Skype Journal: Clickable Numbers = Easy Skype Calls
June 24, 2005 04:35 PM
Another reason to partner Skype and Firefox (the web browser of choice). Add Skypelinkify and making phone calls for Pizza off web pages just becomes a one click request. Skypelinkify activates SkypeOut calling capability to every phone number on any web page just by clicking. Let's give thanks to the guys at the Questar Developer Blog.
We have been using SugarCRM, and various VOIP solutions, among them Skype for some time, and I have always wanted to be able and click on a phone number I'd see on a web page. I felt so silly when I looked up a phone number on the web, and had to re-key it, or even to copy and paste it to somewhere else. Now, with the help of Marco, we have a neat Greasemonkey script: Skypelinkify. Skypelinkify links to a Skypecallto://URI every likely phone number on the web page. Questar Developer Blog Get the Instructions.Thanks David for adding the details that made installing it easy. Remember it only works in Firefox, and not IE, since Greasemonkey is FF only.
It is *very* easy to install:
1. Install the Greasemonkey extension for Firefox from here. http://greasemonkey.mozdev.org/
2. Open the Skypelinkify file from the link http://www.questar.it/blog/developer/skypelinkify.user.js
3. In the browser choose from the Tools menu, 'Install User Script...' Click Ok
4. From now on, any page you go to will have what the script thinks are phone numbers linked to the callto tag.Note if you want to use this in another country you have to modify the script slightly.
David says: "I changed the file to skypelinkify the US phone numbers, as on my example screen. You only have to manually change the line "const defaultPrefix= '+1';" to the country prefix you want to use."
Cool! It also links all the numbers in a page. Benefits! No more copying and writing down those numbers. Just one more simple way that Skype and developers are making communication easier.
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Great application. Thanks!
Posted by: Bert at June 25, 2005 9:43 PM
already registred in skype chat room
Posted by: loup-wolf at August 19, 2005 2:36 AM
I want to use skype for call and voice...
Posted by: turgay at September 21, 2005 5:03 AM
Feel free to use my <a href="javascript:document.body.innerHTML=document.body.innerHTML.replace(/((\d{3})\D\D?(\d{3})\-(\d{4}))/gi,'$1'.link('callto:+1$2$3$4'));void(0);//callto: Copyright (c) 2005, by Richard Renfrow.">callto</a> bookmarklet. (copy & paste this text into a file named callto.html, then open it in IE -- right-click the link and save it in Favorites|Links)
Posted by: Richard Renfrow at September 22, 2005 11:54 PM
I made an IE bookmarklet at http://www.angelfire.com/ca/redwards/callto.html for anyone to use.
Posted by: Richard.Renfrow
at October 4, 2005 5:17 PM
Get the total cost per month easy from your skype call list with CustomizeSkypeAccount greasemonkey script
Posted by: Thomas Leveil at November 3, 2005 5:42 AM
You can also use Pacta Call Center SugarCRM Plug-in Extension.
Pacta Call Center SugarCRM Plug-in Extension
It also registers all calls!!!
Posted by: Pacta Software at December 20, 2005 11:08 AM
Have more fun: Now Firefox and IE users can Skype out from any web page with a phone number and lookup the phone address on a map -
http://userscripts.com/scripts/show/3792Posted by: Les Papier at April 17, 2006 5:03 AM