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Facebook Chat Open to All Within Weeks

Posted by Nick O'Neill on April 22nd, 2008 9:27 AM
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Over the weekend chat finally turned on for me. I’ve been playing around with it some and have found it to be a useful tool so far. I reached out to Facebook to find out how many networks now have access and while they could comment on existing networks they said that Facebook will be open for all within a few weeks. While I don’t have an exact date, I know it will be soon.

Many have complained that they aren’t able to access chat yet. I provided a quick hack the other day to get a sneak peak but unfortunately it wasn’t a good solution if you wanted to use the tool on a regular basis. After using chat for a while, the one thing that I’ve found a little challenging is the lack of notifications of new messages.

While a the title of the page changes via a tab in my browser, there is no sound made to alert me to the new message. By the time I get to messages, the person who contacted me is typically gone. Then again, I could theoretically use chat in a separate window. For now, I’m going to stick with my current chat solutions. There is enough noise in my life for one person to deal with. Have you been provided access to chat yet? What network are you in?

 



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36 Comments »

  1. They've turned Facebook chat into a demanded entity, rather than having a backlash from the users. They have learned from News Feed and Beacon, though they seem to be very cautious with the roll-out.Or it could just be scalability, I am just speculating.

    Comment by Benjamin Parr — April 22, 2008 @ 4:36 am

  2. They've turned Facebook chat into a demanded entity, rather than having a backlash from the users. They have learned from News Feed and Beacon, though they seem to be very cautious with the roll-out.

    Or it could just be scalability, I am just speculating.

    Comment by Benjamin Parr — April 22, 2008 @ 5:36 am

  3. when there will be jabber support?

    Comment by eliazu — April 22, 2008 @ 5:58 am

  4. Boston appears to have gotten it yesterday. It's nice, but I have my FB window minimized most of the time, so I'm seriously hitting the problem of people trying to chat and not being able to get my attention.(And I agree that Jabber support would be faboo…)

    Comment by Mark Waks — April 22, 2008 @ 7:00 am

  5. Boston appears to have gotten it yesterday. It's nice, but I have my FB window minimized most of the time, so I'm seriously hitting the problem of people trying to chat and not being able to get my attention.

    (And I agree that Jabber support would be faboo…)

    Comment by Mark Waks — April 22, 2008 @ 8:00 am

  6. when there will be jabber support?

    Comment by eliazu — April 22, 2008 @ 9:58 am

  7. I live in Washington DC and we go chat on Sunday. I like it but not having a notification or sound or something to tell when a message comes in is a problem.

    Comment by mak10 — April 22, 2008 @ 12:03 pm

  8. Yep, Boston actually got it on Sunday.

    Comment by Alex — April 22, 2008 @ 1:00 pm

  9. I too have now got it. I'm in the UK and not in a "network".

    Comment by Daryl — April 22, 2008 @ 10:49 pm

  10. I got it just now. Ottawa, Canada. I have friends in numerous other cities around Canada and NA who seem to have it too.

    Comment by JT — April 23, 2008 @ 12:04 am

  11. It seems to appear for me in Egypt Network .. and It works fine ..

    Comment by Hisham Sadek — April 23, 2008 @ 12:14 am

  12. Greece network got it today! A strange problem…i use IE 7 with Windows Vista and it says that I am using IE6 :-O and I can't use it properly… Firefox is ok… anyone knows something about that>?

    Comment by Manos — April 23, 2008 @ 12:32 am

  13. Facebook Chat activated for my network Inland Empire, CA and also my friends in Lebanon and other parts of the world! I think we're getting there!

    Comment by Jad Bourji — April 23, 2008 @ 12:55 am

  14. Facebook Chat is now up in Australia. =)

    Comment by Robbi — April 23, 2008 @ 12:58 am

  15. Greece network got it today!

    A strange problem…i use IE 7 with Windows Vista and it says that I am using IE6 :-O and I can't use it properly… Firefox is ok… anyone knows something about that>?

    Comment by Manos — April 23, 2008 @ 1:32 am

  16. Croatia got it today, and it's fantastic. :)

    Comment by Chrisette — April 23, 2008 @ 1:51 am

  17. I too have now got it. I’m in the UK and not in a “network”.

    Comment by Daryl — April 23, 2008 @ 2:49 am

  18. It's workin now in the Luxembourg (Europe) network!

    Comment by Fran — April 23, 2008 @ 4:05 am

  19. The Facebook Chat app is not working in Luxembourg, Europe!

    Comment by Fran — April 23, 2008 @ 4:07 am

  20. Facebook chat is up and running for me and all my friends as of this morning too.

    Comment by Adam Melson — April 23, 2008 @ 4:50 am

  21. I got it just now. Ottawa, Canada. I have friends in numerous other cities around Canada and NA who seem to have it too.

    Comment by JT — April 23, 2008 @ 4:04 am

  22. Facebook Chat activated for my network Inland Empire, CA and also my friends in Lebanon and other parts of the world! I think we’re getting there!

    Comment by Jad Bourji — April 23, 2008 @ 4:55 am

  23. Facebook Chat is now up in Australia. =)

    Comment by Robbi — April 23, 2008 @ 4:58 am

  24. Yeah, I think it's been extanded to most of Facebook users. Alle Quebec province has it this morning.

    Comment by Isatruc — April 23, 2008 @ 6:30 am

  25. It’s workin now in the Luxembourg (Europe) network!

    Comment by Fran — April 23, 2008 @ 8:05 am

  26. The Facebook Chat app is not working in Luxembourg, Europe!

    Comment by Fran — April 23, 2008 @ 8:07 am

  27. Facebook chat is up and running for me and all my friends as of this morning too.

    Comment by Adam Melson — April 23, 2008 @ 8:50 am

  28. Yeah, I think it’s been extanded to most of Facebook users. Alle Quebec province has it this morning.

    Comment by Isatruc — April 23, 2008 @ 9:30 am

  29. [...] morning I said that Facebook chat would be open for all within a matter of weeks. It appears as though it happened [...]

    Pingback by Facebook Chat Launches for All - The Unofficial Facebook Blog — April 23, 2008 @ 11:11 am

  30. its now up in Iran's Network as well! haha

    Comment by M — April 23, 2008 @ 1:11 pm

  31. its now up in Iran’s Network as well! haha

    Comment by M — April 23, 2008 @ 5:11 pm

  32. If any parson like me pls.mail your comments.This is looking for best frien & should concern on awere…..Thanks……….Samir Abedin Mir

    Comment by Samir Abedin Mir — October 26, 2009 @ 6:19 am

  33. I downloaded facebook bout a month ago but I don't have a place where I can chat with my friends what will I need 2 download to be able 2 access chat

    Comment by Bertha Mcgilberry — January 15, 2010 @ 9:21 pm

  34. For the LORD taken pleasure in his pple.

    Comment by Emmanuel Gyimah — February 16, 2010 @ 12:13 pm

  35. I like a guy a my school but I'm not going to call the name, he is tall dark and so handsome****tell me if i sould tell him or not from Innswood high school.

    Comment by Melonie — February 25, 2010 @ 4:36 am

  36. WHEN YOU LET ME KNOW I WILL CONTACT YOU.

    Comment by Melonie — February 25, 2010 @ 4:39 am

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