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UPDATE: Now it works with any VoIP service
Firefox VoIP Extension Now Open to any VOIP service
IMPORTANT UPDATE - 2006 - 09 - 08
It now works under Mac and Linux too.
MacOSX
Firefox / Flock: http://labs.abbeyphone.com/firefox/abbeyphone-ff_mac.xpi
Thunderbird: http://labs.abbeyphone.com/thunderbird/abbeyphone-tb_mac.xpi
Linux
Firefox / Flock: http://labs.abbeyphone.com/firefox/abbeyphone-ff_linux.xpi
Thunderbird: http://labs.abbeyphone.com/thunderbird/abbeyphone-tb_linux.xpi
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Firefox has now his VoIP client. Abbeynet Labs released today the first version of a Firefox VoIP extension, that means that you can now have a full featured SIP user agent directly into Firefox. This is a very useful tool to enhance the VOW experience. It is still not an official product from Abbeynet, but you can try it out anyway.
- You don’t need any other desktop software, all VoIP functionality is built in the extension.
One-click call feature to dial a number straight from the web page you are browsing.
SMS sending
Just sign up for a valid account at abbeyphone provider.
Internet calls are FREE. PSTN call rates can be found on Abbeyphone’s web site.
After the installation and restarting Firefox, you will find the extension on the lower right side of the Firefox’s status bar. Anyway, you can change the position if needed (you can place it on the Menù Bar or Navigation Bar).You can see your SIP number, your credit, a edit box where you can insert the number you want to call then three buttons (make call, stop call and menù).
As default behaviour, the Firefox VoIP extension is absolutely autonomous, so you don’t need to install any other piece of software to make phone calls.
On the other hand, you can choose to change the default behaviour, forcing the extension to “drive” the web based Abbeyphone VOW client, that will be loaded on the Firefox’s Sidebar. For now, this latter option won’t work, because you need a Firefox Plugin which Abbeynet is going to release in the following days, to use the Abbeyphone VoIP activeX control under Firefox.
So, stay tuned if you like this feature.
Moreover, you can use the Firefox VoIP Extension to “drive” the Abbeyphone Deskbar, if you have previously installed it. I’ll post a complete review of this SIP client in the following days.
In addition, the Firefox VoIP extension can handle the rendering of any web page, so that any phone number showed on it becomes “clickable” and you can call it directly from inside Firefox.
You can find an example down here, where a phone number in an web based email is automatically highlighed and, when I pass over the number with the mouse pointer, I get a tooltip from which I can click and call directly.
Download the Firefox VoIP extension from here.Comments are well appreciated, so please drop me a line.
UPDATE:Now it works with Flock also.
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