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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[celardore]

Will it work on my AMD processor?

Crap stuffed into firefox is not crap anymore ?

[file-exists-p]

This is a non-free windows VOIP application. There are zillions of similar things already on the market. Why is this one noticeable ? Because it was stuffed into firefox-the-free-software ?

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 #.

Re:Extensions are great.

[PFI_Optix]

Home telephone service is dying.

Home telephone will die when:

1) Cellular coverage is complete and solid. There are still large chunks of rural areas with no service at all.

2) Cellular service becomes reliable. I run into "network busy" at least once a month; I've never had such a problem with my land line.

3) cellular service becomes truly affordable. I can get a land line with unlimited long distance for somewhere around $60-70. If I go with the most basic service, I can get it unlimited local for under $40. My cell phone plan with 600 "any time" minutes costs more than either. First cell company to unlimited minutes for $50 a month wins my cash vote.

4) DSL is available without telephone service. That's where the phone companies like AT&T are already going: they see a severe decline in landline subscriptions coming and are trying to dig into the cable market. "Fiber to the home" is becoming quite the popular phrase.

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.

Re:Almost makes you feel sorry for IE users

[Kadin2048]

He doesn't know. That's the beauty of IE "extensions" ... they just show up on your computer, by magic!

It's the state-of-the-art in software distribution. They install it on your computer before you even know you want it there. Microsoft has always been ahead of the curve here.