Facebook Goes Old School, Opens Messenger to the Web - Digits - WSJ

Probably about time to ramp up the "HTML5 isn't dead after all" meme

"Facebook went old school Wednesday, by launching a desktop version of its Messenger mobile app.

Through the website messenger.com, users will be able to carry on conversations without the distraction of status updates and advertisements on Facebook’s main website. The conversations can be continued on a user’s smartphone through the standalone Messenger mobile app, which has about 600 million users. Users can also choose to get desktop notifications whenever they get a message."

Facebook Goes Old School, Opens Messenger to the Web - Digits - WSJ