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Tabbed chat windows are a newer invention than the 90s. Late-00s messaging apps all had the same, rather convenient, arrangement: a tall window with the contact

Tabbed chat windows are a newer invention than the 90s. Late-00s messaging apps all had the same, rather convenient, arrangement: a tall window with the contact/conversation list, and a tabbed window with your current conversations. Things like profiles and settings would also open in separate windows. But yeah that's my ideal desktop chat app UI tbh. It's a shame that out of the current ones, only Steam and Battle.net are like that, and those aren't even messaging apps, they're game launchers with social functionality as an extra.

Shorel 2y ago
I don't remember Pirch or mIRC being like that.
- Izkata 2y ago
  Even AIM used separate windows for each chat in the 90s.
- mrweasel 2y ago
  mIRC doesn't exact do that, the contact list is attached to the chat/channel window. Each window sort of exists inside the main window, but can be minimized to something that mimic a tab.