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meebo?

it loads faster than meebo

Does it load faster than RadiusIM?

Ebuddy?

The Google Talk Widget?

KoolIM?

Aren't these things a dime a dozen?

It'll definitely be interesting to see if/how they try to distinguish themselves from the others.

According to the blog, the group chat can span multiple networks (AIM, Yahoo!, MSN etc)