Stay connected in Facebook while developing your Solutions.
With this tool you can chat with your facebook-contacts while coding.
No reason to break your workflow for a simple question.
Visual feedback - Every time a contact writes a message to you, the item in the userlist is highlightet, never miss a message.
Audio Feedback - Turn on Audiofeedback and stay concentrated except if its neccessary to comunicate with your contacts.
Visual Sutdio build in - You dont have to change between bowser and Visual Studio to communicate with other developers or contacts at facebook, keep your workflow up.
Usage
Install the Plugin
Make it visible by clicking on 'View' --> 'More Windows' --> 'Facebook Chat'
Click anywhere on the Chatwindow to trigger the Login-Popup
Enter your Credentials (If you are not sure what your right Facebook-ID is, just go to Facebook in a WebBrowser and click on your own name, the last part of the url (f.e. www.facebook.com/peter -> 'peter') is your id to login. And hit the Login-Button
The userlist will load all your caontacts (this can take 10-30 seconds)
Choose your actual chatpartner by klicking his/her name in the Userlist
Type in your message and hit Return (if you want to repeat a already send message, just navigate through your last inputs by pressing up/down while focus is on the input box)
To Dis/Enable sound klick the button with the Speaker.
Technical Information
This plugin uses agsXmpp and JSON.Net. agsXmpp is managing the connection to Facebook on XMPP-Level. JSON.Net is parsing the JSON-Response für the User-Profile.
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