DXMPP also have an appbar-like solution. They also have a comet(?) based chat, as well as being a summer of code project, though I'm unenthused by the lack of updates so far.

http://drupal.org/project/dxmpp

DXMPP can use the appbar API to do their theming/regions controls, and I think users should be able to swap out the ajax polling (nonideal) alerts system in appbar for the real-time erlang chat in DXMPP., which if combined with desktop notifications will give an almost native chat experience in drupal.

These are just my thoughts as an user, where I would like to see integration talks be broached.

Thanks.

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Title: Integrate with DXMPP » Integrate with Appbar
Project: Application Toolbar (Appbar) » DXMPP

I talked about this very briefly with aaron once I think. Most of the integration here would be on the DXMPP side, although eventually using Comet to replace the AJAX polling for alerts would be nice. (But alerts and chat are very different things.)

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yes, this is a nice-to-have feature, but not critical for a beta.

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I agree that the alerts would be cute but not vital, however there should probably one unified system for bottom bar theming. The bottom bar should be placeable into an appbar region. DXMPP should be integrated with appbar in such a way that if I have other nondxmpp elements in the bottom bar, menus or other buttons or w/e, they should not overlap each other.