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by Kompulsa 4309 days ago
I appreciated the ability to have a messenger running on the computer which would always notify me of new messages, instead of having a Facebook tab open in the web browser.
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Facebook chat is just XMPP, you can use desktop clients to receive messages. Facebook themselves recommend Pidgin and Adium: https://www.facebook.com/sitetour/chat.php
no group chat.