1. Chit Chat for Facebook
Chit Chat is a free Facebook chat instant messenger (IM) that allows you to chat with your Facebook friends from your desktop. Chit Chat connects to Facebook and removes the need of a web-browser to talk over Facebook Chat. [System Requirements: Windows XP,Vista,7]
Benefits of Chit Chat for Facebook
- Fun and Free – Convenient and fun way to chat with your Facebook contacts without the hassle of surfing Facebook
- Free Your Web-Browser – No need to keep your web browser logged into Facebook
- Easy To Use – Download, install and then login with your Facebook username and password – easy!
- Popular? – Swift and fast tabbed chat Interface making it easy to talk with many Facebook friends at once
- Instant Message Notification – Lets you know when you receive an instant message.
2. Facebook Chat for Pidgin
This is a Facebook chat plugin for Pidgin and libpurple messengers. It connects to the new Facebook Chat IM service without the need for an API key. It was created by Eion Robb in May 2008 and has had major code additions by Casey Ho and Mark Doliner who joined the project at the end of 2008.
This plugin is in no way associated with Google nor the Summer of Code, other than being hosted on the Google Code website; it was written purely during the spare time of the above-mentioned developers.
3. Digsby
- Stay up to date with everything happening on your Facebook, Twitter, MySpace and LinkedIn accounts.
- Receive alerts of events such as new friend requests, messages, group invites, etc.
- The social network InfoBox gives you a real time NewsFeed of what your friends are up to. Everything from new photos, to status updates, to upcoming birthdays is just a click away.
- Set your Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn status right from Digsby.
- Avialble For Windows, Mac Osx & Linux
4. Trillian
- Your News Feed
- Notifiers for News Feed
- Join Facebook Apps
- Synchronized Status Message Updating
- Facebook Inbox Integration
- Like What You See?
- Full Chat Connection
- Birthday Reminders
- Instant Comment
- Past Chats
Requirements
Windows Microsoft Windows 2000, XP, Vista, or 7 | Mac Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard or higher | Trillian for iPhone is now available on the App Store. | Android Device Requirements Android OS 1.6 (Cupcake) or higher | BlackBerry Device Requirements BlackBerry OS 4.3 or higher | For Web You need browser
5. Yoono Desktop
Yoono is an easy to use application that allows you to connect to all your social networks and instant messaging services – in one place. Get all your friend updates, update your own status, and easily share stuff with your friends.
- Connect to all your social networks and never miss another status update from friends or family.
- Update your status across all your social networks at the same time.
- All your IM services in one application – no more logging on to multiple services.
