> - no indication of being online > - chat clients can support "undeliver" a bit more easily Features, not problems. > - email addresses obscure the users, c

> - no indication of being online > - chat clients can support "undeliver" a bit more easily Features, not problems. > - email addresses obscure the users, chat apps are far better at this What? Funnily enough, my XMPP ID and main E-Mail happen to be exactly the same. > - even conversation organization is inferior to searchable chat where it's just a history stream That is the only one out of the list I actually agree with, though I think that could be fixed by clients.