This extension simplifies the life for Microsoft Skype users. It makes use of the Skype API, which is unfortunately no longer supported, but still works with Skype version 4.2.0.11.
- display online presence in top bar icon
- add an indicator to the top bar icon for missed chat messages and calls
- use GNOME Shell notification style for Skype notifications
- show a list of recent chats with an activity indicator in the top bar menu
- ability to change online presence in the top bar menu
- mute microphone during calls within the top bar menu
- search provider to find Skype contacts
At the moment there are 2 possibilities:
- Visit the Skype Integration page on extensions.gnome.org, click on the switch ("OFF" => "ON"), click on the install button.
- Or, download the source from here, extract it to
~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/
, restart GNOME Shell (Alt
+F2
,r
,Enter
) and enable the extension through gnome-tweak-tool.
D-Bus Python Bindings
on Ubuntu: python-dbus
on Fedora: dbus-python
Go to Options > Notifications and click on Advanced View
. If the option Execute the following script
is checked, the notification is enabled otherwise it is disabled (initial question). Here is a list of all supported notifications.
Completely remove the extension by executing (rm -rf ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]
), restart GNOME Shell (Alt
+F2
, r
, Enter
) and reinstall it (initial question).
Inspired by
- https://github.com/MrTheodor/gnome-shell-ext-SkypeNotification
- https://gist.github.com/nzjrs/1006316
- https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/166/skype-contact-search/
Credits to
- https://github.com/whhglyphs/webhostinghub-glyphs/ (thanks keynslug for telling me about this awesome icons)