Re:Uninstalling Facebook app saves up to 15% of iPhone batte...
by timonovici on Monday February 08, 2016 @10:25AM
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I use pidgin, with the newer facebook plugin - it doesn't look as sexy, but it does almost all I need (except for uploading files), and I have a bunch of other accounts connected. When I need to upload stuff, I just go to https://messenger.com
Works good enough for me. I browser Facebook on the browser when needed (never) and use Messenger for chat alerts.
On desktop, I use http://messengerfordesktop.com/ to avoid going on the Facebook website.
I also use custom CSS on the Facebook website to break some of it's linearity. This make it less likely that I will browse mindlessly. Facebook UI is designed as a precise drug and simply changing it a little bit will disrupt that. (I use a red UI, a noisy background, bigger fonts, etc.)