Questions tagged [facebook-chat]
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default camera setting in chrome, used on macbook pro to video chat through facebook messenger not respected
As per the title, I have an external webcam (logitech brio) attached and set as default in chrome. It works fine in other sites like google chat. however, Facebook Messenger always defaults to the ...
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Way to enable auto spell correct on windows 10 with any browser?
My typing is really bad so I have been trying to enable auto correct for windows 10 while using a web browser(mainly for facebook chat). I did a google search and all posts are on how to disable it. I ...
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Messenger's Nicknames are changing simultaneously in one side .What's Wrong?
Me and my friend are connected to Facebook messenger . We have changed our nicknames . but continuously at one side the nicknames are getting changed but another side its same as always . and also ...
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How to wrap every paragraph with a custom text box in Word?
I've had a plain chat conversation and need display them similarly to how they are designed in Messenger. Since this is a long conversation, I need a method to do it at once. I know this might be ...
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Valid FFmpeg parameters for Facebook Messenger video upload [duplicate]
I'm trying to stitch together a bunch of images to form a video with FFmpeg (Latest static release by Zeranoe, 3.2.4).
My current command is:
-i "%d.png" -mbd rd -c:v libx264 -flags +mv4+aic -...
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waiting for 6-edge-chat.facebook.com forever on Chrome
For about a couple of days now, I cannot browse facebook.com properly anymore on Chrome.
The main page is displayed, then it stalls while waiting for 6-edge-chat.facebook.com forever. It seems ...
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Blank favicon for redirecting bookmark on Google Chrome
I've bookmarked the Messenger website on chrome. When visiting this website, users are redirected to their most recent conversation. As a result, my bookmark's favicon is left blank. Is there a way to ...
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Block facebook messenger and whatsApp on Dlink router
I would like to block facebook messenger and whatsApp on my Dlink router DSL-2730U. I googled the same and tried some of the methods but not a single one worked. It's really important as I want to ...
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Pidgin purple-facebook based account opens up many chatboxes automatically
I installed the pidgin purple-facebook plugin. Whenever I create an account using this plugin, after pidgin logs into the facebook account, automatically my last 50 or so facebook chats open up in the ...
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Just a little confusion about Facebook Chat in Thunderbird
Facebook deprecated their XMPP Chat API for whatever evil business reasons they had. As their documentation and various blog posts or even StackExchange questions say, accessing Facebook Chat in that ...
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Is there a way to see my messages sent by other clients in Pidgin?
When I have multiple Facebook Chat or Google Hangouts official clients connected to the same account, all messages that I type in one client appear on the other.
But if one of this clients is Pidgin, ...
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How to disable Facebook chat permanentaly without losing XMPP capability
The Facebook chat can be used both on the website and with XMPP, for instance with Pidgin. I want to use only the latter option. Now when I visit facebook.com to look at my newsfeed, I am bothered ...
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Receiving pictures directly in Pidgin over Facebook
I am using Pidgin for the Facebook chat. Every time someone sends a picture or a file in Facebook, I just receive an annoying link in Pidgin. Is there any plugin to display the picture in Pidgin or ...
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Can I get Pidgin to show idle Facebook mobile users?
Following Facebook's closure of their desktop IM application, I've reluctantly moved to using Pidgin.
However it reports all my friends who are idle on mobile devices as "offline" which isn't very ...
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Facebook pulled its Messenger for Desktop link? [closed]
Did Facebook remove the link to download Messnger for Windows from their site? Their help pages point here https://www.facebook.com/about/messenger but this page only shows the mobile app for iPhone, ...
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How to connect with Pidgin to Facebook-chat and Google Talk when XMPP port 5222 is blocked?
I have not been able to google this straightforwardly, so here it goes for others.
Many networks have firewalls that block all but the basic ports. I am on one of them but I still want to acces gtalk ...
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Pidgin connects to Facebook chat but not to GTalk wiht Tor. How can that be?
I am using Pidgin on Ubuntu 12.04. The university network blocks (I think) port 5222 for XMMP connections. I thought about using Tor to circumvent that. I installed Tor and configured pidgin to use it....
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Reliable facebook XMPP client [closed]
Is there any client out there that could reliably connect to facebook XMPP? I have tried Skype, pidgin, gajim and psi None of them can connect reliably. Some fail silently, others disconnect after 10 ...
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Can't add Facebook account to messages in Windows 8
Every time I try to link my Facebook account so that I can use the Windows 8 messaging app, it shows me this:
It has now been over 24 hours, and Facebook has been working fine the whole time, so I'm ...
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Why does Facebook Chat through XMPP protocol on Pidgin Portable not authorize? [closed]
I heard you can use facebook chat on desktops now. Thats awsome! What i didn't hear is that it is a pain in the butt! Not awsome!
I've followed six nearly identical sets of instructions from six ...
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Facebook chat doesn't work in Windows Live Messenger 2011
I've just installed Windows Live Messenger and connected both my Live and Facebook accounts.
However, I'm unable to see my facebook contacts in the chat panel. When I choose the "Facebook" friends ...
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Pidgin and Facebook two-factor authentication
Since I enabled two-factor authentication on Facebook:
Login Approvals
When an unrecognized computer or device tries to access my account:
Require me to enter a security code sent to my phone
pidgin-...
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How to telnet into facebook chat
I was able to use facebook chat with an external application using the following information:
First, find your Facebook username by
going to
http://www.facebook.com/your_user/.
Next, Open ...
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Is there a Facebook Chat for Windows Live Messenger?
Is there a way to have FaceBook chat in Windows Live Messenger kind of like the way Digsby does it? Like, without making my friends get Windows Live accounts. Is this possible? I have the latest ...
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