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Re:The latest on Messages, Allo, Duo and Hangouts by kibwen on Wednesday December 05, 2018 @11:44PM (#18615487)
Does it work from within a browser yet? Last time I tried, installing Skype was a surprising hassle on my Windows machine; there were at least two versions being offered through various Microsoft channels, and they appeared to have different feature sets, and I couldn't tell which one of them I ought to be using or if one was deprecated. Discord has spoiled me with chat that Just Works on the web.
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Re:The latest on Messages, Allo, Duo and Hangouts by pavanagrawal123 on Wednesday December 05, 2018 @11:58PM (#18615544)
Try https://preview.web.skype.com/

It is the universal Skype written in React (works natively on windows and electroned on other Desktop OSes)

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Re:The latest on Messages, Allo, Duo and Hangouts by pmlnr on Thursday December 06, 2018 @05:27AM (#18616819)
> Browser not supported

> Use Microsoft Edge or Google Chrome to access Skype for Web (Preview) experience.

> Alternatively, download Skype on your desktop computer.

That is on up to date Firefox on Debian unstable. Bravo.

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Re:The latest on Messages, Allo, Duo and Hangouts by NSAID on Thursday December 06, 2018 @11:10AM (#18619211)
Same result on current Firefox with Windows 10
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Re:The latest on Messages, Allo, Duo and Hangouts by pavanagrawal123 on Thursday December 06, 2018 @09:11AM (#18618129)
Yikes, did not know that.
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Re:The latest on Messages, Allo, Duo and Hangouts by BBlarat on Thursday December 06, 2018 @05:37AM (#18616866)
"Universal": Browser not supported

Use Microsoft Edge or Google Chrome to access Skype for Web (Preview) experience.

Alternatively, download Skype on your desktop computer.

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Re:The latest on Messages, Allo, Duo and Hangouts by vtesucks on Thursday December 06, 2018 @12:00AM (#18615551)
When in doubt, use the desktop version. To be honest, its a very simple decision in the windows world, and I'm not sure what tripped you unless you're nee to windows.
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