Tired of not being notified when you receive a new message within Facebook chat? If you are like the majority of users and not already using Digsby to login to your Facebook chat, you probably don’t know when you are receiving new messages. Aside from having an updated page title within the tab in your browser there is no way to know if you’ve received a new message. Google’s way around this within their Gmail chat is to provide a notifying sound that alerts you to new messages.
Apparently Facebook has plans of a similar feature. There is currently a setting hidden within the site’s html that says “Play sound for new messages.” That’s pretty useful and something I figured they would have implemented when the chat first launched. As I’ve written over at the Social Times, I have decided to start using Digsby as my chat client. It works great. For those that don’t want to install another application on their computer though, this new sound notification could be a much welcomed feature.
Then again for those that receive a dozen new messages once they log on to the site, this may not be a feature that they truly enjoy. I know I surely get tired of hearing the notification bell from Gchat every time I receive a message. Fortunately you can select whether or not the sound will play. Are you happy to see this new feature on Facebook chat?
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Apparently, Facebook does not roll out the feature across the board. I went to the same area and no bueno.
Comment by pixelbud — May 5, 2008 @ 11:45 am
Facebook is right now sucking on that. i have that option enabled, but yet, i still get no sound when i get messages and my speaker volume is fine because i play dvd’s and talk through AIM at the same time. I use google chrome. i tried it in firefox and all i get is this pip sound which sounds like my speakers are going to explode as well as it freezes for a sec when someone sends a message and screws up my typing. IE won’t display sound either. I wish i knew how to fix this. stupid facebook.
Comment by Zorro — July 17, 2009 @ 2:30 am
Yup, I use Orca Browser and Firefox and all I get is this barely-audible "pip". Hey facebook, how about giving us a few sound options?
Comment by The Old Wolf — August 6, 2009 @ 5:24 pm
i used to have a click when using chat now i no longer get it,..i get a dull thud instead can u please advize
Comment by todd — August 20, 2009 @ 11:58 pm
i haven't got any sound and i had it yesterday .today its gone
Comment by ron krause — October 17, 2009 @ 2:30 pm
The faint sound that is given when someone sends me a face book chat is hardly audible. There should be a volume control or a selection of some other sound
Comment by ally — January 17, 2010 @ 2:20 pm
Same as for the others and Zorro, we need sound options in Facebook that allow us settings. The setting needs to include changing the sound type we the users would like to listen to. They could further add sounds as other services such as AOL do into your windows sound settings to further help. Thanks.
Comment by Glenn Rioux — April 22, 2010 @ 9:56 am
whatever
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Comment by Dr-Mohamed Rashed — November 12, 2010 @ 2:31 pm
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