How can I habilitate Facebook video calls in OS Mavericks?

When I installed the new version of OS X, the video call button in Facebook was gone. I cannot send nor recive video calls in Facebook. I know there are other programs to have video calls, like FaceTime, but not all my friends have an Apple product and almost all of them use Facebook so it is the best way for me to communicate with them.

HI,
In the normal setting of Messages this is no longer possible.
I would use here to ask for the feature back
http://www.apple.com/feedback/ichat.html
The page was never very good at keeping up to date with iChat version numbers so type your specs into the Free Text area.
It might be possible to copy the AppleScript that did this and make a copy and remove the non Video bits and use it from the Dock.
10:06 pm Tuesday; November 26, 2013
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 Couple of iPhones and an iPad

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All calls between Skype users are free, regardless of which computer or handheld phone or tablet they use to call each other. What is important is that the Skype software must be downloaded and installed on the particular computer, laptop, tablet, or smart phone that you use. Depending upon what kind of set-up you have, you may or may not need a separate headset. Laptop computers and smart phones use the microphone and camera that comes with them.
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HI,
In the normal setting of Messages this is no longer possible.
I would use here to ask for the feature back
http://www.apple.com/feedback/ichat.html
The page was never very good at keeping up to date with iChat version numbers so type your specs into the Free Text area.
It might be possible to copy the AppleScript that did this and make a copy and remove the non Video bits and use it from the Dock.
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 MacBookPro 2Gb (Snow Leopard 10.6.8)
 Mac OS X (10.6.8),
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