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superbriggs
Asked: 2013-04-01 10:47:09 +0800 CST

Is there a Facebook messenger app

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I am looking for desktop application for Facebook messenger. I know Pidgin can work with Facebook chat, but it cannot work with any messenger with a person who is offline. Is there a program which can do this?

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6 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    I don't know if you're still looking, but here's your answer. It's not an official Facebook app, but I use it every day and I love it.

    enter image description here Here is the link to the site I used to download it

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  2. General way

    So what about Empathyinstallit ?
    Usually empathy is installed in Ubuntu when it comes. But if no go ahead install it from here. Or just click button

    download button
    enter image description here

    Note you can't write to offline person. But I think if you will have conversation already opened you can.

    Alternative way

    So here is alternative way: integrating facebook chat with firefox, read more here
    And install plugin from here
    facebook in firefox

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  3. Yes there is !

    Here is an "un-official official facebook messenger" app.

    enter image description here

    You can download from here: http://messengerfordesktop.com

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  4. There seems to be something interesting going on here: http://messengerfordesktop.com/#download

    Actually it's just an unofficial desktop wrapper over this site: https://www.messenger.com/login/#

    Still it's kinda nice to have that as a separate window.

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  5. If you're still interested, I think I found a solution. Open the https://www.messenger.com site on Chrome or Chromium, the same site which the above-mentioned app (which is somewhat unreliable) is just a wrapper for. Then you click on the top right options in Chromium, select more Tools -> Add site to Desktop.

    Then if you search your launcher, there'll be a web app called 'Messenger' which loads up exactly what you're looking for. It's basically the original Chromium page but without any toolbars, very minimalist ...

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  6. For me the best alternative for now is Franz:

    http://meetfranz.com/

    It is a cross-platform program and supports many other messengers.

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