#How to hide skype call window code#
#How to hide skype call window windows#

If your phone number is prefixed by the words 'call us on' rather than 'phone' which I initially tested with, then adding a comment inside the number doesn't work. I did run the page through a bot simulator:ДЄnd the comment didn't show up, so I'm hoping it won't affect Google search.Д¬SS would be the best solution for me but is too much of a moving target, so I prefer the 'comment' approach to the javascript one, but I guess different approaches are easier in different cases. The only thing I'm not sure of is how it affects a Google search for the phone number.

i.e it stops skype recognising it as a phone number. Follow these step-by-step instructions to make a Skype call.

#How to hide skype call window windows#

I tried putting a comment in the middle of my phone number:ДЄnd this seems to work. This guide is specifically for Windows computers, but Skype is also available for Apple Macs.

#How to hide skype call window code#

It seems the skype plugin has changed again as the code generated by skype (in my version of Chrome) is different from that shown by Madmartigan I tried the (updated) css as suggested by hans, but it doesn't work in the latest version of Chrome (17.0.963.78 m) You will get a flash of ugliness first, but the setTimeout is necessary because the Skype content is generated just after the page is loaded. The only way I found to deal with this intrusion is by removing the markup with javascript.Д®xample using jQuery: tTimeout(function(), 100) // If it doesn't work, set a higher value Of course, we can't really expect our users to do this.Д¬opy and pasting a Skype'd phone number in rich text (like in an email, WYSIWYG or Word document) may end up something like this: begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 55 end_of_the_skype_highlightingДЄwful, and there's no definitive way to prevent it.

I was surprised to see so many people misunderstand the desire to disable this from a web developer's point of view, and offer solutions to turn it off by changing browser settings and the like. Apparently the tag no longer works, and the Skype plugin is as intrusive as ever - ruining SKU and part numbers in some instances (incorrectly interpreting them as phone numbers). After searching Google for an answer to this, it seems the issue still persists as we approach the year 2012.