Part of Facebook’s event, alongside the introduction of Skype-powered video calling, the social network also brought a whole new Facebook Chat box to the table.
The new method of keeping in touch with friends in real-time does away with the older method of having popups and detachable windows in favor of a static – and rather large – sidebar.
As with so many alterations to popular websites these days, Facebook’s Messaging Sidebar can actually be replaced with something a little less intrusive and a little more useful.
There are two ways of achieving this:
The first option is a simple link that opens the good old chat box in a new window or tab, bringing the same functionality Facebook fans have been enjoying for years. None of this sidebar rubbish here!
Just visit http://www.facebook.com/presence/popout.php in a new window while signed into Facebook.
The second approach is for the Chrome users out there.
If Google’s browser is your particular bag, then you can install a FB Chat extension called Fix the New Facebook Chat that basically keeps the same styling as the new sidebar, but hides all the offline contacts.
The new method of keeping in touch with friends in real-time does away with the older method of having popups and detachable windows in favor of a static – and rather large – sidebar.
As with so many alterations to popular websites these days, Facebook’s Messaging Sidebar can actually be replaced with something a little less intrusive and a little more useful.
There are two ways of achieving this:
The first option is a simple link that opens the good old chat box in a new window or tab, bringing the same functionality Facebook fans have been enjoying for years. None of this sidebar rubbish here!
Just visit http://www.facebook.com/presence/popout.php in a new window while signed into Facebook.
The second approach is for the Chrome users out there.
If Google’s browser is your particular bag, then you can install a FB Chat extension called Fix the New Facebook Chat that basically keeps the same styling as the new sidebar, but hides all the offline contacts.
Out of frustration of the new facebook chat system, you know – the one that shows offline contacts jumbled up awkwardly with online and Idle contacts – I decided to create an extension to hide all the offline contacts to have a simplified interface which will show only Online and Idle contacts side-by-side, similar to the old interface, with the added bonus of the new search function and multi-person chat function!Both methods achieve the same result, that is to show online contacts only. Stay turned and sorry for missing.
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