Tip to use facebook chat without opening Facebook.com

Facebook includes an excellent chat feature similar to gtalk or any other IM software that lets you start conversations with your facebook folks, but the only small issue is you have to open your Facebook account to perform this feature.

If you find this a bit inconvenient, here are some good workarounds that will let you chat on Facebook from anywhere without even having to open the Facebook site in your browser.Facebook Chat Inside the Web Browser

If you have Google Chrome or Prism for Firefox, you can open this address in your browser address bar and then create an application shortcut to Facebook chat on your desktop.

So for firefox users this is how it goes just right click the "address" in above paragraph and click "bookmark this link"

To run the Facebook chat messenger from Firefox sidebar, press Ctrl+Shift+B to open the Bookmarks Organizer.
Now go to Organize -> New Bookmark and type the following address in location tab:
http://www.facebook.com/presence/popout.php

Also tick the check-box the says "Load this bookmark in the sidebar". You may save this under "Bookmarks Toolbar" so you can open Facebook chat window in a single click.
Now you can chat through facebook without opening your facebook account.