Firefox VoIP Client

libocannici writes "Abbeynet Labs has released the first version of a Firefox VoIP extension which is a full featured SIP user agent plugin for Firefox." The Firefox extension is completely stand-alone, with all VoIP functionality built directly into it. From one-click calling to SMS sending, this promises to be quite handy. All Internet calls are currently free, just requiring an abbyphone account, while PSTN calls have a small charge.

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Re:Err, why?

[coreyb]

RTFA - you click on a phone number in a web page and it calls it. Not that cutting and pasting 10 digits would be that difficult, but there it is.

There is already a skype extension for firefox

[Anonymous Coward]

http://www.skype.com/download/skypewebtoolbar/fire fox.html

I maintain a salesforce database and this thing is brilliant. Just click the #.

Asterisk IAX Client too

[Albanach]

As others have pointed out, it's not the first VoIP extemsion for Firefox.

There's also an IAX client for Asterisk fans called MozIAX available here.

Not the 1st: Wengo beat them to the punch

[OlivierB]

Wengo's had a Firefox multi-plateform (Mac, PC, Linux) and multi-architecture (x86, PPC) VoIP extension available for about 4 months now. See it here

Wengo btw is my operator of choice here in Europe with top-notch voice quality and reliability with prices lower than Skype. Only problem is their inbound number is France only atm. Did I mention that they have a working Gaim port?

Re:Err, why?

[Bogtha]

you click on a phone number in a web page and it calls it.

You still don't need to build the VOIP into the browser. Just a Greasemonkey script to convert plain-text telephone numbers into <a href="tel:..."> links and a handler to pass off tel: links to an external program just like mailto: links are handled.