Hi Jonas,
very relieved to see that Microsoft are still working on Linux Skype, Skype responded to the normal Ubuntu update process so have tried it.
However, still a very very long way to go, still far far far too early to restrict v 4.3 in any way.
Great to see Screen Share on the + menu for the call, but not on the menu from clicking there, any indication as to when screen share is included please?
The settings menu is still pretty bare to put it mildly (about 80% down on v4.3, which was quite restricted compared to other desktop Skype versions), still deal breaker options missing such as auto answer, screen share, Skype call volume control, separate
window for chats so can chat without intruding into the call window, and chat to other accounts spring immediately to mind. With this version the video call seems to sometimes disappear when chatting, which is a massive pain.
Great to see this tiny step, but surely the missing 80% of features should have been included in the new Skype, as the Linux community so repeatedly requested, before any suggestion of restricting stable Skype for Linux 4.3's service, so that moving from
stable 4.3 to the new Linux Skype offered seamless service in terms of functionality, my thread to that effect has the most people sharing the issue on the Linux forum. Perhaps as this user interface is not getting much support, would it be worth rewriting
the back end of v4.3 so that we can have the same functionality yet still work with the new cloud structure? That would solve many poster's issues I guess.
Hope that the "bug fixes and improvements" means restoring the connectivity of Skype 4.3 to v 5.4? As main contacts for poor signal are away in areas of even weaker connection, cannot explore for a few weeks.
One bug not fixed is the status indicator, always showing green online for mobile phone contact even when she had been flying for 9 hours so long offline, v4.3 has kept up with the status.
It would be far far better to put the sound & video settings with the other settings in preference to within the running call settings, so they are far easier to find, do not mean that you are fiddling with the settings during a call in preference to responding
to the call (sure this will absolutely NOT go down well in some calls!), and apply to all calls