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You won't find any revolutionary features with Facebook Chat IM, a free instant messaging program, but it does give you a way to easily interface with your Facebook friends.
The free instant messaging tool presents an interface that anyone who has used an IM program will understand. Even those with no experience using an instant messenger will find the simple, clean interface easy to follow. There's a field for your message, a Send button -- all you need to instantly keep up with what your Facebook pals are doing. And you'll find all the staples of instant messaging, including emoticons, status updates, sound alerts, but you can also manage your Facebook privacy settings with the app.
One minor issue we found during the test is that the application installed a desktop icon without permission, but otherwise it works well as an IM program. Facebook users will like the integration with the popular social media site.
Publisher's Description
From Facebook Chat IM:
Facebook Chat IM is a free and open source Instant Messenger for Facebook, with it you can chat with all your Facebook friends directly from your Desktop without the need to be logged on to Facebook, so you can chat with your friends while surfing the Web, watching a movie or even when working. It's simple and convenient to use and offers many great features such as emoticons for Facebook, status update notification, sound alerts, chat history and much more. With Facebook Chat IM you'll never miss a friend and you'll have more fun while talking to them.
What's new in this version: Version 1.1 fixed reported bug that caused client to be unresponsive under certain conditions
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"MALWARE!!!! DO NOT INSTALL"
Version: Facebook Chat IM 1.1
Pros
This software ruined my home pc.
Cons
This has ruined my pc, I had to pay $385 to a local computer shop to retrieve all my old photos and word documents. I'm warning you, be careful this software will harm your computer!
Summary
DO NOT DOWNLOAD THIS, IT WILL NOT ONLY INSTALL MALWARE BUT ALSO KILL YOUR HARD DRIVE!!!
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"Finally! a normal Facebook chat"
Version: Facebook Chat IM 1.1
Pros
Finally I don't have to have Facebook open in front of me, it's so annoying!! This is the way Facebook chat supposed to be... It's very simple, I can use emoticons faster and do other stuff while i'm chatting away.
Cons
So far so good
Summary
Very cool, it's about time too... Facebook should try harder with their own chat and this is how they should do it.
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"A great simple program"
Version: Facebook Chat IM 1.1
Pros
Simple, easy to use, solves such an annoying problem with Facebook in an elegant way.
Cons
None so far
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"Don't like the program"
Version: Facebook Chat IM 1.1
Pros
Might actually work if there wasn't cons.
Cons
I found the program to be potentially dangerous. Through several "program checkers", it has "bad" ratings. It was difficult to uninstall. I had to use regedit. It also seemed to open unwelcome ports in "firewall". I didn't even want to take anymore chances. Besides, there are plenty of other face-to-face camera chat programs that have been proven safe and faster. Use at your own risk.
Summary
Not a good program. I don't like it and don't recommend it.
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