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title: "Skype Firefox Exention Changes Phone Numbers into Buttons"
date: 2006-12-15
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# Skype Firefox Exention Changes Phone Numbers into Buttons

**Update:**For steps on removing the Skype-Firefox extension, [see this post from howtogeek.com](https://www.howtogeek.com/howto/internet/firefox/manually-remove-skype-extension-from-firefox/).

Skype 3.0 has just been released. An interesting feature is the Skype extension for Firefox. When you browse a website and see a phone number on the site, the Skype extension automatically converts it into a button that you click to call the person using Skype. Unfortunately, with Skype 3.0, calls to cell and home phones now cost money.

Here's a picture of the button:

![skype](https://s3.us-west-1.wasabisys.com/idbwmedia.com/images/skype.gif)

Tom