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Adium adds Facebook Chat support; emo kids cheer worldwide
Adium, the tasty multi-client Mac chat app, is about to get even tastier: developer Evan Schoenberg announced today on the Adium blog that he's adding Facebook Chat to the ridiculously long list of instant messaging protocols already supported by the app. He even included a screenshot of the new protocol in action, seen on the right.No word on when the new release will be available, unfortunately, but you can keep track at the Adium blog.
Thanks, Chris!
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 4)
Kevin S said 10:06PM on 5-09-2008
for the record, facebook isn't exactly for the emo kid population. until fairly recently, it was reserved for a much different demographic - people enrolled in colleges and universities.
myspace chat, on the other hand, would make the emo kids rejoice.
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tomato town said 12:55AM on 5-14-2008
There is myspace chat support in adium already....
johnjohn said 10:17PM on 5-09-2008
Since when is Facebook considered the emo crowd? Joshua Ellis is trying a bit too hard for a quip
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eric f. said 10:33AM on 5-11-2008
@ Merv... take a pill. So, he made a mistake. Your comment was so unnecessary.
Tim Shundo said 10:18PM on 5-09-2008
Emo kids?
How did you get hired here? Fail.
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Big John said 10:27PM on 5-09-2008
Swing and a miss there, Joshua. Facebook is hardly considered the emo hangout.
Might want to avoid uselessly insulting sites.
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JJV said 2:54PM on 5-11-2008
Crash N burn aswell. Oh well they cant all be perfect.
Josh said 10:27PM on 5-09-2008
Ignoring the fact that I just got called an emo, I have to say that I am pleased to see this being added. There are a few friends that I have who no longer log into AIM, MSN, or any other protocol because Facebook is in their browser at all times. I, myself, hate the way it all works and despise how large the pop out chat box is (too large for practical use in the Firefox sidebar, sadly) so being able to use it in Adium will make me very happy.
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Data said 10:33PM on 5-09-2008
Dair i ask , what is an emo kid ?
PS i'm dutch and the term is unknown to me ;-).
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roberts.austin said 1:55PM on 5-10-2008
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=emo
I could try to explain it in words but here are a few attempts at describing this sad slice of american sociology. Which doesn't really relate to facebook at all, the writer was just hoping to sound clever.
kie said 3:30AM on 5-10-2008
Google says:
Emo is a somewhat ambiguous, controversial slang term most frequently used to describe a fashion or subculture which is usually defined to have its roots in punk fashion and subculture, as well as some attributes of gothic fashion and subculture.
Bor said 4:21AM on 5-10-2008
Een gastje met zwart haar voor z'n ogen dat depressief is ;)
Yeah, that was Dutch :P
Mike Rapin said 10:37PM on 5-09-2008
haha. Emo kids! But really, I'm excited for this update.
Go Adium!
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XGM said 10:44PM on 5-09-2008
Oh cmon Facebook isnt only used by emos, but also by stalkers and girls who like to exchange the services they offer.
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Nick Catalano said 2:16PM on 5-10-2008
Exactly! (kidding)
I use Facebook to keep in touch with people that I otherwise would not keep in touch with. And I do not consider myself emo in any way. I actually formed a group that is getting quite a few members that called "Make Facebook IM OPEN with XMPP (aka Jabber)", so hopefully that group grows and Facebook takes the hint that maybe having programs like Adium rely on a closed source platform isn't the best idea
URL for Group: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=15400426431
XGM said 10:13PM on 5-10-2008
I don't know anyone who uses the Facebook chat, mostly because its just started to spread up here in Canada. In a few months this may prove useful when everyone starts using it.
neko said 10:49PM on 5-09-2008
i don't think i've even seen an emo kid on facebook. they're all on myspace with the wiggers.
(note to Data and other internationals. "emo" is pretty much what you get when you cross a goth with an indie rocker. and "wigger," which i just used, is pretty much the same thing as a chav.)
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mentalsticks said 4:40AM on 5-10-2008
Why is one allowed to say wigger and not n*gger? Shouldn't it be Wafrican Wamerican?
Eric said 12:49PM on 5-10-2008
Moon chavs, chavs on the Moon
in a Burberry spaceship
chavs on the Moon...
Karl said 11:35PM on 5-09-2008
Chiming in on the "emo?!" bandwagon.
Nice try though...
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