Skype, web-based program

[Skye Wolfbane]

I wasn't sure if I should post this here or Everything Else, but since Skype is related to our gaming, I picked here but feel free to move it (fellow Mods) if you feel it should be.

So, those of us who use Skype to keep in touch with our fellow UO players know how much space it takes up and how much resource it uses on the computer, making the game more laggy than it should be.

I discovered today, Skype now has a web-based program. I used it and seems pretty similiar to regular Skype. It's in Beta so there may be some bugs but if it works well, it could help a lot of people who either just don't want to DL it, (maybe you're on a work computer but now you can chat with your friends at work!) or for people who lag a lot from it.

Anyway, here is the link:

https://web.skype.com/en/

 

[steve-o]

thanks i didnt know about the skype website... i always used it from www.hotmail.com (on the right you have skype)

 

[tonkLoD]

http://venturebeat.com/2016/01/21/skype-now-hides-your-ip-address-by-default/

skype hides ur ip address now. now all u guys can talk shit to each other non stop and clear irc. =)

 

[a trollbridge]

very cool !! seems to work perfectly so far! thanks greatly for the link, I already notice less lagg

 

[drinn]

https://discordapp.com/

 

[MegaHz]

Second for Discord. It's either app or web based, but you don't need to sign up for an account if you don't want to. Plus you get static rooms that people can hang out in, so you aren't calling everyone in a group every time you try to join the group chat and no one else is in it.