Facebook application developer Tal Ater has been digging through Facebook’s code and voila – he has found a “VideoChat” object, which refers to Skype and Skype user IDs — the code checks for plugin support using either ActiveX on Internet Explorer, or using the Skype SDK.
Apparently, this code isn’t shown every time a page is loaded, hinting us Facebook is currently bucket testing the feature.
So what that means to you/us? It’s only obvious Facebook will add voice and even video calls at some point in the future. Let’s face it, today’s youth relies on Facebook rather than email for messaging and why not offer them calls and video calls while there, as well. Google already does it in GMail, right?
Besides that would provide an additional revenue stream to Facebook, while at the same time pushing some other VoIP services out of business. As Mashable has put it – this is not an “if” question, but “when.”
[Via: Mashable]