Testing Google Talk/It’s Official, and its OUT
Posted Wednesday, August 24th, 2005 5:21 pm by Rain Contreras
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Its been hogging the digg website, this Google Talk. Once there were instructions on how to use and set it up, I downloaded Gaim (for Windows), and tested the still ‘unofficial’ instant messenger service from Google.
Here are the instructions to get yourself connected.
NOTE: Set your server to ‘gmail.com‘ (without the quotes), and set the Connect server to ‘talk.google.com‘ (without the quotes).
I’ve also tested Google Talk successfully on another Jabber client, Exodus, which is half of the size of gaim (less than 3MB). The hitch is, you need to have friends/buddies geeky enough to chat with.
UPDATE: It’s official. With an internal email alert system, very light system resources use, and at only 900kb, this is definitely a prime IM contender.
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Hello! Good Site! Thanks you! mumrimtqkisa
Hi Bryan!
can i have one of those invites at gmail? my email add is steelydan@gmx.co.uk
thanks a lot.
How can i solve “could not authenticate server? Whenever i signed in…my username and password are correct, but it wont go through. help. thanks
if ever merong mga tinatamad pumunta sa mga links ng gmail…meron pa kong 98 invites…post nyo lang email add nyo invite ko kayo
[...] At 6.8MB, which is actually smaller in file size than either Yahoo or MSN’s IM’s, I still found it bulky. However, once downloaded and installed (when I was doing my Google Talk experiments), I found the GUI delightfully minimal and engaging. Will even work with user icons, and is themable. Fan of smileys? I’m not, but there are smiley packs for your enjoyment. Since Gaim has been ported to Windows since 2002, I really find it discomforting why some other non-Open Source multi-protocol IM clients (with a paid Premium version even!) holds a bigger market share. [...]
add niyo naman po me sa Google Talk, deanpaul@gmail.com
I’m not saying that a GoogleOS would be a good thing. I’m just saying that with the way Google is slowly invading web technologies, it’s inevitable as long as Google retains it’s state of power.
And Google does have two avenues for profit: ads AND services (obviously not the free kind).
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