Skype 5.3 adds Lion support, HD video calls

Same as Andre Moore, updates never show up in Skype no matter how long I wait or how many times I check for updates using the app. Same goes for the Windows version, and I would say this started from version 5.0 or thereabouts.

Not a show-stopper, but at least 3 of the updates have been critical security bug-fixes, so it's quite frustrating.

Another UI update that improves nothing. I quite agree with notasailorboy, the newer Skype designs have been oversized beasts.

However, it is possible to resize windows and columns, you just have to play around with them as it has strange restrictions on what can be made how small, etc. I managed to get a more reasonable set up without _too_ much hassle (why there is any hassle at all is beyond me).

To Andre Moore, my updates often don't show up in-program at first, but after a minute or so of running Skype "Check for Update" does usually find something. That said, I have also been forced to download from the site several times.

why doesn't the updates ever show up in the Skype app? i have to go to the site to get the downloads. i went to skye and clicked check for update... and it says its unto day but go to the site and there is a update.

this is yet another broken update from skype:
* skype contact window cannot be re-sized.
* "name" column header cannot be re-sized to see the contact's full name.

Skype has a long history of creating clunky UIs, that take up too much space with a design that is counter-intuitive to most users...unfortunately, i don't think this will get better with Microsoft's acquisition.

Apple is probably hesitant to release iChat or Facetime for Windows, simply based on all the Webcam hardware iterations they'd have to support...so, that means our only alternative for cross platform video chat is Skype, which is a shame.

Dear Auntie TUAW,

For the love of Mac, could you find a way to filter all of the spam in the comments? (See "Jessie Little", below.) It seems like the perpetrator signs up with a different ID every time, so I suppose it may not be possible.

On the happy side, the update looks great. Lack of full-screen is puzzling; it shouldn't be hard to add in.