I have participated in a discussion on this list of the apparent Microsoft plans to decommission the so-called Skype Desktop API. I said this would effectively kill SkypeTalking and Clisk but not GW Connect. I must now correct myself a bit.
The original article from which this news came to us, found now at http://gigaom.com:80/2013/07/13/skype-says-it-will-kill-desktop-api-by-end-of-2013/ makes it sound like the termm "Desktop API" applies to both the API used by SkypeTalking and Clisk, formerly called the "Public API," and the newer API for creating whole clients like GW Connect, which I believe is called the "Skype Dev Kit." If I am correct here, GW Connect will die also. Microsoft is urging developers to replace their use of the older APIs with something called "Skype URIs," which is really a new name for a (perhaps expanded) set of URL-like requests one can make against a running Skype client. An example is "skype://dlee42?add," which is a way of adding me as a contact from anywhere you can launch a URL. I am in discussion with Skype / Microsoft people about the future of the Skype APIs and will keep everyone informed as best I can. In the mean time, I am interested in knowing of any apps people are using that (1) require one of the apparently dying Skype APIs, and (2) are not easily replaced by anything that does not rely on those. I already know of Clisk (of course since I wrote it) and SkypeTalking, but there may be others out there. Thanks much for any input. -- Doug Lee [email protected] http://www.dlee.org SSB BART Group [email protected] http://www.ssbbartgroup.com "I am a leader by default, only because nature does not allow a vacuum." Bishop Desmond Tutu Thanks for posting to the skype english list. to contact skype support wiht any questions regarding your account email [email protected] To access scripts for the latest version of skype go to http://www.dlee.org/skype To contact the list owner send a message to mailto:[email protected] and for a searchable archives page go here. http://bit.ly/64Y48 thanks and have a wonderful day. _______________________________________________ Skypeenglish mailing list [email protected] http://emissives.com/mailman/listinfo/skypeenglish_emissives.com
