Simplistic, but very nice!

Very nice plugin. Easily fits on the dashboard, and is a very useful way to communicate with other authors on a multi-author site.

The only thing that keeps it from a 5 star rating, in my eye, is that it does look a bit lifeless due to not allowing authors to feature their profile pic next to their name, doesn’t allow for other customization like different ranks getting different-colored rank label colors, etc. Also, it would be nice if site owners could rename it from “Author chat” to whatever they needed it to be, to expand its usefulness, such as like “Editor chat” or something.

Overall, great plugin, and would only be made greater by a few little tweaks like these above!