Hi Chris. Actually, this isn't completely true. If you read my email yesterday, I said that Trillian came out with an update that fixes not being able to connect to Facebook.
Shawn Sent from my White MacBook > On Jun 5, 2015, at 2:11 PM, christopher hallsworth <challswor...@icloud.com> > wrote: > > Hi all > > I realize this isn't new to Messages but is definitely an overlooked feature. > Most of us use Messages just for iMessages and, recently, text messages. > Using Messages with Facebook should definitely be considered now that third > party clients are forced to abandon Facebook integration due to changes in > their API. Am I right in thinking depricated means not supported rather than > stop working? >> On 5 Jun 2015, at 20:04, Grant <grant.li...@icloud.com> wrote: >> >> I have used Facebook Chat through the Messages App since getting my Mac >> almost a year ago, and I find it to be a very consistent experience. The >> only thing that some users might find problematic is that there are no >> announcements about which contacts are signing in and out. Of course, your >> buddy list will update to reflect who is online. If memory serves, there are >> also no notifications about when your buddy is typing, though I believe the >> typing status is displayed at the bottom of the conversation window. Also, >> if you turn off VoiceOver’s cursor tracking with VO+SHIFT+F3, you can keep >> VoiceOver’s focus in the conversation window but have the keyboard focus in >> the compose box. This may make it easier to keep up with a rapid >> conversation. >> >> Another person on the list indicated this week that Facebook Chat via Jabber >> is now deprecated. I have no knowledge of this, and it still seems to be >> working perfectly, so I’m not sure what the situation might be. It looks >> like Jabber support is here to stay. >> >> In Windows, you can also use Skype. If you use JAWS, I think Freedom >> Scientific is maintaining support for Skype so the chat experience should >> work fairly well. >> >> Grant >> >> On Jun 5, 2015, at 11:11 AM, christopher hallsworth >> <challswor...@icloud.com> wrote: >> >> Hi all >> >> I bring to you news that I got Facebook Chat working in both Windows and now >> on the Mac. On Windows, I use Instantbird and set up Facebook Chat with its >> native support. On the Mac, I set up a Messages account, using Jabba as the >> account type after selecting "other messages account", use >> usern...@chat.facebook.com for example >> christopher.hallswor...@chat.facebook.com >> enter my Facebook password and the rest can be left alone. It was so simple >> to set up I could have kicked myself *smile*. >> Here are the exact instructions for the Mac only; Windows users may skip >> this. >> 1. Open Messages. >> 2. Press command-comma (,) too open Preferences. >> 3. Interact with the toolbar, click accounts, stop interacting, interact >> with the account controls group, click add account and stop interacting. >> 4. Select other messages account radio button and click continue. >> 5. In the account type popup button, choose Jabba. >> 6. Enter your Facebook username and password as shown in the example above. >> Note >> Don't know your Facebook username or haven't got one yet? Go to >> www.facebook.com/username >> log in if prompted and you can either create one or learn what your username >> is. >> The rest of the settings can be left alone, and it should just work like >> anything else on the Mac. >> Happy chatting! >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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