Facebook Chat plugin for Pidgin
by Jason on Jun.20, 2008, under software
Google Code has published (created? sponsored? I’m not sure how that works) a plugin for the Pidgin IM aggregator client that works with Facebook chat. Once it’s installed, you can add your Facebook account as a new account, and it works just like every other chat network.
This is great as far as I’m concerned. I use Pidgin and am not a fan of Facebook chat (or web-based chat in general). Some of my friends use Facebook but not regular IM.
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August 6th, 2008 on 2:36 pm
well it’s pretty much useless, i tried it just now and though i can see my contacts and they can receive messages from me…they are not able to send a message back since i appear offline as soon as i stop typing
im about to try digsby and the FF toolbar to see how successful those apps take Fb chat out of the facebook interface
August 6th, 2008 on 2:40 pm
I haven’t found it useless at all — works like a charm for me.