Issues are resolved
Version 1.0.6 of Contact Alerts for Skype seems to have resolved all of the issues. Most importantly, the "About" window now has a link to "Email the Developer". Contact Alerts For Skype works at least as good as Skype does. Of course, it cant do any better than that. I would say that if you turn on Skype notifications, and get the notifications you expect, and more, that Contact Alerts for Skype will give you the same notifications, or less, if you desire.
One semi-obvious usage tip: Contact Alerts for Skype is somewhat independent of Skype. If you are using Contact Alerts for Skype, in Skype > Preferences > Notifications > Details, you switch off "when contact becomes available". Otherwise youre defeating the purpose ;O
Jerry Krinock about Contact Alerts for Skype