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End of Skype support coming soon?
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DrYak
2017-10-17 , 17:44
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For the record :
- the thing that is phased out is the client that uses the older original Fasttracker/Kazaa inspired proprietary protocole. (Same as the OLD linux qt-based client) (this is what the library provided by Skype for most smartphone used - like Maemo, WebOS, etc..
That the thing that is currently being dropped from Maemo.
- the new "official API" is the webapp
https://web.skype.com
(Same as the upcoming beta Linux client which is basically a webkit wrapper around the webapp).
You should be able to use the webapp with any modern browser.
Microsoft has even ported the call code from ORTP (Internet Explorer-specific) to WebRTC (IETF standard).
There's even a
libpurple plugin written by EionRobb
that currently supports the web api for chat (e.g: you could use it in pidgin or in telepathy), and now that microsoft has switched to WebRTC, even the calling function
should be implementable eventually
.
Once the calls get supported in plugins it should be doable again to have skype as simply an alternative provider in the phone app on smartphones.
(e.g.: using the
purple plugin in telepathy
makes it possible on Sailfish OS to chat through skype using the messaging app)
Last edited by DrYak; 2017-10-17 at
17:50
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