How To Setup Facebook Chat Protocol In iChat

This week, Facebook opened up their chat service to an industry standard protocol- XMPP, otherwise known as Jabber.  This means that Facebook chat can now be used directly from within iChat. 

Here’s how to set it up-

Go to iChat’s Preferences

Click the “Accounts” tab and add a new account

Select “Jabber” from the options

Type your screen name (.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)) and password.

Set “Server Options” to chat.facebook.com at port 5222 (do not check SSL)

Facebook also has instructions posted now on their site.