Re: [Evolution] using skype

[Andre Wyrwa <a wyrwa gmx de>]

On 26/05/2009 1:02 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> On Mon, 2009-05-25 at 15:45 +0100, Pete Biggs wrote:
>>> 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?)
>>>
>> Or probably more logical - get Skype to implement a plugin to get
>> contact information from the Evolution database.
>
> Hmmm, good luck with that. They haven't even updated their Linux version
> in line with the Windows one.

Which i would take an expression of respect to the linux community.
The new Windows client is a UI nightmare.

Andre.