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This might force Skype to move into the browser. Sort of how Spotify can be launched from the web, users will be able to call from inside the browser via a brid

by zapt02 14y ago

This might force Skype to move into the browser. Sort of how Spotify can be launched from the web, users will be able to call from inside the browser via a bridge plugin as long as Skype is running in the background.

nextparadigms 14y ago
That's still a losing proposition in the long term, again the plugin-free WebRTC. Imagine everything else besides Skype works through WebRTC.
- EwanToo 14y ago
  The value in skype comes from: Directory services Calling out to external services, e.g. cell phones (The value for yesterday's users) Skype integration with devices like cell phones (the value for tomorrow's users) WebRTC doesn't really get you anywhere on these 3 fronts on it's own. What it does is commoditise the voice traffic component of Skype, something they really haven't cared about for years.
- rtpg 14y ago
  I thought that MS was pushing some form of WebRTC to get Skype working in the browser?
  - nextparadigms 14y ago
    Yeah, some proprietary form of WebRTC, though. You know Microsoft...
RandallBrown 14y ago
You can already do this with Skype through Facebook.