{"id":2541,"date":"2009-05-11T22:59:44","date_gmt":"2009-05-11T21:59:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thomasgericke.de\/v4\/interactive\/blog\/?p=2541"},"modified":"2009-05-11T22:59:44","modified_gmt":"2009-05-11T21:59:44","slug":"for-all-facebook-users-facebook-chat-with-your-im-client","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thomasgericke.de\/v4\/interactive\/blog\/2009\/05\/for-all-facebook-users-facebook-chat-with-your-im-client\/","title":{"rendered":"For all facebook users: facebook chat with your IM client"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Do you use facebook and facebook’s chat function once in a while? Yes? <\/strong>And do you know Digsby? No? Not yet?! Well, you should! <\/strong><\/p>\n

I used to use Trillian as Instant Messaging client like for years, but last autumn, I switched to Digsby: <\/strong>http:\/\/www.digsby.org\/<\/strong><\/a>. <\/strong><\/p>\n

It’s a high performant IM client with lots of features and (that’s what I like most about Digsby!) some great Web 2.0 implementations.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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I guess, some of you might use facebook’s chat function. So did I but I did not like it that much. It totally wrecked my nerves to use my webbrowser for a chat. You may know the tiny little conversation windows as it appears on the very bottom of your browser tab. And that’s (at least for me) the first problem: conversations are bound to exactly this browser and this tab.<\/p>\n

If I open facebook’s website at work and forget to close the browser or the tab before I leave for home, I appear as online to all my friends, they write me and wonder, why I don’t reply – even if I’m online at home, but did not check into facebook’s website.<\/p>\n

It might be a great function – but I really don’t like it. I’m used to certain applications for instant messaging. Such as Digsby.<\/p>\n

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Digsby has even more than a full Web 2.0 integration – you may use this IM client as a fully compatible and realtime instant messanger for facebook. Simply check “Tools” in the applications menu, then “Preferences”, then hit “Add IM Account” and select “Facebook Chat”.<\/p>\n

Once you entered your correct account data, your online facebook friends will appear in Digsby’s Buddy List – right between your Buddies from ICQ, MSN, Jabber, …<\/p>\n

And this really is realtime. I noticed no lag so far. The sign-on and sign-off popups even show your friends most recent status, which turned out to be very usefull for me. This is how I noticed, one of my facebook friends had a BBQ yesterday, so I could join \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Once you double click one of your friends in your Buddy List, a conversation window opens – just like every IM client should behave.<\/p>\n

You may also use the shortcuts to your friend’s profile, wall, photos and so on. Check out the following screenshots:<\/p>\n

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For me, this is a very useful IM integration. Check it out! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Bye, T.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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