https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28457
--- Comment #17 from Artem S. Tashkinov t.artem@mailcity.com --- I wonder if one should file a new bug report because recent Skype releases simply say:
Sorry, we couldn't connect to Skype. Please check your Internet connection and try again.
Retry.
At the same time a browser window gets open with this URL:
https://apps.skypeassets.com/static/skype.client.login/trunk/latest/release/...
Even with IE8 installed Skype does _not_ allow to enter your credentials. Simply put Skype is unusable under Wine unless you pass a username and a password via command line arguments (which is quite insecure).