The first public release of the new Skype Gadget is available for download.

It is an incomplete version but I need feedback in order to make is better. Try it and send me your oppinion.

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Skype Gadget is a Windows Vista Sidebar gadget developed by me. It comes to help Skype users who don’t want to go to this application every time they need to call/chat to someone.

It integrates with the Sidebar, displays all your contacts and gives you options for call and chat.

Uses Skype4COM, a component offered by Skype, in order to communicate with the program so it might need administrative rights on the first run because of DLL registration.

The features of version 1.2:

• Contact list
• Small list and big list (8 or 16 contacts displayed at once)
• Start/end a call/chat with a contact
• Displays contact status (Available, SkypeMe, Away etc.)
• Call phone feature

System requirements:

• Windows Vista
• Skype
• Internet access
• Administrative rights on first run

For more details check the gadget’s page.

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