Re: [Evolution] using skype

[Andre Wyrwa <a wyrwa gmx de>]

Hi,

> On Mon, 2009-05-25 at 17:00 +0300, Tor Lillqvist wrote:
> > > There is *no* chance of Evo doing anything special to support non-free software.
> > Yeah, like Exchange or GroupWise?
>
> Good point. What I should have said is that IMHO Evo is not going to
> implement a special Skype button. What is more conceivable, if there
> were sufficient demand, is a general-purpose "Phone this contact"
> button, which the user could set up to use whatever VOIP app he
> preferred. I've no idea how practical this is (e.g. how many of the VOIP
> apps allow you to specify the phone number from the command line or via
> a DBUS message?)

SIP URLs are handled by GNOME, aren't they? Implementing a SIP button to 
call a specific SIP contact via Ekiga or whatever other SIP URL handling 
application should thereby be as easy as opening a HTTP link in the web 
browser. Shouldn't it?

Andre.