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Skype for Web (skype.com)
2 points by andor on June 17, 2015 | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments



No, it is not for the web if it still requires a plug-in in this era of Webrtc, which is aimed at eliminating the use of plug-ins, at least the prevalent media plug-ins.

The Skype app perhaps needs to be re-engineered/overhauled. Why would it still need another app to be installed on an OS? We could forgive MS that it only runs on the Chrome browser at the moment but can't they implement their centralized architecture of the app to run only on the web? The app used to be some sort of P2P before now.


Awesome!. The world is now exploring Utox - https://tox.im/ It's got the same look and feel like Skype AND more secure, better UI, more features e.t.c.




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