Sunday, January 25, 2009

Update on Facebook Chat

Ciao lume!

I finally decided to go ahead and check out the Facebook Chat plugin for Pidgin. I have not tested it in Windows, only in Linux; however I imagine in both cases it would work pretty much the same. It actually seems fairly flawless so far, and actually quite useful. If you don't notice that you receive Facebook Chat messages via Facebook because you're not constantly looking at your web browser, and as a result frequently leave your friends hanging, definitely give it a try. (Oh.. You also have to use Pidgin.) The only complaint I would have is the constant buddy sign on, sign off messages, so you'll probably want to disable them: any time your Facebook friends close Facebook, they sign off. Anytime they reopen Facebook, they sign on. Think about how often you open and close Facebook, and then think about how many friends you actually have on Facebook (probably a few more friends than you're used to having simultaneously signed into AIM or MSN).

Here's the link to give it a try: http://code.google.com/... , for Windows or Linux.