booo hisss. Don’t like the new interface. Takes up too much space and doesn’t pop up when new message comes in.

I have to disagree with the “solid replacement”...

No.

I much preferred Hangouts in the lower right of my browser, accessible from any webpage that I was using.

Not THIS. WTF is this fullpage bullshit?

I uninstalled the entire extension after upgrading; I’ll go back to using the Gmail chat feature before I use this turd again.