User blog comment:Ohmyn0/What's Going on with Chat/@comment-26686429-20110614174311/@comment-1997905-20110614175848

This message, actually - for most of us, the other is just WikiActivity. Also, I don't see why Special:Chat on Monobook can't just redirect to Special:Chat on Oasis. Chat isn't as Oasisy as a regular page is, so I don't think most Monobook users would object to a redirect.