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Meebo adds Facebook, MySpace IM to its web-based chat service

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Meebo is a web-based chat client that lets you keep up with your AIM, Yahoo!, Google Talk, and Windows Live Messenger contacts. Now Meebo has rolled out support for two more chat clients: Facebook and MySpace.

The move makes sense, since Meebo's goal is to allow you to chat with all of your contacts in one space. But you still need to have a web browser open to use Meebo, which is why I generally prefer standalone clients like Digsby. If your browser crashes, your Digsby contact list doesn't disappear.

That said, Meebo does provide a way to chat with contacts using 9 different IM clients now, and you can do it all from a single web page. So you don't need to leave Facebook, Gmail, or MySpace open all day if all you care about is the chat features. And more importantly, since Meebo is web-based, you can use the service from any computer without stopping to install software. That makes it useful if you're visiting a friend or family member and want to pop online for a bit, or if you're using a public computer at a library or internet cafe.

[via CNET
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