The Facebook Chat Feature
I’m one of those who usually run several chat clients at the same time. Jabber, Skype, IRC are the main protocols I’m using. Now that Facebook added a chat application, I tried to find out how it works for my purposes.
Not to make this entry much longer than needed: It does not. Facebooks chat application does not work for me. Browser based communication doesn’t force me to participate, it’s the same effect with Twitter as soon as the API is on strike again. Facebook could become the ICQ of 1999, when adding a XMPP-API to it’s chat. Right now it’s perfect for asynchronously missing the others messages and just a waste.
