Monday 31 October 2011

How to change to old chat interface in facebook


Facebook has been constantly amending its features in competition with giants.Facebook has recently launched a new interface for the chat option. This alteration has  received great acceptance among  many usres.Different from  the previous chat option, this new Facebook chat window will be displayed in the sidebar pushing the actual Facebook interface to a little left. This alteration has been comfortless for users for the reason being  not able to chat with group of friends. It shows people who are invisible /logger off ,which added to grudege of users.

Here's how to deal with the issue ,to view  just the friends who are online.

1) Use the Facebook Pop-out Chat

2) Using Browser Plugin

How to use Browser Plugins?

Firefox Users can install  Grease Monkey add-onGrease monkey add-on and then install the Facebook Chat Enhancer  script to get back your old Facebook chat interface. Restart your browser and view the old chat (slightly modified).

Chrome Users can directly install the Facebook Chat Enhancer script . Restart your browser to view the changes.

After installing the above plugins (either in Firefox or Chrome), you’ll see the chat box like shown in below image. After installing the script, the chat box will be detached from the sidebar. if you feel unsafe of external scripts , try out 2 nd option

How to Use the Facebook Pop-out Chat?

Simply go to http://www.facebook.com/presence/popout.php which will open up a separate chat window where you can view only the friends who are online.


Resources :

 for greasemonkey add-on  -   Grease Monkey add-on

 for facebook chat enhancer script  -   Facebook Chat Enhancer  

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