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hello,
Facebook’s build-in chat feature is useful, butdont have desktop IM. more time my browsers get crash and get closed, therefore end of conversation. I am never comfortable with messengers build inside website so looking for another option please can any one tell me other for me..
thank you .
When you use facebook chat from desktop IMs, you will be able to use all feature that are present in facebook’s build-in online messenger.
Digsby is 3rd party messenger to support facebook’s chat feature. It is a cross-platform messenger available for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux. No hacks or plugins are required. Just register for an Digsby account and login with it. Once you are logged in, click Add Account. Now in the Accounts tab, click Add IM Account and select Facebook Chat from the list.Enter your facebook login details and start chatting. and start chatting ..
Pidgin (Cross-Platform)
Pidgin is an opensource 3rd party IM that has a large user base but sadly till today there is no official support for facebook chat. The only way to connect with Facebook chat is through a plugin.
Grab the Facebook Chat Plugin for Pidgin and with it you can log into the Facebook servers, grab the buddy list, send/receive messages, add/remove friends, receive notifications, search for Facebook friends and set your Facebook status.
Once you have installed this plugin, you will find Facebook listed among the supported IMs
Enter your facebook login details and click Add. Once added, you will see the list of facebook buddies that are online instantly.
Adium (Mac OS X)
Adium is a free opensource IM for Mac OS X. The latest version(1.3.3) has a build-in support for facebook chat, just login with your facebook accountand start..
Digsby has an official support for Facebook Chat and is available for all three operating systems, Pidgin has no official support for Facebook Chat but can be added with a plugin, while Adium officially supports Facebook Chat but is only available for Mac OS X. I prefer to use Digsby since it is more user-friendly, has full support of Facebook chat, and is available for all popular OS.