How To Fix New Facebook Chat For Seeing Whoâs Really Online
by GadgetGizmodo
A couple of weeks back, Facebook rolled out its new chat interface. We wonât lie, it sucks big time. Its not practical in any way and is a pain in the sitter if youâre one who relies on Facebook chat for online conversations. Nevertheless, we shall show you in this tutorial how you can fix new Facebook chat and get the old chat sidebar once again.
This new chat sidebar is Facebookâs attempt to make its chat smarter. We donât know about that, but it sure is inconvenient. First, you are displayed an assortment of your Friends with whom you are most likely to chat with and thereâs no way to tell who is online or offline. Considering the scenario in which you want to avoid someone in your Friends list but also really need to send someone a message through Facebook chat. Youâll have to check Available for Chat in order to see whoâs online, and in that leap of faith youâll get caught by the very same person you were trying to avoid, because now youâre available to chat and they are online at the same time.
Also, this new chat sidebar takes up considerable space and youâll be frustrated if you are using a small monitor. The old Facebook chat sidebar was amazing, it allowed you to see who was online and it didnât randomly show a dozen people. We just donât get the fact why Facebook tries to fix something that isnât broken in the first place. Anyhow, that aside the purpose of this post is to teach you to fix new Facebook chat in order to get the old Facebook chat sidebar that and the procedure to do that is documented down below.
Note: You must be using Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox or Opera on your Windows or Mac computer.
Basically, we are going to use add-ons / extensions to fix new Facebook chat. If you are using Google Chrome, an extension aptly named Facebook Chat Sidebar Disabler will fix new Facebook chat and will bring back the old Facebook chat sidebar we all know and love. The extension can be downloaded from here. After installation, simply refresh the Facebook page or restart Chrome to get old Facebook chat sidebar back.
For Mozilla Firefox, another aptly named add-on called FB Chat Sidebar Disabler does the trick. Simply install it on your Windows or Mac running Mozilla Firefox and you are good to go. This add-on can be downloaded from here.
For Opera, Facebook Chat Sidebar Disabler works perfectly. Download this extension from here on Opera, restart it and enjoy the old Facebook chat sidebar.
Thatâs it! These extensions fix new Facebook chat sidebar for good. Letâs just hope that in the next update, Facebook rolls back this change. In the meanwhile, do let us know in your comments what you think about this new chat interface and the ease these add-ons and extensions bring for you.
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