Hab.la is a web to IM widget for blogs that is focused on the jabber protocol. so it supports any IM provider that supports jabber. that is pretty much almost every single multi im client in existence. this also means it supports google talk and that you can then also use it directly from igoogle or gmail.

The different bit about this widget compared to other web to im widgets is that it looks exactly like the gchat widget in gmail and it is designed to behave in the same way:

It appears minimized when you load a page with the hab.la widget

Then you can pull it up and if there is someone on you can chat right away with it. they got a more detailed tour here if you want to check it out: Hab.la Tour

You can also customize the position where you want the widget, the size and the colors in any way you want. it also got a very serious advanced customization of the widget functionality too:

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It really surprised me how much functionality it has for being such a lightweight widget done in JavaScript. it got more customization than most of its competition right now. one of the best features is that it can show you exactly in what page of your blog your visitor is. so if someone enters in widgets lab via the post page of this very post. the hab.la widget will tell me so. if the visitor ask me something about the widget in a generic way (is this any good?),i  will know what the visitor is talking about and will be able to answer without any delay.

The name and domain Hab.la is very clever. it means Speak in spanish and it even sports a roco loco like creature as the mascot that also happens to be Mexican because of the hat it got. that makes me like it even more already.

The widget is served only in javascript. it is really easy to join to Hab.la and to get the widget and paste it in your blog. i totally recommend it and i may be even trying here given it is so unobtrusive but also omnipresent no matter in what page you are seeing.

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