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Re:Facebook disabling messaging in its mobile web app to pus... by galdosdi on Saturday June 04, 2016 @09:58AM (#11836335)
I didn't even know that it still worked on desktop! This shows that although it's not true that I /never/ use FB on the desktop it's very rare. This is because I never go to FB just to check out FB; I go to FB because a notification email piqued my interest. And I do read my emails almost exclusively on the phone.
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Re:Facebook disabling messaging in its mobile web app to pus... by erelde on Saturday June 04, 2016 @10:05AM (#11836362)
The trick is to keep only "facebook.com/messages" in your history (or bookmarks if you use that). That way the browser autocomplete from your history and you get directly to the messages.
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Re:Facebook disabling messaging in its mobile web app to pus... by wahnfrieden on Saturday June 04, 2016 @10:09AM (#11836373)
Just use http://messenger.com then
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Re:Facebook disabling messaging in its mobile web app to pus... by tamana on Saturday June 04, 2016 @02:52PM (#11837482)
Wow, sure is ashamed of themselves, hiding their name from the messenger homepage
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Re:Facebook disabling messaging in its mobile web app to pus... by SerLava on Saturday June 04, 2016 @03:41PM (#11837652)
>know when people have seen your messages

Oh cool, they brought over the thing that made me completely stop using Facebook!

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Re:Facebook disabling messaging in its mobile web app to pus... by bhaile on Sunday June 05, 2016 @12:57AM (#11839688)
Also https://m.me
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Re:Facebook disabling messaging in its mobile web app to pus... by galdosdi on Saturday June 04, 2016 @10:11AM (#11836379)
I don't want to know a trick. My point was that FB has unwittingly added a "feature" that helps me do something I want, which is minimize FB usage. Think of say, HN's noprocrast option. It would be crazy for FB to introduce such a thing, but that's what they've done for me here! No way am I going to try to disable it!
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Re:Facebook disabling messaging in its mobile web app to pus... by mr_luc on Saturday June 04, 2016 @10:20AM (#11836419)
All of the emails Facebook sends are in a folder called "SpammySaaS," together with all of sales reps trying to cut me sweet deals on their company's CI/CD.
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