Recently I needed to voice chat with one of my friends today on Skype but didn’t want to download the desktop client. There are some situations where you don’t want to install the desktop client and I fell in one of them. Personally, I never use Skype client on netbook, this is because there are already some apps running and Skype would eat additional memory.
Suppose you have a borrowed laptop or netbook, how would you Skype with your friends without having to download, install, and finally uninstall the desktop client? What if you are sitting on a public computer and need to quickly voice chat with someone over Skype?
The desktop client of Skype for Mac, Linux, and Windows is now history. Meet Imo.im, the latest web service that is silently building a killer platform. We reviewed it last week, but the need didn’t arise until today.
Select Skype, enter the username/password, and hit Sign On. Wait a few seconds and you are in. Login time for Skype desktop client is more than 30 seconds on my side with a 4Mbit connection, while Imo.im was able to login within 10 seconds. Should we call this impressive?
Select the friend with whom you want to voice chat or video chat from the right-sidebar and hit the respective link given on top of the chat dialog window. You can also share a file in just two clicks.
So how was the voice quality? In my friend’s own words, “Voice quality is a little low when compared with desktop client but is very understandable.” and I tend to agree. This could be either because Imo.im is trying to make voice chat seamless(by reducing quality) or due to the fact that my friend was using Skype on his iPhone.
In conclusion, I would stay that it is one great way to make a quick voice or video call without wasting any further time. The minimalist design combined with great functionality makes Imo.im a sort of online Skype messenger.
If you know of any other service that supports Skype, do let us know and we will give it a shot. Enjoy!
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From the IMO site…
“For example, in order to provide the linked accounts service to you, we may save your usernames and passwords to the various instant messaging services.”
I'm not ready to trust this site with my passwords…
@pampero43: We do not save your passwords, unless you choose to link your accounts by clicking on 'link accounts'. Linked accounts is an optional feature where you can login to multiple accounts automatically by logging in to a single account.
https://imo.im/help.html#20
https://imo.im/help.html#3
That will ONLY happen if you link multiple accounts together, not when you just use – for example – the Skype account.
That will ONLY happen if you link multiple accounts together, not when you just use – for example – the Skype account.
That will ONLY happen if you link multiple accounts together, not when you just use – for example – the Skype account.
can anyone please tell me how i can get my skype username and password if i have forgotten it.
mine is not working. wtf
it works amazingly smooth and nice
10x for shared info it was useful 
i will like to have in all six
this is excellent! I can finally chat at work! thanks!
can we start a conference chat with 2 or 3 friends using the web based skype messenger?
yes we can
IT IS GOOD!
this doesnt work anymore it says theres an error !!!!
CGI Error
No response from imo.im:443
skype portable on a flashdisk will do the trick works just as well as the main version. just google skype portable or go to portableapps.com
I can’t get the conference chat to work…it’s only working with single chats
Philo in d house
imo.im is not working
is there anything else like websurfing for skype
this is the error hellllllllll man……..i thought i got something to….
The proxy server is refusing connections
Firefox is configured to use a proxy server that is refusing connections.
* Check the proxy settings to make sure that they are correct.
* Contact your network administrator to make sure the proxy server is
working.
How cool is this site, cheers all
I can’t start a conference chat!!! can someone tell me if there is other sites like imo, but where i can start a conference chats if you know HELPPP MEEE
btw thx
i found better solution
http://portableapps.com/apps/internet/skype_portable
I like the design and convenience, although my voice chat hasn’t worked for me in skype – it can’t access my camera for some reason – not sure if it’s because of eee-pc, linux or chrome, but it’s certainly a handy site!
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