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Facebook chat is a little awkward… it’s stuck in the browser, and even if popped out, it still runs in Safari. By closing the window, or moving to a new tab, you close your chat. Fortunately, Mac OS X makes it easy to run Facebook Chat separately from Safari. Here are the two easiest ways:

Web Clip in Dashboard
Simply navigate to Facebook, use the chat menu to pop out the chat in a new window, and choose “File > Open in Dashboard.” Then, arrange it as you please. I chose to make only my buddy list visible, so I can easily check who is online before starting to chat. When I wanted to chat, I either went to Facebook, or resized the widget to show the chat.

Fluid.app
This method is the better one for someone who wants to do heavier-duty chatting. First, download the free and awesome Fluid.app at http://fluidapp.com.  Then, launch Fluid, and type the following address into the field:

http://facebook.com/presence/popout.php

Give it a name like “Facebook Chat,” and save it. There you go! You now have a native Facebook Chat application.

At Macworld 2007, when Steve Jobs first let us see the holy grail, iPhone, he stated that the operating system it is running is Mac OS X. Most people took this to mean that it was a stripped down version of OS X, or Mac OS “Mobile.” At the All Things Digital Conference recently, we got word right from the horse’s mouth that the iPhone is running “real” OS X, not just a slimmed or stripped down version.

The speculation for what this could mean was last seen heading out of the atmosphere after it rocketed into the sky. The fact that the iPhone runs “real” OS X, makes the possibilities for development almost endless. It would mean that all widgets that are currently in your Dashboard, could theoretically also run on the iPhone. More traditionally desktop Mac-apps, could be ported easily to work flawless with the iPhone’s touch screen interface. Lets just hope that Apple will soon find a way to let third party developers “safely” release software for the iPhone.

via [TUAW]