Quickly access Skype for Web and Share on Skype through your browser.
Want to stay up to date on Linux, BSD, Chrome OS, and the rest of the World Beyond Windows? Bookmark the World Beyond Windows column page or follow our RSS feed. Skype for Web functions on practically any device-Windows, Mac, Linux, and Chromebook. But it’s most interesting on a Chromebook, as Windows, Mac, and even Linux have official Skype desktop applications. Visit and you’ll be able to log in with a Skype name or Microsoft account. Skype for Web offers a familiar interface where you can chat with your contacts and send instant messages. Conversations and recent messages sync between all your devices. Skype for Web also offers browser-based notifications, so you’ll get notifications of new messages on your Chromebook’s desktop. Previously, some Skype instant message functionality was available on if you knew where to look, but this is the real deal for Chromebook users. Not everyone’s friends and family are all going to switch to Google Hangouts! Voice and video aren’t available yet, but Microsoft is working on it Yes, there are many other chat programs, but it’s all about where your contacts are. On Windows and Mac, Skype for Web offers support for voice and video calls using a plug-in. This is the same way that Skype offered voice calls on, and the same way Google used to offer voice calls in Gmail with Google Talk.īut Chromebooks can’t install older browser plug-ins like this-it’s the same reason why you can’t install the Java web plug-in on a Chromebook. Again, if you don't like CBs, don't use them, but don't bash something you don't completely understand.That means Chromebooks are left out of Skype voice and video chats, for now. For us education IT guys, these things are a cost effective and efficient way to get computing access to our students. For basic web, email and doc creation, you cannot beat the bang for the buck. I'm tired of hearing people bash CBs, if you want to play high end games, get a high end desktop/laptop, if you want to run Abode Premier, do the same. It took our techs a ton of work hours getting the PCs ready to run the SBAC program. In fact, when our state did a test run of our SBAC testing, all I did was spend 30 sections making the SBAC chrome app a kiosk app in the Google Apps admin panel and all of our CBs had it on the next reboot. These units work well for the education sector and are much simpler to admin than a traditional PC. I have started to see a big shift in the use of Gmail and Google Docs/Drive in place of our email and MS Office suite.
I think the main factors are that they do what they are supposed to do very well and the tie in to Google Apps for Education is very instrumental to their use.
I'm a tech in a school district that has over 1200 chromebooks (with a ton more on the way) and I have to say that our instructional staff has really taken to these devices.
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