Terminal Command: Send a Message to a User on Facebook

Overview

With the exception of the live feed on Facebook, is the ability to send friends messages is one of the most popular features. However there are a couple, less than convienient ways to compose messages. The first is by rolling over your inbox link, selecting compose message and then entering your friend's name; the second by going to your inbox, clicking compose message and then entering your friend's name; and third by clicking send a message on the friend's page. Now you can do it far more easily using the ul.timate.info Terminal.

How to Use

Like poke, there are 4 ways to compose a message using the ul.timate.info Terminal on Facebook.

1. Compose a message using your Facebook friend's real name
   Type 'm', hit the SPACE bar and then start to type your friend's real name. As soon as you think you've typed enough for the name to auto-complete, hit the TAB key. If there is more than one match, all of the matches beginning with the fragment you've entered will display. To choose one, continue entering the person's name until it will then successfully complete or the whole name has been entered. Then just hit the ENTER key and you'll instantly be taken to the compose message page with the user's name pre-populated.
    
2. Compose a message using your friend's Facebook username
   Type 'm -fb jasonwiener' and hit ENTER. This command will take you to the compose message page with the user's name
   pre-populated.
    
3. Compose a message using your friend's Facebook user id
   Type 'm -fb 717480403' and hit ENTER. This command will also take you to the compose message page with the user's name pre-populated.
    
4. Compose a message from any of a particular Facebook user's pages
   Even easier than typing in a person's info, you can quickly compose a message to that Facebook user, if you're viewing any of their Facebook pages, by typing the command 'm' in the terminal from that page.