Chat on Facebook

Facebook announced that they launch Facebook Chat this week. The announcement, made via a post Facebook's blog, says that the rollout will be slow and there won't be anything for you to install when it arrives in your profile - you'll just have a new "Chat Bar" at the bottom of your browser.

In addition to the pop-out feature, Facebook Chat lets you appear "offline" if you don't want to chat. The conversations are private, and the chat sessions history is saved from page to page and between login sessions. You can also clear the chat history at any time using a provided link in the conversation window to do so.