A few days ago we discovered that Skype was shutting down its extras program which lets users download and install add-ons for the internet telephony software directly from the Skype client. But it turns out that doesn't mean plugins for Skype will all disappear at the stroke of midnight.
Pamela makes two popular add-ons for Skype, the Pamela application for recording Skype audio and video calls and PamFax, an application that lets users send faxes over Skype. Both of these applications use the Skype API and will continue to work even after Skype Extras are shut down. But you won't be able to purchase PamFax credits with Skype credits anymore, so the company is planning to come up with a new payment method.
The company does have a stripped down version of Pamela called Pamela Call Recorder which is distributed through the Skype Extras program. It's not clear what the future of this product will be.
It is good to know that by killing off the Extras program, Skype isn't sticking a fork in all of the applications that have sprung up around the platform.
In a blog report ,a Skype official is denying that the company is giving up on third party developers, but rather that future versions of the VoIP software will have a new and improved system for integrating third party tools.
Pamela makes two popular add-ons for Skype, the Pamela application for recording Skype audio and video calls and PamFax, an application that lets users send faxes over Skype. Both of these applications use the Skype API and will continue to work even after Skype Extras are shut down. But you won't be able to purchase PamFax credits with Skype credits anymore, so the company is planning to come up with a new payment method.
The company does have a stripped down version of Pamela called Pamela Call Recorder which is distributed through the Skype Extras program. It's not clear what the future of this product will be.
It is good to know that by killing off the Extras program, Skype isn't sticking a fork in all of the applications that have sprung up around the platform.
In a blog report ,a Skype official is denying that the company is giving up on third party developers, but rather that future versions of the VoIP software will have a new and improved system for integrating third party tools.
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