If you’ve logged into Facebook today, you’ve probably seen the new chat feature. I’m hooked.

I find it odd that they don’t have a desktop client though. MySpace teamed up with Skype for a chat service, and I see something similar happening with Facebook.

Google Talk is fairly popular among tech crowds, but has yet to be “mainstream” like AIM, MSN, etc. It’s based on Jabber, which makes it very flexible and powerful. I see Facebook adding a desktop client powered by Google within 4 months. There’s plenty of similarities already, and I think it would be a good match.

On second thought, Microsoft has had their hands in Facebook’s pockets for a while, so maybe it’ll be bundled with MSN. We’ll see what happens. That post is a little old, but M$ was one of the largest Series C investors.

(My predictions almost always turn out to be wrong)

Thanks to my friend over at www.vsingh.net for letting me post a screenshot of our chat