That's good to know. Will check out the updated Trillion soon.
> On 5 Jun 2015, at 22:00, Shawn Krasniuk <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> 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 <[email protected]> 
>> 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 <[email protected]> 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 
>>> <[email protected]> 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 
>>> [email protected] for example
>>> [email protected]
>>> 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!
>>> 
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