In Web Browser
In 2002, Icq introduced a web-based version of their IM client that works in a web browser and doesn't require download and install. Soon after, Yahoo did the same thing. Later, some e-mail services integrated their web-based Instant Messengers into their web-based e-mail pages. Gmail introduced instant messaging ability in its webpages, which can be used in a web browser with no need to download and install the IM client, and indeed, Google doesn't make one available. Later, Yahoo! Mail and Hotmail also implemented this. Several independent SaaS providers offers instant messaging of different IM services. Generally such services are limited to text chat, although Gmail has voice and video abilities, and Yahoo! Doodle incorporates a multi-color drawing pad. As of August 2010, Gmail allows calling regular phones from their web-based IM client.
Interface (chat) is a Browser Chat Addon for the Dooble Web Browser to chat serverless and fully distributed.
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