iChat, one of the most popular instant messaging platforms for the mac, just added a new message platform to its portfolio. iChat users can now connect with their Facebook friends without navigating to facebook.com
Thanks to the development team at Facebook, you can now stay up to date with all your Facebook friends through Facebook Chat in iChat. Utilizing Jabber, the same Instant Messaging technology that powers google talk, Facebook Chat is now available on iChat and other instant messaging software clients.
Add Facebook Chat to iChat
If you’re interested in how to add Facebook to iChat follow the steps listed below:
- Open iChat and select “Preferences” from the iChat menu dropdown.
- Click the “Accounts” tab and then click the “+” at the bottom.
- Select “Jabber” from the drop-down menu and then enter the following info:
Screen Name: [yourfullusername]@chat.facebook.com
Password: [your Facebook password] - Click the arrow next to “Server Options” and enter the following server option information:
Server: chat.facebook.com
Port: 5222
(Uncheck the box labeled “Use SSL”)
Once you’ve finished the steps above, click the done button and your Facebook Chat list should open in iChat. It should be just a matter of seconds before your “always” available for your Facebook friends to reach out to your through iChat and instant message about the latest happenings.
If you’re not big on logging in to check on your Facebook updates, but like to quickly communicate with friends, this is a great way to keep in touch with people without all the distraction of Facebook status updates.
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When I enter my FaceBook username, Jabber says it is not a “valid Jabber ID”. I’ve tried two or three of the email addresses linked to my FaceBook account and couldn’t connect that way either.
You can find your username in Facebook by navigating to Account >> Account Settings and then checking what is under your username.
so then you enter [insertusernamehere]@chat.facebook.com
this worked perfectly! thanks! i followed the instructions and voilaa! to the other people with some trouble, make sure you go to your profile, see your used id (it’ll say facebook.profile.php/your user name or something like that. then do the username @chat.facebook.com you shouldnt have any problems. its not your email.
this isnt working for me, ive tried so many times with my facebook username and it doesnt work, my aol email is different from facebook does that have anything to do with it?
make sure you’re using the correct full username : You can find your username in Facebook by navigating to Account >> Account Settings and then checking what is under your username.
so then you enter [insertusernamehere]@chat.facebook.com
i did that like a thousand times it’s still not letting me:((
jojo—i got the answer for u. same prob with me too. I changed the passwordto new one and it worked great…try it.
Thank you sooooo much, changing the password worked. It was starting to drive me crazy.