Still don’t have access to Facebook chat but want to take a sneak peak? One person emailed me this morning with details on how to do it. I tried it out and it worked for me. There were some minor issues but at least you can take a look and possibly test it out. All you need is the web developer toolbar and an installation of Firefox or Flock.
Once you’ve installed the developer toolbar, login to Facebook. Click on the “Miscellaneous” in the toolbar followed by “Show Hidden Elements.” The end result is what you see on the left. It appears to be a stream of all your recent notifications as well as basic access to chat. I tried connecting to the chat server but was unsuccessful. Facebook chat has been experiencing an extremely slow roll out and the majority of users still don’t have access to the tool.
There has been little feedback about the tool since its launch a few weeks ago. I already have a ton of chat applications and adding one more to the mix isn’t a necessity. Additionally, if you have a large contact list on Facebook your odds of receiving a random message is significantly increased, resulting in a reduction in productivity. Have you been fortunate enough to receive access to chat already? What are your thoughts on the feature? Thanks to Julian for the heads up!
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Cool! It worked for me too!
Comment by John Wooton — April 18, 2008 @ 5:55 am
FF3B5 Web Developer Plugin latest version
I am not priveledged enough Bristol network (bristol uk) or they pull the plug on this 'leak'
Comment by Nigel — April 18, 2008 @ 8:53 am
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Now that is a nice hack! And I never thought I'd find Facebook managing feature roll-out by simply hiding html elements…
Comment by Neil — April 18, 2008 @ 10:50 pm
Now that is a nice hack! And I never thought I’d find Facebook managing feature roll-out by simply hiding html elements…
Comment by Neil — April 19, 2008 @ 2:50 am
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