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chinathrow
on May 31, 2016
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A Facebook Sixth Sense
The same thing has been possible with Pidgin for ages - it opened the chat window automatically when a contact started typing.
vishbar
on May 31, 2016
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It was definitely an option for AIM, and I believe it was an optional plugin rather than a default feature. I remember freaking out friends in high school :-)
kawsper
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> I remember freaking out friends in high school :-)
That was the primary feature :) It worked for the MSN/Microsoft Messenger protocol as well.
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