I hope to put out a beta script release for Skype 4.0 beta3 very soon, but I'm issuing a heads-up in advance because I know a few things about the script release already.
First, when I make the release, it will replace all previous beta script releases on my web site, and the release notes will also be replaced. This is because there's no need to provide support for obsolete Skype beta versions, and I'm starting to taylor scripts to specific Skype releases again as things stabilize in Skype 4. Second, I am at this time not able to offer SkypeWatch under Skype 4, so it may not actually be included in the upcoming script release. SkypeWatch has never worked in any Skype 4 beta because the Skype alerts are not accessible. I have asked Skype to implement a system for reporting alerts that should work with more screen readers than just JAWS, but that system is not here in Skype 4 beta3. My intention is to eliminate the need for the SkypeWatch scripts, with their hairy installation procedure (<smile>), by getting Skype to give us enough that we no longer need that. If that doesn't happen, we can always go back and do what we can with scripts. In Skype 4 beta3 though, alerts are not accessible, so I can't provide that functionality right now. SKRead probably does work with this Skype beta though. To answer a question I saw raised earlier about Compact view in Skype 4: Yes, sort of... Compact view will make chats, which are now called conversations, appear in separate windows, allowing access to them via Alt+Tab. It will also make the footprint of Skype itself much narrower. It will not, however, make Skype 4 work flawlessly (if at all) with the current Skype 3.x scripts. In fact, I'm curious ... If anyone dares to try that configuration, let us know what happened, assuming nothing explodes because of the attempt. <silly grin> -- Doug Lee dgl at dlee.org http://www.dlee.org SSB BART Group doug.lee at ssbbartgroup.com http://www.ssbbartgroup.com "Innovation is hard to schedule." -- Dan Fylstra
