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Embed videos in a chat window with Skype 3.5

Skype 3.5 with video chatSkype 3.5 Gold is out today. And while we told you about most of the "new" features included in this release when Skype 3.5 beta was released in June, there is at least one major addition. You can embed videos in a chat window.

Here's how it works:
  1. Begin a chat with a friend who is online.
  2. Click on the new "videos" tab toward the bottom of the chat window.
  3. A new screen pops up with tabs for Daily Motion and Metacafe.
  4. Browse for a video you want to include, and when you're ready, click the "insert in chat" button.
  5. When you click send, your video will show up at the top of your chat window and you and your friend can watch it while you type messages back and forth.
You can also click a few buttons to pop the video out into a separate window or even watch it in full-screen, which is pretty cool, but not particularly conducive to chatting. It's interesting that Skype only has partnerships with two online video providers so far, although the way things work these days, you can probably find pretty much any popular YouTube video on Daily Motion or Metacafe as well.

[via Skype Journal]

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