Op de webstek van Sun is sinds vandaag versie 1.0 van Project Looking Glass verschenen. Dit opensourceproject biedt een driedimensionale sprong voorwaarts ten opzichte van windowmanagers als KDE en Gnome en steekt bovendien Vista’s Aero naar de kroon.
De ontwikkeling van Looking Glass begon zo’n drie jaar geleden, toen de Japanse Sun-medewerker Hideya Kawahara een demo van zijn zelfgeschreven …![]()
Original post by Tweakers.net Mixed RSS Feed
December 21st, 2006
Skype 3.0 for Windows is now the official version and out of beta. Thanks to all the testers who helped us with feedback and bug reports. Download here.
One cool bit of info that we’ve found out from our user research that’s good to mention in connection with this release is that over half the people using Skype use it to meet someone new. This is very much in line with what we’ve always thought and what we’re trying to bring more and more into the very product itself — that you use Skype not only to talk with those you know, but might also use it for find new friends.
For a quick overview of what are the most important improvements in Skype 3.0 for Windows, see this post about the beta. Here are some things that have changed or added since. See what it looks like if you’re not on Windows or are considering an upgrade but want to see the actual interface to decide.
Public chat directories
For now, we don’t have a directory of public chats in Skype. You can only join a public chat if you know its exact link or address or someone invites you there. It’s great to see that there is a big community interest in public chat directories, so much so that some Skypers have set up some of theirs on their own. See here and here.
Quality
A theme that is present in whatever we do is quality. So we’re happy to report that the final release contains many quality improvements than the initial version as a direct result of community participation and feedback. Thanks, guys 
one specific example is video that was really bad in some of the beta versions, but with the help of you guys, we worked it out and it’s good now.
Emoticons
So here’s one of my personal favourite differences in the beta and gold. For the first time in … umm.. I think at least a year or more, SKYPE NOW HAS NEW ADDITIONAL EMOTICONS. Yep. Great success. You can see the public ones in the emoticons dropdown, plus there are some hidden ones too. I won’t list the hidden ones here, because that would ruin all the fun of searching for them. So look for the hidden ones and tell others too if you find them 
My Picture for Skype 3.0
Help us celebrate the launch of Skype 3.0 by using this My Picture in Skype. Just right-click on it, select “Save Picture as…”, save it to your computer and then set as My Picture in Skype.
Help us improve
Skype for Windows keeps developing. For info on how you can report bugs and give us other feedback on Skype, see this page.
Original post by Share Skype
December 13th, 2006
Zojuist is de final-release van Skype versie 3.0 uitgebracht. Met dit programma kunnen gratis gesprekken worden gevoerd met ander Skypegebruikers, of voor een minimale vergoeding naar vaste en mobiele telefoons. Nieuw in versie 3.0 zijn zogenaamde publieke chatrooms, een extra’s manager, waarvan onderaan deze posting een screenshot te vinden is, en een widget om geluidsinstellingen aan te kunnen …![]()
Original post by Tweakers.net Mixed RSS Feed
December 13th, 2006
Adobe heeft een betaversie van Soundbooth online gezet. Soundbooth is een goedkopere uitvoering van Audition, voor mensen die de kracht van het dure pakket niet nodig hebben. Soundbooth moet uiteindelijk in Adobe’s Creative Suite terecht komen.
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October 31st, 2006