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Facebook to Launch Jabber/XMPP Support for Chat
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Facebook has announced support for chat via Jabber and XMPP. These are two of the primary standards for instant messaging protocol on the web. The new format will enable developers to integrate chat within their applications both internally and externally to Facebook. This update will also enable developers to update a user’s status via the new protocol.
Is Facebook looking to extend the reach of its applications beyond the Walled Garden just like Google is doing with OpenSocial? Will this mean a stand alone Facebook Chat Client (don’t know if that makes sense). Chat within applications is surely a great idea. Certain applications have become interactive avenues and ‘micro networks’ by themselves. How developers and creative ideators exploit chat beyond the obvious will be interesting to see.
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“Jabber” and “XMPP” are basically the same (so no “two standards”) and they are not only used on the “Web”, but rather on the “Internet” (and intranets and whatever networks).
It means that “universal IM” clients like Pidgin (formerly GAIM), Trillian, and Adium would be able to implement it.