Re: Skype

[Ben Caradoc-Davies <ben@transient.nz>]

On 08/02/17 11:49, deloptes wrote:
> Very interesting. I log in to skype for web. It says at the top:
> "Interested in richer and more integrated experience? Download the official
> desktop app. Download"
> When I "download" I get debian package "skypeforlinux-64-alpha.deb"
> installing this creates
> cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/skype-stable.list
> deb [arch=amd64] https://repo.skype.com/deb stable main
> and skypeforlinux runs with a somewhat newer theme, however sound is not
> working for me - I just tried "Skype Test Call". Well it says it's Alpha,
> so might be they'll release a working beta until 1. March.
> Or it might be finally time to change to something else ... I evaluated
> recently Tox...
> Very interesting story - thanks
> regards

I have not used it but, according to this Slashdot comment, "Skype for 
Linux" is Skype for Web in Chromium:
https://apple.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10202241&cid=53802307

Sound works for me in Skype for Web under the non-free Chrome.

If the comment above is correct, I do not see the point of "Skype for 
Linux". A software product that contains a web browser so that it can 
connect to a single web site is in my view a deployment anti-pattern 
because it (1) duplicates the installation of software, and (2) defeats 
the purpose of the web (interoperability).

Kind regards,

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Ben Caradoc-Davies <ben@transient.nz>
Director
Transient Software Limited <http://transient.nz/>
New Zealand