We use IRC at work (and I've been using it since mid 90s) but I think there's definitely a demand for a more modern, friendly web based group chat app. Using h

We use IRC at work (and I've been using it since mid 90s) but I think there's definitely a demand for a more modern, friendly web based group chat app. Using hipchat with my startups at the moment and that's working pretty nicely. Flowdock also looks great and I want them to succeed since they are Finnish! Slack looks alright and I've been using it for a couple of days now - but agree with the commenters below, I can't see much difference between it and hipchat or Flowdock