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! >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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 [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> 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 [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> 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 [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> 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 [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
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