Facebook Messenger - Facebook's standalone Messenger for the web

I love Facebook Messenger and I love how it is doing everything to take on all other chat apps + is feature-packed like Telegram. Native apps for Facebook Messenger on computers is something that I wish to see soon.

Pros:

Facebook Messenger is rich and feature-packed. Plus, everyone is on Facebook.

Cons:

They could make a native Facebook Messenger app for computers, maybe. Like how Telegram does.

Wow this is great. Facebook is definitely making a push to keep up with WeChat, Line etc. Love the simplistic design and looks extremely similar to our (coming soon) redesign.

Definitely strengthens Facebook's announcement about making Messenger a Platform. Desktop is interesting... call me crazy, but a Facebook OS isn't far off or a deep integration w/ productivity applications. The current set of integrated apps w/ Messenger (JibJab, Giphy) seem very targeted towards the younger generation where they're more 'one to few (i.e. Snapchat)' as to 'broadcast to many'. Seniors are the fastest growing demo on social media and heavily use desktop as well... it'll be interesting, indeed. I'm researching the ability to integrate Messenger into an app I'm hoping to launch here soon (online mobile marketplace, couple ppl have Hunted similar apps) to enable messaging + payments.

I finally like FB Messenger. Prior to this, whenever someone msg'd me on there I'd ask them 'why are u messenging me here?' then move the convo to whatsapp started convos there. feels light. i like it. that said, it's probably bcos i always use whatsapp web

I don't like this for some reason.

Does it have native notifications? I was using Goofy and works pretty well.

A page worth pinning in chrome.

I wish messenger.com (and other chat clients) would add this little feature: When you click somewhere in the message stream I want the text input field to get the focus. The most likely action apart from scrolling through the history is to add new messages to the thread so I think it makes sense to assume a 'click' onto the message stream is interpreted as intent to write a message especially as it is not conflicting with other potential use cases. Slack got this right. I think the Mac client for HipChat also supports this use case by now but I always find it irritating when chat clients don't behave like this.

This is really useful as a Windows user who doesn't have an iMessage desktop app to chat w/ friends throughout the day. Having to pickup my phone to chat on messenger/iMessage is distracting; same goes for having to login to Facebook to keep up a discussion on desktop. Love how distraction-free this is as a communication tool on desktop.

There is an official Facebook Messenger Lite (only for Android). It's... well, it's just a chat, without all the c*ap that you get with the original one. The result is a way smoother user experience and less battery drain. Just search for a "Messenger Lite" in your Google Play app, you won't regret.