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BTW, I was looking for an instant messenger that supports Facebook, does anybody know if ICQ supports this? The Facebook Messenger desktop app is only available for Win 10 sadly enough. I remember, way back in the days, ICQ used to be quite popular. https://icq.com/windows/en
There is an unofficial Messenger app for Windows, Messenger for Desktop. https://messengerfordesktop.com/ The installer, twice offers to download and install extra software, but you can click on Decline both times, to opt out of installing anything else. Because the installer is using InstallCore to offer the extra software, some AV software will detect it. However the actual Messenger for Desktop.exe file it installs, is clean.
Thanks, will check this out. But the question is if we can trust these unofficial tools. BTW, I decided not to test ICQ, it asks for your phone number and/or email-address, I wonder why. I assumed this wasn't necessary for old skool messengers. And it's also owned by some Russian company, this might be a problem for some. But I'm guessing they don't support Facebook. I hope Facebook will soon launch the integrated chat app for Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, for both Win 8 and 10. Do you still remember those days? The most popular ones were ICQ, Miranda, Trillian and later Pidgin. But Facebook basically made them obsolete.
BTW, from what I read, Trillian seems to support Facebook. Strangely enough, on their homepage they are only offering a business IM solution. But you can still download the consumer version from Softpedia, a bit confusing. And apparently it's not even freeware. https://trillian.im https://www.softpedia.com/get/Internet/Chat/Instant-Messaging/Trillian-Pro.shtml