Comments on: How To Use Skype From A Browser?

By: Nikolay (Admin of Chat4o)

Nikolay (Admin of Chat4o) — Wed, 17 Sep 2014 09:34:14 +0000

@maan81
Hi. Yes, you are right. I updated the blue message above with a link to an article describing how to do it via Outlook.

By: maan81

maan81 — Tue, 16 Sep 2014 14:44:53 +0000

IMPORTANT!! Currently Imo.im does not support Skype because they have connection problems (or something like that). You can use this site instead: https://plus.im/.

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The https://plus.im/ site too does not have login for skype, although it has login for other IMs…

By: Nikolay (Admin of Chat4o)

Nikolay (Admin of Chat4o) — Wed, 13 Aug 2014 12:07:45 +0000

@cahyo
Hi. Are you talking about chatting from skype in the microsoft mail? If yes, I guess it has bugs too… Nothings seems to be working properly anymore :(

By: Nikolay (Admin of Chat4o)

Nikolay (Admin of Chat4o) — Wed, 13 Aug 2014 10:29:36 +0000

@Lieuwe
I see…. Well, I have not found another site like these, unfortunately. You can try the portable skype versions http://en.chat4o.com/c/download-skype-portable/
They do not have any installation process and should work if you don’t have rights to install software. You can even run them from a usb flash drive. You can preinstall a newer version on a usb flash drive from home if the old ones don’t work already. Get the most recent portable version from here http://portableapps.com/apps/internet/skype_portable install it on the usb flash stick from home, and then use it anywhere without installation.

By: cahyo

cahyo — Wed, 13 Aug 2014 08:19:04 +0000

I have tried also, but for some contacts I couldn’t send a message. They look offline whereas actually they are online. And there was a message “failed to send message” when I sent a message to some contacts.
Any one can help me on this?

Many thanks.

By: Lieuwe

Lieuwe — Wed, 13 Aug 2014 07:51:37 +0000

That doesn’t really help the people who don’t have the ability to download a plugin and install it. My work computer blocks all attempts to install other software for example.

I’m desperately looking for an alternative website where I can still use the Skype messenger.

By: Nikolay (Admin of Chat4o)

Nikolay (Admin of Chat4o) — Fri, 08 Aug 2014 06:33:21 +0000

I found another way to use skype from the browser, the official one :).
So we need to link our account to a microsoft account (https://support.skype.com/en/faq/FA12060/how-do-i-link-my-skype-and-microsoft-accounts) and I think we need this thing too (https://skypewebexperience.skype.com/content/0-0-0/plugin_installation.html#setup-complete-page) I did all this and it worked. Then when we sign in to the microsoft mail (http://mail.live.com) there is in the top a chat icon and at first there is nobody there, but when someone on skype sends us a chat message without us being on skype it is received in the browser.
So yeah… It is complicated and has bugs already :D
But it works and you don’t really have to use the mail for something else…
I will still be testing it.

By: Nikolay (Admin of Chat4o)

Nikolay (Admin of Chat4o) — Fri, 08 Aug 2014 05:59:39 +0000

Hmm… Yeah. It is not working for me too at the moment. Will keep an eye on it to see if they will fix it…

By: sa

sa — Thu, 07 Aug 2014 22:26:37 +0000

Yeah plus.im isn’t working for me anymore. It keeps giving me a “authentication failed. check login/pw” error but there is nothing wrong with my credentials. Has anyone found any alternatives?

By: Nikolay (Admin of Chat4o)

Nikolay (Admin of Chat4o) — Sun, 29 Jun 2014 16:27:58 +0000

@Riki
Hi. I searched for another one, a while back, and I did not find. I actually thought that this will stop working too, because the API (that I think they use) was going to shut down, but I guess it is still working. It is not perfect, yes.