Firefox VoIP Client 177
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.
Re:Err, why? (Score:5, Informative)
There is already a skype extension for firefox (Score:5, Informative)
I maintain a salesforce database and this thing is brilliant. Just click the #.
Asterisk IAX Client too (Score:5, Informative)
There's also an IAX client for Asterisk fans called MozIAX available here [mozdev.org].
Re:Crap stuffed into firefox is not crap anymore ? (Score:3, Informative)
Not the 1st: Wengo beat them to the punch (Score:5, Informative)
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? [wengo.com]
Re:Crap stuffed into firefox is not crap anymore ? (Score:4, Informative)
I find this plugin as useful as the yahoo toolbar that get's shoved down my throat at almost every turn now days.
Re:Err, why? (Score:2, Informative)
Re:Err, why? (Score:5, Informative)
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:..."> [ietf.org] links and a handler to pass off tel: links to an external program just like mailto: links are handled.
Not in a few months... (Score:1, Informative)
Shedding tears? No. IE users have a bright and better browsing future to look forward to.
Re:Not the 1st: Wengo beat them to the punch (Score:3, Informative)
seems like the term "free" being abused here (Score:3, Informative)
Skimming the site, the software may be free/open/libre, but it looks like the infrastructure into which it taps is not free (Wengo charges money). Is this the case with all voip setups/clients (that they must necessarily tap into a non-free infrastructural provider)?
Re:Not the 1st: Wengo beat them to the punch (Score:2, Informative)
Re:Standard protocol is needed!! (Score:3, Informative)
Any SIP VoIP application should interoperate just fine with any other SIP application. same goes for H.323.
Skype is special and uses a proprietary nonstandard protocol and as such wont interoperate with anything else.
It would be nice if skype were to be gradually phased out and replaced with proper H.323 or SIP based applications.
Re:Standard protocol is needed!! (Score:2, Informative)
Re:Standard protocol is needed!! (Score:3, Informative)
Don't count out IAX2. Although mainly designed to talk to Asterisk servers A)anyone could conceivably use it anyway and B) there certainly seem to be a lot of Asterisk servers out there these days...
But, yeah, SIP (the current favorite) and H.323 (older protocol, used by MS's old "NetMeeting(tm)" product and a number of others) are the big ones.