accessing a conversation interface of a messaging application on a web browser;

presenting the conversation interface in a window associated with the web browser, the conversation interface comprising a plurality of conversation elements;

accessing a focus status of the window;

in response to determining that the focus status indicates that the window has lost focus, obscuring a first subset of the plurality of conversation elements;

computing a duration between the focus status indicating that the window has lost focus and the focus status being in focus;

comparing the duration to a threshold duration; and

in response to determining that the duration transgresses the threshold duration, presenting an option to re-open the conversation interface, wherein the first subset of the plurality of conversation elements is revealed in response to selection of the option.