Hangouts continues to build itself an Island as it sheds any even hand-wavy notion of being XMPP. Slack has a lovely web client and both XMPP and IRC gateways

Hangouts continues to build itself an Island as it sheds any even hand-wavy notion of being XMPP. Slack has a lovely web client and both XMPP and IRC gateways -- meaning most everyone can use their favorite interface.