click phone numbers in Firefox

[wiredsurf]

I would like to be able to click phone numbers on webpages I see on Firefox, then have MagicJack dial it out for me. Please tell me how I can do this. Thank you!

[laserjobs]

Select phone number
Ctrl-C
Put cursor in MJ phone number box
Ctrl-V
pick up phone and press send

[wiredsurf]

that's what i'm doing now, however I know there is a Firefox plugin that converts (after it recognizes) phone numbers into clickable links using the "CallTo:" protocol, and then MagicJack can be set to handle "CallTo:" shortcuts. This is what I'm looking for.

[laserjobs]

maybe you can disassemble the magicJack Outlook add-in to do it

[wiredsurf]

i wonder why Outlook can make MagicJack dial out, but Firefox can't. Weird. I bet there's a simple solution out there that I just don't know about.

[laserjobs]

Let us know once you find out how the outlook add-in calls to magicjack and maybe some other plug-ins can be developed.

[redpepper]

Instructions for implementing the callto:xxxxxxxxxx command on your computer for the MJ dialer:

<Windows XP>
Cut and paste the following code into a file using the filetype .reg (i.e. calltocommand.reg) . Be sure to replace "YOUCOMPUTERNAME" in the MJ dialer application filepath with the name of your computer account.

Save the file on your desktop and then double click on it to run it. This will add "callto:xxxxxxxxxxx" URL support on your computer (via your computer's registry) that will directly invoke the MJ dialer and automatically dial the phone number xxxxxxxxxx.

For reference, there should not be any spaces in the callto:xxxxxxxxxx string when you use it.

If you are adding callto: URL links to HTML webpages you would add the following HTML code format for each link:

<a href=callto:xxxxxxxxxxx>WHATEVER TEXT YOU WANT THE LINK TO REALLY DISPLAY TO THE USER GOES HERE</a>

<Windows Vista/7>
The instructions are the same as for Windows XP except you need to amend both magicJack.exe application filepath strings to: "C:\\Users\\YOURCOMPUTERNAME\\AppData\\Roaming\\mjusbsp\\magicJack.exe\".

======= CUT AND PASTE THE CODE BELOW ==========

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\callto]
@="URL:Callto Protocol"
"BrowserFlags"=dword:00000008
"EditFlags"=dword:00000002
"URL Protocol"=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\callto\DefaultIcon]
@="\"C:\\Documents and Settings\\YOURCOMPUTERNAME\\Application Data\\mjusbsp\\magicJack.exe\",0"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\callto\shell]
@=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\callto\shell\open]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\callto\shell\open\command]
@="\"C:\\Documents and Settings\\YOURCOMPUTERNAME\\Application Data\\mjusbsp\\magicJack.exe\" /callto %1"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\callto\shell\open\ddeexec]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\callto\shell\open\ddeexec\Application]
@="magicJack"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\callto\shell\open\ddeexec\Topic]
@="System"

[wiredsurf]

redpepper, thank you so much.