Pingbox

-- Facebook has a Web-based instant-messaging application, but Yahoo wants to one-up the social networking site with an application called Pingbox that lets Facebook users chat with widely used Yahoo Messenger technology instead. that would let people put an IM widget on their pages at Friendster, Xanga, hi5, LiveJournal,

Webware.com 2009

Adding the Pingbox application to your Facebook profile works differently than adding it to other websites.

BigBlueBall 2009

With Pingbox set up, anyone who visits your Facebook page sees a chat window that invites them to send a message.

Webware.com 2009

When initiating a chat, Pingbox asked me to identify myself, and that username appeared in the Pingbox group on Yahoo Messenger.

Webware.com 2009

The trickiest part: after you save your settings, be sure to actually activate it by clicking the button in the yellow bar at the top of the screen labeled "Add Yahoo Messenger Pingbox to your profile."

Webware.com 2009

This new Facebook application has the same customization tools available in other Pingbox versions.

BigBlueBall 2009

Pingbox, their embeddable IM application for web pages, is now available for Facebook.

BigBlueBall 2009

Messenger, you can receive IMs from your Pingbox even when you are not signed into Facebook.

BigBlueBall 2009

You can add a Pingbox to your Facebook profile and visitors will be able to IM you without downloading or even signing on to Yahoo!

BigBlueBall 2009

My testing of Pingbox showed it works as advertised.

Webware.com 2009