Facebook chat was released to a very limited group about two weeks ago as a pre-beta release. Today I happen to bump into the chat application while playing around with the web developer toolbar in firefox.

There is not much to it. Login into facebook, then make sure you have the tool bar installed, then go to “miscellaneous” > “Show Hidden Elements” as shown in the image below.

If you are lucky like me and my co-workers you should see the chat appear in the lower right part of your browser. I played with it for a while and was able to connect after a few attempts but was not able to chat with anyone. Let us know if you are able to hack it and maintain a conversation.

This is a sign that the chat application is coming to the general public very soon!