Google Talk

€uroMeinke · 08-24-2005, 05:52 PM

Driving home listening to NPR, they mentioned that Google has launched their own IM client, GoogleTalk. Since I already use AIM, Yahoo, MSN Messenger, and ICQ - I figured I needed this as well. So now I have a gmail account as well as another IM client - anyone else using this? If so, you can find me listed as "cemeinke" - google wouldn't let me use a "€" symbol.

Not Afraid · 08-24-2005, 05:56 PM

And I'm lisacone. How unique!

Prudence · 08-24-2005, 06:21 PM

I'm ethelberga. I always sign up for these things and I never use them. I'm such a luser.

mousepod · 08-24-2005, 06:23 PM

I'm... mousepod. really.

Ghoulish Delight · 08-24-2005, 06:29 PM

swankgd

Moonliner · 08-24-2005, 06:35 PM

I went with the always controversial "Moonliner@gmail.com". I like the streamlined signup and interface. Since I already had a gmail account there was zero signup involved and as far as I can tell it did not try and load any other toolbars or such like some other IM clients I could name…

Cadaverous Pallor · 08-24-2005, 06:46 PM

I'm sure I'll download this when I get home...trying to come up with a new name without defaulting to mirror my husband

What do you guys think of it so far? What does it have that the other IMs don't?

Moonliner · 08-24-2005, 06:49 PM

What it "has" is what it doesn’t. It's a very vanilla offering. One fellow I was chatting with already complained about the lack of

etc... Like the google homepage it's a very simple affair. Just chat.

Ghoulish Delight · 08-24-2005, 06:50 PM

It's more what it doesn't have. Like most Google products, it's barebones. Very simple interface, no bells and whistles. Just chat and voice.

An interesting difference is that it treats all your chat windows as a single window. You can move them around and resize them individually, but they if you either have all your chat windows in front or none. Then you hit "tab" to switch between them. I haven't decided if I like that or not.

EDIT: Oooh, I take it back. You can choose whether it's all together or individual windows. And it's easy to switch between the two modes. Nice.

AllyOops! · 08-24-2005, 07:11 PM

I love using Gmail!

I'm Skigirl73.

08-24-2005, 05:52 PM	#1
€uroMeinke L'Hédoniste Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: A.S.C.O.T. Posts: 8,671	Google Talk Driving home listening to NPR, they mentioned that Google has launched their own IM client, GoogleTalk. Since I already use AIM, Yahoo, MSN Messenger, and ICQ - I figured I needed this as well. So now I have a gmail account as well as another IM client - anyone else using this? If so, you can find me listed as "cemeinke" - google wouldn't let me use a "€" symbol. __________________ I would believe only in a God that knows how to Dance. Friedrich Nietzsche
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08-24-2005, 05:56 PM	#2
Not Afraid HI! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,108	And I'm lisacone. How unique!
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08-24-2005, 06:21 PM	#3
Prudence Beelzeboobs, Esq. Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Gavel - I haz it Posts: 6,287	I'm ethelberga. I always sign up for these things and I never use them. I'm such a luser. __________________ traguna macoities tracorum satis de
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08-24-2005, 06:23 PM	#4
mousepod You broke your Ramadar! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,635	I'm... mousepod. really. __________________ "Give the public everything you can give them, keep the place as clean as you can keep it, keep it friendly" - Walt Disney
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Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	swankgd __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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08-24-2005, 06:35 PM	#6
Moonliner 8/30/14 - Disneyland -10k or Bust. Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 9,022	I went with the always controversial "Moonliner@gmail.com". I like the streamlined signup and interface. Since I already had a gmail account there was zero signup involved and as far as I can tell it did not try and load any other toolbars or such like some other IM clients I could name… __________________ - Taking it one step at a time.
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08-24-2005, 06:46 PM	#7
Cadaverous Pallor ohhhh baby Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Parental Bliss Posts: 12,364	I'm sure I'll download this when I get home...trying to come up with a new name without defaulting to mirror my husband What do you guys think of it so far? What does it have that the other IMs don't? __________________ The second star to the right shines in the night for you
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08-24-2005, 06:49 PM	#8
Moonliner 8/30/14 - Disneyland -10k or Bust. Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 9,022	What it "has" is what it doesn’t. It's a very vanilla offering. One fellow I was chatting with already complained about the lack of etc... Like the google homepage it's a very simple affair. Just chat. __________________ - Taking it one step at a time.
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08-24-2005, 06:50 PM	#9
Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	It's more what it doesn't have. Like most Google products, it's barebones. Very simple interface, no bells and whistles. Just chat and voice. An interesting difference is that it treats all your chat windows as a single window. You can move them around and resize them individually, but they if you either have all your chat windows in front or none. Then you hit "tab" to switch between them. I haven't decided if I like that or not. EDIT: Oooh, I take it back. You can choose whether it's all together or individual windows. And it's easy to switch between the two modes. Nice. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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08-24-2005, 07:11 PM	#10
AllyOops! It's Peanut Butter Jelly Time!!! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Introspection Intersection Posts: 1,207	I love using Gmail! I'm Skigirl73.
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