Earlier today Facebook unveiled a dedicated website for its Messenger service, accompanying dedicated apps for the iPhone and iPad. Now, however, a third-party developer has taken that newly unveiled web interface and put it into a dedicated OS X desktop app.
The app is still in its early stages, but most of the base functionalities of Messenger are there. The interface is nearly identical to what you would find on Messenger.com and Facebook’s other Messenger apps. On the left hand side is a list of all your ongoing discussions, while actual message threads are displayed on the right.
As far as bugs go, the ability to upload images is current non-functioning and support for notifications is nowhere to be found. Although team member Josh Puckett says that they are currently working on notifications and badging.
Facebook Messenger for Mac is available as a free download here. Expect updates to come relatively quickly, so be sure to be on the lookout for bug fixes and feature additions.
(via TechCrunch)
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Nice job! I’ll have to download tonight. Ideally, though, I would love for this functionality to be built into Messages on OS X and iOS.
Yup!
Well can can make it work on Mac Messages over Jabber, however it’s not perfect you’re unable to send and receive images / files and it fails in old messages…
That functionality has been in Messages since Messages was iChat.
Would also love to see window controls, minimize, full screen, close etc….
Then you clearly haven’t downloaded it yet. They are there when you mouse over the window.
Doesnt work with me im getting this “Please try again later”
It looks like Facebook’s actual Messenger.com website is down right now. I’m not sure why but that explains why the app is currently not working.
I have installed it, and it just has a shiny screen that pops up with links to Facebook and there is not chat window at all… kind of disappointing.
It looks like Facebook’s actual Messenger.com website is down right now. I’m not sure why but that explains why the app is currently not working.
Be sure to update/re-download the latest update and drag it into your Applications. It should be working, as I had the same error of please try again later last night.
There is already an app out for some time called Goofy and works pretty good.
I’ve been using Facebook Messenger in my default OS X Messages app. What can this app do that Messages doesn’t?
This really isn’t an app at all. It’s simply a borderless web browser that only connects to messenger.com. You don’t need this app.