February 15, 2010 / Pratik

Facebook Chat and Jabber

I’m kind of an idealist. I like open standards, because it’s more flexible for me. Facebook recently added the ability to use your Jabber capable Instant Messenger program (e.g. iChat, Adium, Pidgin) with Facebook Chat. Historically, a lot non-technical people tend to use other instant messenger programs whose business tactics reminded me of ma bell (AT&T while they had a monopoly). I know I’ll be able taken advantage of this new change, but I’m wondering will non-technical people take advantage of this new change?