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Forum for English speaking Miranda NG users => Feature requests => Topic started by: aekotra on 12 03 2015, 20:24:39

Title: An http-based Skype plugin
Post by: aekotra on 12 03 2015, 20:24:39

I understand that the Facebook plugin essentially reverse engineers facebook.com's webchat function.  Is it conceivable that the same thing could be done with outlook.com, thereby allowing for Skype chat without needing to install Skype?  Is there interest in this from a developer or user perspective?

Title: Re: An http-based Skype plugin
Post by: unsane on 13 03 2015, 06:53:34

Skype announced (http://eion.robbmob.com/blog/2014/11/30/using-the-new-skype-for-web/) a new, web-accessible version of Skype.
That guy (https://code.google.com/p/skype4pidgin/source/list?num=25&start=666) already developing plugin based on Skype Web.
But at now, this api in closed beta test and we don't have access to it.

Title: Re: An http-based Skype plugin
Post by: aekotra on 13 03 2015, 20:52:24

Thanks for the info!

I wonder if "Skype for Web" is merely an extension of "Outlook.com Chat".  Skype for Web being focused on implementing video and audio in pure web technologies while the IM portion is already developed and used in Outlook.com Chat.

The code is here, specifically:
https://github.com/EionRobb/skype4pidgin/tree/master/skypeweb

Title: Re: An http-based Skype plugin
Post by: Myshor on 23 03 2015, 20:32:59

I see some SkypeWeb in changelog. @unsane - will it be shared to testing? ;)

Title: Re: An http-based Skype plugin
Post by: unsane on 24 03 2015, 18:32:22

Myshor, you can compile it right now by yourself ;)

Title: Re: An http-based Skype plugin
Post by: Myshor on 25 03 2015, 21:29:35

Can't find any source for miranda. ;D And You don't want to read what goes wrong with compiling it. :P

Title: Re: An http-based Skype plugin
Post by: watcher on 26 03 2015, 06:04:06

Nothing goes wrong with compiling it - but  all this plugin does for now - is showing contacts and their user info, even no online/offline indication yet.

Title: Re: An http-based Skype plugin
Post by: Myshor on 27 03 2015, 18:25:13

I'll wait for the official release to test. ;)

Title: Re: An http-based Skype plugin
Post by: vultures on 27 03 2015, 22:31:28

May I ask, if Skype is about to denounce MSN as a protocol dedicated to broad-usage,

- is the current SkypeWeb dev blog showing any tracing signs over the utilized port-range, considering former MSN plugin code?
- how (in line-depth) is the composition of Cpp code which is being transfered towards web (thus, java), but client-wise?


Thanx in advance!

Title: Re: An http-based Skype plugin
Post by: AnrDaemon on 27 03 2015, 23:35:10

Quote from: vultures on 27 03 2015, 22:31:28

May I ask, if Skype is about to denounce MSN as a protocol dedicated to broad-usage,

- is the current SkypeWeb dev blog showing any tracing signs over the utilized port-range, considering former MSN plugin code?
- how (in line-depth) is the composition of Cpp code which is being transfered towards web (thus, java), but client-wise?


Thanx in advance!

What?…
Both your questions make exactly zero sense.

Title: Re: An http-based Skype plugin
Post by: mida on 28 03 2015, 20:06:11

when it works then some skype user have 2 accounts, old one that was upgraded to dummy account and the new one