Mozilla gets Facebook messenger for Firefox

If you are a user of the Firefox browser, you can now chat away with your Facebook friends even when you are actually not on WKH VLWH, WKDnNV WR WKH 0RzLOOD GHYHORSHUV wKR KDYH RIfiFLDOOy DnnRXnFHG WKH )DFHERRN 0HVVHnJHU IRU WKH )LUHIRx :HE EURwVHU. The messenger is built on a new social API. According to the Mozilla blog, “Once you enable the feature, you’ll get a social VLGHEDU wLWK yRXU )DFHERRN FKDW DnG XSGDWHV, OLNH nHw FRPPHnWV DnG SKRWR WDJV. YRX’OO DOVR JHW nRWLfiFDWLRnV IRU PHVVDJHV, friend requests and more that you can respond to right from your Firefox toolbar."

The posting elaborated on the new service by stating, “Facebook Messenger for Firefox lets you chat with friends and stay connected with their updates wherever you go on the Web, without needing to switch between or open a new tab. You can chat with your friends and family while doing anything from shopping online for the perfect gift, cheering your team on in the big game, wDWFKLnJ D YLGHR RU MXVW VXUfinJ WKH :HE. 2I FRXUVH, LI yRX’UH nRW IHHOLnJ VRFLDO, you can easily hide the sidebar or even disable the feature."

To experience this new feature, just upgrade to the latest Firefox Web browser and then visit the Facebook Messenger for the Firefox page and click 'Turn On’. Recently, Mozilla had added an MSN-customised version in its Firefox Web browser. Users can now have Microsoft's Bing search engine and MSN as their home page.