Google Talk

CheapAlert · Aug 2005

It had to happen sooner or later following Gmail...

http://www.google.com/talk

lkraan · Aug 2005

With all the IM applications out there why would this additional one not fail?

Nerd Groupie · Aug 2005

They'll find some way to convince us it's a must have, just like gmail.

Keg · Aug 2005

It's fairly nice actually. quite simplified. no ads, no limit to the amount of text you can type, so you can paste an article or go on and on about how so and so is ruining your life again.

Rick Stirling · Aug 2005

This one is not just an IM, its a free VoIP client. Free Skype.

Wells · Aug 2005

Skype isn't free?

I've had to download it for my latest contract work, and no charges for it yet.

MoP · Aug 2005

Rick: Eh? Skype is free.
Anyway, MSN Messenger's free, and it has a voice chat feature too, although it breaks now and then.

Google Talk is good if it has no ads, also they say that although it's currently limited to its own network, it'll be able to work like Trillian or Jabber, and you should be able to add contacts from any IM program.

PaK · Aug 2005

I love my gmail, and i love my google desktop search, i can't wait to love my google talk, especuially if it's a trillian killer.

-R

Rick Stirling · Aug 2005

Yup, I was saying it's a free package like Skype.

I can't login to my my gmail, because I forgot the login. There seems to be no option to email you login details to the other email address you used when you registered.

Neo_God · Aug 2005

Just downloaded it, it looks nice and simple.

sonic · Aug 2005

i like it a lot

me and a couple friends are already using it regularly

flaagan · Aug 2005

oh yay, ANOTHER one.. skype works fine, as does trillian (or gaim or whatever).. do we really need *another* damn chat program? i mean, seriously, i can understand some people not wanting to use one or another IM / VOIP app, but does that area of communication really need to be flooded any moreso?

notman · Aug 2005

I like it and some of the functions it has, but I've already disabled it. Unless someone comes up with a hack to allow it to work with my other IM services, I'll keep using Trillian. I like GTalks interface much more than Trillians, but everyone I know that isn't computer literate, isn't going to jump into learning a new IM service. And I won't run 2 IM services just because friends won't switch to Gtalk (and I wouldn't push them to either).

Toomas · Aug 2005

Skype is only free if you call from computer to computer, if you call to normal phone you have to pay.

Faucet · Aug 2005

Notman, you should be able to set it up in Trillian (sans voice chat.) It uses the Jabber protocol. Set the connect server to talk.google.com, turn on TLS, port to 5222 and server to Gmail.com.

There are better instructions on the Google Talk site on setting up the various programs to work with it.

Google Talk

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