Skype Launches Exclusive New Edition For Mac Users

Via the Skype web site:  Skype Launches Exclusive New Edition For Mac Users.  From this release it looks as if the Mac development of Skype is heading in a very different direction from the Windows version, as there is no mention of support for Skype video or contact grouping.  Rather, Skype is adding in a couple of Mac-only features such as re-sizeable chat drawers and drag & drop functions.

This is disappointing news to the Mac folks (like myself) who have been hearing rumors of a 2.0 version of Skype for Mac for months now, a release that would again establish feature parity between Mac & Windows versions of Skype.

I guess it's time to start playing with the beta of Sightspeed 5.0, which delivers identical support for Mac and Windows, and a Skype-like set of features.

UPDATE:  I stand corrected, Skype has released a preview version of Skype 1.5 with video for the Mac.  I'm looking forward to giving it a test even though it appears that this is a pre-beta release.