Official Google Talk Thread

[ssvegeta1010]

Originally posted by: rh71
^ well look how well gmail has been embraced.

Exactly. Google will find a way to improve on the current IM situation, and innvoate quite a bit.

 

[Xephian]

Originally posted by: ssvegeta1010

Originally posted by: rh71
^ well look how well gmail has been embraced.

Exactly. Google will find a way to improve on the current IM situation, and innvoate quite a bit.

Yeah, this is only the first release.

 

[ssvegeta1010]

Originally posted by: heat23
I wish u can change font color in this, or have my responses in a differnet color than the person im talking to

:thumbsup:

It would also be nice to be able to make groups to sort your contacts with.

 

[Pepsi90919]

gregmfox@gmail.com

 

[Parrotheader]

Originally posted by: trmiv
I just can't see this being that successful with them being so late to the game. Most people are already well entrenched with either AIM, Yahoo, or MSN, why would they switch? Yea. you can start using it, doesn't mean your friends and family will. I can't see anyone I chat with switching, because Yahoo does exactly what they need it to, allows them to chat with people, and they already have very large lists.

We were discussing this earlier today when we heard about this. We're about to upgrade all the systems in our office and originally there was talk that the company was going to request that everyone switch over to Microsoft Messenger due to its Outlook integration. But the backlash from people so well entrenched with extensive lists of friends, family and coworkers in AIM and Yahoo caused them to nix that idea.

No doubt, a lot of people will flock to this though because it's a Google product. I love Google too, but at this point I'm personally reluctant to add another service if I don't have to because I honestly haven't had any problems with my current IM services. Seemingly everybody has AIM and I like the featureset of Yahoo's current client. If enough people from my own circle migrate over to it I'll make the jump, but probably not until then. I'll just fiddle around with it for the time being.

 

[Pepsi90919]

this is still very beta.

 

[PowerMacG5]

Well, considering that this is simply a Jabber server, my guess is Google's people will start working on Jabber to increase the features. Jabber is open-source too.

Google has simply made a publicly available Jabber server.

 

[Wahsapa]

i called this a year ago


somebody give me a cookie

wahsapa@gmail.com

 

[TheGeek]

what makes this so much better than AIM or MSN ao any of the other billion IM clients????

kweicht@gmail.com

 

[sandyk20]

another nice addon from google, worth a try

/me goes to download google talk now

 

[igowerf]

Originally posted by: trmiv
I just can't see this being that successful with them being so late to the game. Most people are already well entrenched with either AIM, Yahoo, or MSN, why would they switch? Yea. you can start using it, doesn't mean your friends and family will. I can't see anyone I chat with switching, because Yahoo does exactly what they need it to, allows them to chat with people, and they already have very large lists.

Because Jabber can let you connect to other chat protocols on the server side. That means you only need a Jabber client to connect to AIM, Yahoo, MSN, etc. You'd no longer need a client that supports multiple protocols. In the end, you should have a Google quality client that lets you chat with all of your friends regardless of what they're using.

 

[imported_malcontent]

It works, the question is how much I will use it.
I bet gmail invite request will go through the roof now.

 

[Wahsapa]

Originally posted by: TheGeek
what makes this so much better than AIM or MSN ao any of the other billion IM clients????

kweicht@gmail.com

see two posts down

Originally posted by: igowerf

Originally posted by: trmiv
I just can't see this being that successful with them being so late to the game. Most people are already well entrenched with either AIM, Yahoo, or MSN, why would they switch? Yea. you can start using it, doesn't mean your friends and family will. I can't see anyone I chat with switching, because Yahoo does exactly what they need it to, allows them to chat with people, and they already have very large lists.

Because Jabber can let you connect to other chat protocols on the server side. That means you only need a Jabber client to connect to AIM, Yahoo, MSN, etc. You'd no longer need a client that supports multiple protocols. In the end, you'll should have a Google quality client that lets you chat with all of your friends regardless of what they're using.

 

[Valkerie]

Originally posted by: AdamSnow
Space reserved for tomorrow.

 

[chuckywang]

Originally posted by: igowerf

Originally posted by: trmiv
I just can't see this being that successful with them being so late to the game. Most people are already well entrenched with either AIM, Yahoo, or MSN, why would they switch? Yea. you can start using it, doesn't mean your friends and family will. I can't see anyone I chat with switching, because Yahoo does exactly what they need it to, allows them to chat with people, and they already have very large lists.

Because Jabber can let you connect to other chat protocols on the server side. That means you only need a Jabber client to connect to AIM, Yahoo, MSN, etc. You'd no longer need a client that supports multiple protocols. In the end, you'll should have a Google quality client that lets you chat with all of your friends regardless of what they're using.

Except Google Talk doesn't support Jabber?

 

[FrustratedUser]

Woah! Thew rocks have been blocking my cave for some time now. When did this all start?

 

[igowerf]

Originally posted by: chuckywang

Originally posted by: igowerf

Originally posted by: trmiv
I just can't see this being that successful with them being so late to the game. Most people are already well entrenched with either AIM, Yahoo, or MSN, why would they switch? Yea. you can start using it, doesn't mean your friends and family will. I can't see anyone I chat with switching, because Yahoo does exactly what they need it to, allows them to chat with people, and they already have very large lists.

Because Jabber can let you connect to other chat protocols on the server side. That means you only need a Jabber client to connect to AIM, Yahoo, MSN, etc. You'd no longer need a client that supports multiple protocols. In the end, you should have a Google quality client that lets you chat with all of your friends regardless of what they're using.

Except Google Talk doesn't support Jabber?

Except that it does?

 

[chuckywang]

Originally posted by: igowerf

Originally posted by: chuckywang

Originally posted by: igowerf

Originally posted by: trmiv
I just can't see this being that successful with them being so late to the game. Most people are already well entrenched with either AIM, Yahoo, or MSN, why would they switch? Yea. you can start using it, doesn't mean your friends and family will. I can't see anyone I chat with switching, because Yahoo does exactly what they need it to, allows them to chat with people, and they already have very large lists.

Because Jabber can let you connect to other chat protocols on the server side. That means you only need a Jabber client to connect to AIM, Yahoo, MSN, etc. You'd no longer need a client that supports multiple protocols. In the end, you'll should have a Google quality client that lets you chat with all of your friends regardless of what they're using.

Except Google Talk doesn't support Jabber?

Except that it does?

I was talking about the client.

 

[RossMAN]

rossman503@gmail.com

 

[SportSC4]

hmm, do i have to uninstall it in order to change the gmail talk name it's under?

 

[Staples]

n er dshoe(at)gmail.com

Without the spaces.

 

[igowerf]

Originally posted by: chuckywang

Originally posted by: igowerf

Originally posted by: chuckywang
Except Google Talk doesn't support Jabber?

Except that it does?

I was talking about the client.

Google Talk is entirely based on XMPP so that's what the client uses. Right now, it's still in beta so I'm sure we can expect more functionality later. I guess I should say that it uses XMPP and not Jabber. Is that what you mean?

 

[chuckywang]

Originally posted by: igowerf

Originally posted by: chuckywang

Originally posted by: igowerf

Originally posted by: chuckywang
Except Google Talk doesn't support Jabber?

Except that it does?

I was talking about the client.

Google Talk is entirely based on XMPP so that's what the client uses. Right now, it's still in beta so I'm sure we can expect more functionality later. I guess I should say that it uses XMPP and not Jabber. Is that what you mean?

I don't know what XMPP is. Is that to Jabber what OSCAR is to AIM?

 

[MazerRackham]

n/m

 

[NeoV]

for tomorrow