diff --git a/res/app/components/stf/native-url/index.js b/res/app/components/stf/native-url/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5e335208
--- /dev/null
+++ b/res/app/components/stf/native-url/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+module.exports = angular.module('stf.native-url', [
+
+])
+  .factory('NativeUrlService', require('./native-url-service'))
diff --git a/res/app/components/stf/native-url/native-url-service.js b/res/app/components/stf/native-url/native-url-service.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..68fe2785
--- /dev/null
+++ b/res/app/components/stf/native-url/native-url-service.js
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+module.exports = function NativeUrlServiceFactory($window, $timeout) {
+  var service = {}
+
+  // Ways of opening native URLs:
+  // - window.open
+  // - window.location.href
+
+  // Ways of detecting failure:
+  // - new window timeout
+  // - window onblur timeout
+  // - javascript single thread time elapsed
+
+  // Browser Behaviours:
+  // - Chrome Mac: 25ms timeout OK
+  // - Firefox Mac: 250ms timeout OK, 1000ms timeout better
+  // - Safari Mac: no working fallback, may need 2 html pages
+  // navigator.userAgent.match()
+  // TODO: Find which method works well in every browser
+
+  var fallbackMethod = 'USE_ON_BLUR'
+
+  var wasBlured = false
+  var windowOpened
+
+  // TODO: use a central on-blur event
+  var cachedWindowOnBlur = $window.onblur
+
+  service.open = function (options) {
+
+    switch (fallbackMethod) {
+      case 'USE_NEW_WINDOW':
+        // Doesn't work well on Chrome
+        windowOpened = $window.open(options.nativeUrl)
+
+        $timeout(function () {
+          if (windowOpened) {
+            windowOpened.close()
+          }
+        }, 500)
+
+        $window.location.href = options.webUrl
+        break;
+      case 'USE_ON_BLUR':
+        // Doesn't work on Safari
+
+        $window.onblur = function () {
+          wasBlured = true
+        }
+
+        $window.location.href = options.nativeUrl
+
+        $timeout(function () {
+          if (wasBlured) {
+            wasBlured = false
+          } else {
+            $window.open(options.webUrl, '_blank')
+          }
+
+          $window.onblur = cachedWindowOnBlur
+        }, 250)
+
+        break;
+      case 'USE_TIME_ELAPSED':
+        // Doesn't work on Chrome
+
+        var start, end, elapsed
+        start = new Date().getTime()
+
+        console.log(' window.performance.webkitNow()', window.performance.now())
+
+        // This depends on the fact that JS is single-thread
+        document.location = options.nativeUrl
+
+        end = new Date().getTime()
+
+        elapsed = (end - start)
+
+        if (elapsed < 1) {
+          document.location = options.webUrl
+        }
+
+        break;
+      default:
+    }
+
+  }
+
+  return service
+}
diff --git a/res/app/components/stf/native-url/native-url-spec.js b/res/app/components/stf/native-url/native-url-spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..39b7baf1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/res/app/components/stf/native-url/native-url-spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+describe('NativeUrlService', function() {
+
+  beforeEach(angular.mock.module(require('./').name))
+
+  it('should ...', inject(function(NativeUrlService) {
+
+	//expect(NativeUrlService.doSomething()).toEqual('something')
+
+  }))
+
+})
diff --git a/res/app/menu/index.js b/res/app/menu/index.js
index 6a930dde..bfe85e93 100644
--- a/res/app/menu/index.js
+++ b/res/app/menu/index.js
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ require('./menu.css')
 module.exports = angular.module('stf.menu', [
   require('stf/nav-menu').name,
   require('stf/settings').name,
-  require('stf/common-ui/modals/external-url-modal').name
+  require('stf/common-ui/modals/external-url-modal').name,
+  require('stf/native-url').name
 ])
   .controller('MenuCtrl', require('./menu-controller'))
   .run(["$templateCache", function ($templateCache) {
diff --git a/res/app/menu/menu-controller.js b/res/app/menu/menu-controller.js
index 7e891be2..7a6d16db 100644
--- a/res/app/menu/menu-controller.js
+++ b/res/app/menu/menu-controller.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 module.exports = function MenuCtrl($scope, $rootScope, SettingsService,
-  $location, ExternalUrlModalService) {
+  $location, ExternalUrlModalService, NativeUrlService) {
 
   SettingsService.bind($scope, {
     target: 'lastUsedDevice'
@@ -15,8 +15,16 @@ module.exports = function MenuCtrl($scope, $rootScope, SettingsService,
   })
 
   $scope.openChat = function () {
-    var hipChatUrl = 'https://cyberagent.hipchat.com/chat?focus_jid=' +
+    var hipChatNativeUrl = 'hipchat://cyberagent.hipchat.com/room/stf'
+
+    var hipChatWebUrl = 'https://cyberagent.hipchat.com/chat?focus_jid=' +
       '44808_stf@conf.hipchat.com&minimal=true'
-    ExternalUrlModalService.open(hipChatUrl, 'HipChat #STF', 'fa-comment')
+
+    NativeUrlService.open({
+      nativeUrl: hipChatNativeUrl,
+      webUrl: hipChatWebUrl
+    })
+
+    //ExternalUrlModalService.open(hipChatUrl, 'HipChat #STF', 'fa-comment')
   }
 }
diff --git a/res/app/menu/menu.jade b/res/app/menu/menu.jade
index 4876384e..677193cb 100644
--- a/res/app/menu/menu.jade
+++ b/res/app/menu/menu.jade
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
         .btn-group
           button(type='button', ng-model='$root.platform', btn-radio="'web'", translate).btn.btn-sm.btn-default-outline Web
           button(type='button', ng-model='$root.platform', btn-radio="'native'", translate).btn.btn-sm.btn-default-outline Native
-      //li(ng-if='!$root.basicMode')
+      li(ng-if='!$root.basicMode')
         a(ng-click='openChat()').pointer
           i.fa.fa-comment.fa-fw
           | {{ "Chat" | translate }}