Skype for web now available worldwide, don’t need to install app anymore

No, it is not for the web if it still requires a plug-in in this era of Webrtc, which is aimed at eliminating the use of plug-ins, at least the prevalent media plug-ins.

The Skype app perhaps needs to be re-engineered/overhauled. Why would it still need another app to be installed on an OS? We could forgive MS that it only runs on the Chrome browser at the moment but can't they implement their centralized architecture of the app to run only on the web? The app used to be some sort of P2P before now.

I'm in Spain and it asks me to install both a Chrome extension and a "SkypeWebPlugin" through a .msi. So what is the advantage over installing the full app if I still need to install an executable?

Text messaging works without plugins. The plugin is for audio and video.

Fails for me in FF on Ubuntu.