I usually use a combination of the app and pulling it up on a Google browser; the app does a good job showing all the posts and typing in replies, but leaves out a lot of the site's abilities, so I keep the Chrome browser open for that (i.e.

Status is an open source messaging platform and mobile browser to interact with decentralized applications that run on the Ethereum Network.Status is will be an absolute game-changer.

Could it be your browser?

thanks for the heads up. didn't know they made a browser... looks pretty good from what i can see, I'll have to download it later and check it out

What version of the browser are you using?

Turn up the security settings on your web browsers.

Note:  Depending on your web browser, you may need to highlight the wording and sweep downward with your mouse to see the bottom of the page, as the scroll bar only gets you to about half the page for some reason. 

@Jerry Puckett,There should be a click noise when you receive a chat message on newer browsers.

Receipts By Wave – tracking expenses “I use an application (via both phone and web browser) called 'Receipts by Wave'.

As for your issue with the link, does that happen on every browser?