people in the day, its cumbersome to put their name in the Quick Contacts search field and then click on "chat" or "send offline chat" (for the times when u know they are invisible).
What I tried was using the javascipt open to open the popup link corresponding to an email address (the link that u get in the address bar when you popup a chat.
javascript:void(open('https://mail.google.com/mail/
This works, but corrupts the gmail interface.
Any clues how this could be achieved?
UPDATE: I love google keyboard shortcuts. Use 'q' to focus on the contact search box, write in the name of the contact you wish to chat to, and navigate to either "Send Offline Chat" or "Chat" using arrow keys. Life is simpler now. Though I still wish there was a bookmarklet which allowed me to do the same.