Install Pretty Facebook Chat
Firstly, you must have the Google Chrome browser installed on your computer. If you have it installed, log in to your Facebook account, then head over to the Google Chrome Webstore and search for ‘Pretty Facebook Chat’.
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After the results appear, click on the ‘Add To Chrome’ button to
install the extension. Installation is automatic and will only take
seconds.
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Once installed, you will see a small red icon in the address bar at
the top right corner, with a notification indicating that your
installation is complete.
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Now open your Facebook Wall. If it is already open, refresh the page
and you will be able to see a second red icon at a separate place, at
the bottom of the browser just next to the Facebook translation icon.
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Click the icon to toggle the switch to ON. Once Pretty Facebook Chat
is in active mode, you can start chatting with anyone, and you will see
that the chat box is no longer attached to the bottom of the browser.
You can now drag it anywhere within the browser.
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Emoticons, Font and Box Size
Let’s look at how you can start using emoticons and changing the font and box size.
a. Emoticons
From the chat box, there will be a smiley emoticon visible at the top
right corner of the box, just mouse-hover over it and a pop-up window
will appear with a selection of emoticons to choose from.
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B. Font Size & Box size
Now at the top right corner of the browser (inside the address bar)
there’s another icon indicating that you have Pretty Facebook Chat
installed. Click on that button to change the font and box sizes. You
can control the chat box shadow too.
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Conclusion
With Pretty Facebook Chat,
you have more control over your Facebook chat box. Chatting with
friends will be more fun with tons of emoticons to choose from. And
let’s not forget the newly acquired mobility of the chat box, it no
longer has to be stuck at the crummy corner, below eye-level.
deleting facebook messages (Slow)
You can open your Facebook messages and you can select to send your
messages to ‘Archive’, one by one. However, the message you delete will
not be removed permanently; it will reappear when the person sends you
new messages.
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To delete individual messages, you need to open each message first. Do this by clicking on the Actions button and select Delete Messages.
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You will see all your messages with this friend, with checkboxes on
the side of each message. Select the messages you want to delete by
‘checking’ the box next to the message, or simply click on the Delete all button.
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It’s tedious, isn’t it?
ChitChat
– If Facebook were to develop a standalone messenger on the lines of
Yahoo! or Google Talk, it might look something like ChitChat.
ChitChat
is a Windows-only desktop client for Facebook that provides a tabbed
window to make it easy for you to talk to may friends at once. It will
also show notifications in the tray when your friends go online or when
they have signed out. The application is in RC stage so expect a few
bugs.
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If you are connected with too many people on Facebook and need to
hide your online status on Facebook Chat from certain contacts, here’s
some help.
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Facebook has integrated friends list with Chat and you can also choose which of these list members get to see you online.
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So
you can stay visible to your family members and close friends while the
rest of your Facebook friends won’t know if you are logged into
Facebook.
Earlier you had to completely turn off Facebook chat in order to hide your online status from other contacts.
The Facebook chat window has easy sliders so you can easily toggle your online status for any friends list in a click.
