Yes I though about it but I didn't care that much. My webcam don't work on openbsd anyway. Can you make video calls?
On 06/12/17 22:55, Shteryana Shopova wrote: > On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 9:26 PM, Marcus MERIGHI <mcmer-open...@tor.at> wrote: >> eri...@colossus.gruver.net (Eric Johnson), 2017.06.13 (Tue) 12:23 (CEST): > > ... > >>>> >>>> -Do you need to propriety programs like Skype? >>>> Skype don't run on openbsd >>> >>> It looks like Skype can be used from Chrome as an extension added from the >>> web store. I haven't tried it. >> >> All I got in Iridium was, after successful install and logon: >> "Sorry, Skype for Web isnt available on this device yet. >> Please try it on your desktop computer instead." >> >> (signal app works, btw.) >> >> Marcus >> >>> Telegram works on OpenBSD as a Chrome extension. > > I'd suggest installing a "User Agent Switcher" or similar plugin/addon > depending on the browser you use and setting the User agent for web > skype to "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:50.0) Gecko/xxx > Firefox/yy.z" or smth similar that tricks Skype into thinking it runs > in a Linux browser - that's how I managed to get pass that annoying > "Sorry, Skype for Web isnt available on this device yet." message and > actually use it. > > cheers, > Shteryana >
