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Google Instant Messenger
Topic Started: Aug 24 2005, 03:54 PM (1,451 Views)
alamir
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If anyone wants to get Google's new messenger here it is ... http://www.google.com/talk/

I 'm not going to use it until they add a feature where you can call telephone numbers from your computer...because if they do that then it's FREE long distance

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Looks very basic compared to other messengers.
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copycat136
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yeah it does...im sticking with the other ones
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alamir
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they want to keep it basic ...just like their homepage.

No ads, no useless-extras. ...the only problem with it is that no one really wants to switch if all their buddies are on a different messenger.

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psh.. if they were your buddies they would switch :D hehe
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How does it stack up to other IM clients? Overall I say it loses, simply because it lacks so many features other clients have. For example, no emoticons. The overall interface is smooth and rough at the same time: it looks good, but handles roughly. However, it is new. I'll give it time to improve and gain features, like Gmail, because it looks good right now and so far Google hasn't let me down.

Google Talk at least allows a degree of text formatting (using *bold* and _italic_) and promises rich text formatting in the future, unlike MSN Messenger. And its call feature (audio conversation over a microphone) is superior to MSN: faster to connect by far, and no 'network issues' whatsoever. Take that, MSN.

The way it groups conversations into one stacked window reminds me slightly of GAIM but handles better than GAIM. It took a few minutes to get used to it, but at least it doesn't clutter up my taskbar, so I'm all for it. Kudos to Google on that one.

Overall it needs work, but that's what the "beta" stamp is for, I don't expect it to beat MSN, AIM, and YIM in one release. So far it looks very promising. If you have a Gmail account, try it. Watch it grow. If you don't have a Gmail account, where have you been the past year?
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Google wants to keep it simple like their homepage. It's suppose to run in your background and you won't notice it unless it's for contact reasons. So that means no useless features like boring emoticons or news headlines or music... yahoo already offers that. So Google's advantage is just simplicity, being well organized, and fast.

Google will get the edge once they incorperate PC to telephone calling.
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I forgot who I told, but I said that GIM would be here soon, I'm all over it, :)
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I like it :D I'm a big fan of making things simple and basic so that's probably why.
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Seems like a good thing. I like it simple too. Most of the time, people don't even use all the gizmos.
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I'm watching Attack of the Show right now (on G4TV) and they brought up a good point, if there's any company that's gonna come up in the IM programs competition, and stand a good chance, it's Google.

They'll improve though, this is just the first BETA, they showed it is intigratible with GAIM and Trillian along with some other programs, they'll do good.
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how do you make one?
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huricane
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You have to use a GMail account, unless you haven't been invited yet.
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oh man, not another messenger!
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im trying to build one for my fourms. where can i make one?
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