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It's a different feature. The skype button on myspace would bring up skype and require the other side to have a skype account. The Facebook feature runs in the
by jhuckestein 15y ago
It's a different feature. The skype button on myspace would bring up skype and require the other side to have a skype account.
The Facebook feature runs in the browser and guides the receiving side through the process of enabling in-browser video calls.
That said, I agree that Facebook's announcement is not that big of a deal.
- timjahn 15y agoOn the contrary, I think it's a big deal. Facebook has unprecedented reach. Grandmas everywhere will now be playing bridge over video chat. :)
- cookiecaper 15y agoDoes Facebook have group video chat now? Not even Skype proper supports that afaik.
- timjahn 15y agoGood point. Analogy fail on my end.
- jtbarrett 15y agoJust FYI, Skype proper (but not on facebook) does support group video chats as a paid extra feature now: http://www.skype.com/intl/en-us/features/allfeatures/group-video-calls/ http://www.skype.com/intl/en-us/features/allfeatures/group-v...