[johnchristopher]

I don't understand why the new chat protocols and clients focus solely on mobile (phone?) platforms.

Why aren't there more desktop clients ?

[yoshyosh]

Next time you are out, check out what most people are doing on their phones. SMS dominates usage so much. Most people don't use desktop chat outside of tech

[johnchristopher]

I don't own a smartphone and I use SMS a lot. But I barely use online chat system nowadays (MSN/AIM used to be the rage within my peers circle but it's now gone and fb chat or g+hangout didn't replace it).

[_august]

Absolutely. All the messaging platforms I regularly use have a way to use them on the desktop. Facebook, Google Hangouts, Google Voice and Telegram.