Want a chat room without all the hassles of software, registration, and fees? Tinychat is the quick, easy, and free answer.

A software developer from San Francisco managed to do what no one else did before, creating a fully-functional two-way chat using only CSS and HTML, completely ditching JavaScript in the process.

Enter ChatStep, a free group-chat service that creates private rooms and records absolutely no history of your team’s presence — an important consideration for security-minded organizations.