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Re: [wg-pic] Another win for XMPP: Facebook Chat opens up


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  • From: Mark Sirota <>
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  • Cc: Tim Callahan <>
  • Subject: Re: [wg-pic] Another win for XMPP: Facebook Chat opens up
  • Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:06:42 -0500 (EST)
----- "Tim Callahan"
<>
wrote:
> We brought this up a couple times last year, and it looked like it was
> going nowhere. Now Facebook Chat has opened up with XMPP. It looks
> like the real thing, and it is not client-specific like previous
> solutions. (I haven’t tried it yet.)

I'm using it now. It mostly works, but
(1) their server isn't federated
(2) Your Facebook password is sent in the clear
(3) the LHS of the JID is nonsense
(4) in some cases you'll receive the chat in both the web interface and
the Jabber client, which is awkward.

Otherwise it's seamless.

Mark

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