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What is this telephone icon for in Firefox 33.1.1?

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whoputhishere
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I was poking around the "Customize" menu and discovered this blank space among the icons...

http://i.imgur.com/3AhRu5t.png

So I attempted to select/grab and move this "space", and it then turned into a telephone icon...

http://i.imgur.com/R4iHBKO.png

I moved it onto the menu, and it told me I could invite someone to talk...

http://i.imgur.com/pA6dJR7.png

Hesitantly, I clicked it, and it seemed like some sort of incomplete chat app (no link comes up)...

http://i.imgur.com/KhUKknH.png


NOW... I've looked everywhere for "firefox telephone icon" and haven't found much. I first thought it might be malware, but from the very few things I've found, it's likely a FF addon. The problem is, this is being talked about by people on pre-release versions, while I'm on a (so I thought) stable version of FF 33.1.1.

I suspect that some developer did a lazy/shoddy job of covering up the early implementation of this feature, but I'm hoping someone else can confirm they have this mysterious icon in their customization area as well. If not, I'm back to my malware theory.

Anyone??

I was poking around the "Customize" menu and discovered this blank space among the icons... http://i.imgur.com/3AhRu5t.png So I attempted to select/grab and move this "space", and it then turned into a telephone icon... http://i.imgur.com/R4iHBKO.png I moved it onto the menu, and it told me I could invite someone to talk... http://i.imgur.com/pA6dJR7.png Hesitantly, I clicked it, and it seemed like some sort of incomplete chat app (no link comes up)... http://i.imgur.com/KhUKknH.png NOW... I've looked everywhere for "firefox telephone icon" and haven't found much. I first thought it might be malware, but from the very few things I've found, it's likely a FF addon. The problem is, this is being talked about by people on pre-release versions, while I'm on a (so I thought) stable version of FF 33.1.1. I suspect that some developer did a lazy/shoddy job of covering up the early implementation of this feature, but I'm hoping someone else can confirm they have this mysterious icon in their customization area as well. If not, I'm back to my malware theory. Anyone??

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cor-el
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That is the hello button for WebRTC.

whoputhishere
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cor...

Not quite. If you'd have read my question (and looked at the included images) you'd see that it isn't the "Hello" balloon icon and was instead a telephone icon. Also, "Hello" isn't available on 33.1.1 (at least it shouldn't be).

cor-el
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That icon has been changed from a telephone in Firefox 33 to the hello button in Firefox 34. They both have the same "Invite someone to talk" tooltip if you hover the button. I don't think that you should see the icon unless loop.enabled is set to true in Firefox 33 or something else is wrong.