Meebo - chat enable your blog!

Well, since they just got a crunchy award you've probably tested this service.

I am extremely impressed! If you don't know, Meebo is an web based messanger service, which is very useful if you're using Internet at a cafe, a library or at work where MSN is disabled. You log in with your msn, aim, yahoo, google talk or meebo account, and voila, you get the normal messenger experience as with a regular, standalone browser.
If you log in using a meebo account, you'll get all your messenger accounts in one window, which of course is pretty useful.

The service is very well designed and easy to use, every view and button does just what you expect it to, and the setup of the service is fast.

Moreover, meebo has a widget called Meebo Me that let you chat enable your blog. A few clicks for customization, and the embeddable code for your site of choice. As you can see, I've "installed" the widget here on my blog, so now all you fans out there can finally chat with me, and I don't have to give you my msn-login. Good for your privacy as well as for communication with visitors of your site.

So the service does what you expect it to, the interface is flawless, and they have a great widget feature. But what can be improved?

I have three requests for the Meebo team:

• Adobe Air functionality
  
• Gateway between your ordingary messanger acccount and the Meebo Me widget
  
• Mobile phone integration through widset or a similar service
  

The Adobe Air functionality is pretty easy. I think the one instance / all chats is great but at home I like to have a separate window for my chat, so the Meebo window is highlighted (blinking or something) when new messages is delivered.
Also, to make Meebo Me a successful service, I need Meebo to be my messenger of choice, autostarting on windows login.

Making Meebo acting as a gateway between the Meebo Me and your messenger service would be great; I want it to work even if I don't login to Meebo. This might be a tricky one to accomplish, but the Meebo team seems to be pretty good, so they can solve it ;) When Meebo releases their Air functionality this feature wont be as important either.

The Mobile phone integration isn't as important as the other functionality, but I still think it's a pretty nice feature. There are loads of free messenger services for your cellphone, but I'd still love the idea of just entering my cellphone number at Meebo, receiving a sms with the download link for my phone, and be up and running. An alternative would be to create a Meebo widget for Widsets, the mobile phone widget service.

Another thought would be to integrate Rebtel, EQO or Jajah functionality into Meebo - that would be a pretty nice Mashup.

So in conclusion: Meebo is a great service with the best interface I've seen. Try it out!