skype blog by Krishna Paniker , Product Manager on Skype for Mac.

PS I have already made a bet, what will be the first question - do not let me down =)