Facebook New Chat
Facebook has once again upgraded its chat and for the dismay of its users once again it failed to understand what its users want. But soon users will get accustomed to it as it did for the new Facebook Photo Viewer. :/ The new chat sidebar has more disadvantages than that of advantages.
I personally did not like the new Chat Sidebar due to the following reasons:
Disadvantages of the New Facebook Chat:
- You have to manually disable the Sidebar Chat every time you login.
- Shows only a list of people you interact the most even if they are offline.
- Unordered list of people online and offline. They are not sorted in any manner.
How to Revert to the Old Facebook Chat.
- Login to your Facebook Account.
- Open a new Tab.
- Open this link : http://www.facebook.com/presence/popout.php
- You will get back the old style chat with lists and Online Offline sorted out.
The disadvantage of the above method is that you have to open the Chat in a new tab everytime. There is an easier way for the Lazy 
Load it in Firefox Sidebar.
How to Load Old Facebook Chat in Firefox Sidebar.
- Open Firefox. Click Bookmarks in the Toolbar (Press Alt in Firefox 5).
- Click Organize Bookmarks.
- Click New Bookmark and Enter fill in as follows
- Name : Facebook Chat
- URL : http://www.facebook.com/presence/popout.php
- Check Load this Bookmark in sidebar.
- Press Ctrl + B to load the Firefox Sidebar and Click on the Facebook Chat to chat from your sidebar.
[Update 27-07-2011 ] Another Method to Load the Old Facebook Chat.
- Install Greasemonkey and restart the browser.
- Install this Script. [LINK]
- Refresh Facebook Homepage.
[Update 30-07-2011] New Method To Get Back The Old Facebook Chat.
Install the following Addons on your respective browsers.
Instant Hide Button for New Facebook Chat
There is a greasemonkey script to order the chat and display the Hide Button in the new Facebook Chat.
- Open Firefox and install the Greasemonkey Add on from Here : [LINK]
- Restart Firefox.
- Go to this page and Click Install. [LINK]
- Refresh Firefox and you will be able to see the Hide Button.
Thats it done, You can now go back and implement the methods.
Do share this post via the Facebook Share,Tweet and +1 Buttons so your friends can also get back the Old Chat.
About Anoop
Anoop Sudhakaran is a Tech Blogger from Mumbai, India.He is the Founder & Editor of HackTabs. He is a student and his areas of Interest include Computers, Blogging, Gaming, Internet Surfing.
Nice one Anoop.I personally didn’t like it and also i didn’t have new group chat facility.
Gplus is performing better right now from Facebook.
_Ankit @dohack
Yup! I too agree that Google+ is proving a better place!
Nice post ,But new Chat Interface is great..
It depends on the users likings!
Many of my friends didnot like the new chat so I made a post on how to disable it! 
There’s another script that I’ve found (http://mediamonstrosity.com/2011/07/19/get-old-facebook-chat-back/) that I prefer but I’ve only heard of 1 or 2 people that actually like the new chat sidebar. I hope they change it back to how it was because now I can’t really see who’s online without a lot more steps.
Excelente! Yo odio el chat nuevo que apesta.
Yo también lo odio
El chat nueva se puede morir.
haha! Deseo facebook hace algo productivo!
i dont like the new facebook chat, its like confusing 2 days ago, there is no sign if they are idle, and i can see friend w/o green dot, is it means they are friends who are invisible and they juz want to check their homepage, therefore, it lessen the privacy?… and the worst is i what i seen now have some list of friends but i cant distinguish them if they are online, no any signs, then when i hide my side bar, its chatting 0. what will i do to get back the old chat box plsssssssss! do im in trouble with my chat box now?
The Green icon indicates that the person is online. To disable the new chat read the above post and you will get it!
hey anoop please help me man…m facng prob in facebook home page….frm right side of home page evnts, pokes, connect to frnds has been disappeard…nd frm left side online frnds has been disapperard….plz help me to gt bak d perivs facebook homepage…..
If you could provide me with a screenshot of how your Homepage looks like I would try to help you out. Upload your Screenshot to http://www.imageshack.us and send me the link in Facebook Message.
okay anoop i hv uploaded der my screen shot…..plz do d need ful for me nd also for d othr user……
my same question of sufiyan sultan… please I need my old face buk.. help out yaar.
If you could provide me with a screenshot of how your Homepage looks like I would try to help you out. Upload your Screenshot to http://www.imageshack.us and send me the link in Facebook Message.
POP OUT CHAT I problem je resen..
i sad ti je kao stari?
ja sam to sam izvalio pre neki dan
sad isto radi samo sto je odvojen od fejsa
Pa da, u drugi tab.. Znao sam ja to odavno nego ajde da izbacim, mozda neko ne zna..
thank you for reminding me of greasemonkey’s awesome scripts. =D
You are welcome!
Even this works…..
Go to:Chrome Settings >> Tools >> Extensions >> Get More Extensions >>.
In the search box TYPE “Facebook Chat Sidebar Disabler”.
Install the same. Refresh/Restart Facebook.
Thanks Jacky!
There is also a solution for Chrome users you only have to install the following google chrome extension:
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/nokfbncddkbafjcjibflbldfkcaapelg
Enjoy it!
Thanks Sarah!
You mean this extension? : https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/bfipfkeoidmndggnnpobeenlamiclald
Thank you for this wonderful tip. Why Facebook doing this type of stupid experiments which disappoints users?
They are trying to improve but they get backfired!
Thanks for the awesome post on facebook chatting layout. Thanks
This page works 100%: How to restore the old FB chat.
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I done this trick on my PC but when i logged in another PC i getting again new Facebook chat can u give permanent solution to get into old Facebook chat
The solutions given above are browser dependent. Till now I haven’t been able to find a permanent solution..will Update the post when I get one!
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wow great post really loved old facebook chat come-on and share more.
hey just install this addon on firefox for old-facebook-picture-viewer
https://addons.mozilla.org/fr/firefox/addon/old-facebook-picture-viewer/
it woz helpful.. thanx a lott… (:
M using google chrome. Hw cn i get my facebook old chat..??
When i clicked on the add-ones its cming error.
Use this Chrome Addon – http://data.sidebardisabler.net/install/fbsidebardisabler-2.2-chrome.crx
I’m struggling with this – but would like to get it working. I’m using firefox 9 which is causing me problems because I cannot find a ‘…Check Load this Bookmark in sidebar…’ option. However, I have got a Facebook Sidebar – are you saying that in addition to the list of friends in this Sidebar you can actually do the ‘chatting/typing’ in the sidebar itself?
You could do the chatting from the sidebar itself earlier but now the popup chat has been disabled.