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- effinboy, on 08/30/2008, -3/+44I use google talk frequently at work where I can't have AIM, MSN, or Yahoo. It works great.
- iChainsaw, on 08/31/2008, -0/+29Google talk is actually very very useful. Some of the other clients are too bloated for my tastes.
- effinboy, on 08/31/2008, -1/+28I can't really say to forwardly, but it starts with a D and ends with an ell.
- MtheoryX, on 08/30/2008, -1/+16Where do you work? I need to add the place to my "Never consider applying" list.
I use AIM, MSN, and Jabber extensively at work. In fact, I'd say a rather large portion of what we do is done via IM. - achillean, on 08/31/2008, -1/+13As the author of IM Feeds I approve this message :)
http://www.imfeeds.com - noth, on 08/31/2008, -0/+10It's not that uncommon to block those IM programs in a corporate environment, you're always going to get people that talk to their friends if you do use them... Where I work, we use a seperate IM solution... which is Lotus Notes Sametime unfortunately :-(
- MacBookForMe, on 08/30/2008, -3/+12That's hell of a lot of different cool functions in one package!
- frontporsche, on 08/31/2008, -2/+10Everyone I know uses Google Talk. Next most common is YIM. I don't know a single person using AIM.
- choopie911, on 08/30/2008, -1/+8Google talk is hugely helpful when you have it with your gmail, and I have my gtalk account on my adium as well.
- noheadhorseman, on 08/31/2008, -1/+7gmail is hooked up with aim.
i find anyone who has gmail uses gtalk, so everyone uses gtalk. - peterjmag, on 08/31/2008, -0/+6StinkBait: Yeah, because there's absolutely no way he could give out company secrets in any other way... Like when he's not at work.
- beerendt, on 08/30/2008, -1/+7AIM (and MSN) are using mainly closed protocols, so thats not gonna work.. But i'm pretty sure G-talk will be a lot more interesting the moment Android phones will hit the stores :)
- inactive, on 08/30/2008, -1/+6pretty sure that AIM integrates with Gtalk. all you have to do is attach an AIM account to your googletalk profile and you're set
- kipmartin, on 08/31/2008, -1/+6Dugg down because this has been posted repeatedly on the 'Martyrdom of the Holy Queen Shushanik' listserver for years.1500 years, to be exact--back when the internet was coded by monks, by hand, on illuminated manuscripts.
- bjornski, on 08/31/2008, -0/+4Dugg for being totally irrelevant, but still kinda cool....
- Shoogle, on 08/31/2008, -1/+5You know, these days when I see people say "Just saying..." it's always preceded by a bunch of twaddle. Just saying.
- SeanRoss, on 08/31/2008, -3/+7I just like to curse at bots and say perverted and crazy things... Hey I'm being honest :)
- holyskeleton, on 08/31/2008, -2/+5cool but not convenient. just use the google translate on iGoogle and the google reader.
- bjornski, on 08/31/2008, -0/+3lol
- modirebikar, on 08/31/2008, -1/+4one of the another capabilities of G-talk is that you can chat with your friends via this software! :)
- MtheoryX, on 08/31/2008, -0/+2@StinkBait:
We are encouraged to use IM because of its effectiveness. Most people do talk to their friends, at least some of the time.
We also have absolutely no sites blocked, and no monitored email or web browsing.
You'll find that there are two kinds of employers:
1.) Those that seek to rigidly control and limit that behavior that has been, or could be, exploited by employees, however small that minority of employees may be.
2.) Those employers who hire people that are responsible enough to get their work done, and therefore should not be micromanaged to make sure they aren't calling their mother to wish her happy birthday, etc.
I choose to work for employers in category 2. Just a personal preference, I guess. - rusty0101, on 08/31/2008, -0/+2I presume you are aware that Google talk inter-operates with AIM these days. If not, have a look at the features one of these days.
- Atomic1fire, on 08/31/2008, -0/+2Its not all in one place though
and google talk is extremely convienent
Not only could you put it on gtalk or a jabber suppprting instant messenger (or one that just supports gtalk) but you can access those bots online, via gmail, and on certain cellphones if I understand right. - Mysk, on 08/31/2008, -1/+3Really? because I never see them on there. ;)
I kid, I kid. They pop "online" from time to time when they check their mail. - inactive, on 08/31/2008, -2/+4I use Gtalk.
Pidgin FTW.
Also my friend with an internet tablet uses one too with some libpurple based app. - violentvinyl, on 08/31/2008, -0/+1If bloat bothers you, you might try Pidgin for your other instant messaging needs. The bloat of AIM (+adhack) and Yahoo never bothered me enough to learn a new client (as shallow as the learning curve probably is) but I've seen and heard enough positive reaction to Pidgin to recommend it.
- GeneralFailure0, on 08/31/2008, -0/+1I'm pretty sure no one on here thinks a lot of people use google talk. I only even have it for when skype is acting up and because it gives me g-mail notifications.
- grifta67, on 09/01/2008, -0/+1GoogleTrout?
- mickstephenson, on 08/31/2008, -1/+2Well if it does they'd have to patch jabber upstream and giving that kind of functionality away, free and open source probably isn't gonna wash with the suits at google.
- mickstephenson, on 08/31/2008, -0/+1I know all that, and time will tell how open android really is, one this is for sure it will not meet the FSF standards. If they truly wanted to have a free and open source system they could have contributed heavily to openmoko instead. I'm not saying they definitely won't, but there will certainly be considerations at Google as to how it will effect their interests and whether it is worthwhile for them to do. Here's hoping they do it though.
- GMofOLC, on 08/31/2008, -1/+2I just got Skype (I know, I'm behind the times) and thought it works pretty well. How does it compare to Google Talk?
- essjay, on 08/31/2008, -0/+1You had me up until Android...
- bjornski, on 08/31/2008, -1/+2I normally digg stuff like that down as spam, but that is exactly on topic, and it actually looks pretty cool.
Though your web page needs work. You need to list a lot more of the bots available and what they do closer to the front of the page. List 'em like Firefox add-ons or something.
Still gonna dig around on the site. Looks neat. - sfcitybootcamp, on 08/31/2008, -1/+2Try http://www.ingamenow.com - the latest sports scores and information via GTalk as well
- Mysk, on 08/31/2008, -0/+1Skype uses encryption. I don't know for certain, but I doubt that GTalk does as well. Also, good luck calling someone's house phone using GTalk. :-)
- Atomic1fire, on 08/31/2008, -0/+1except
a. Google allready contributes to open source
infact android is a linux based operating system, and the browser is based on webkit (formerly known as khtml if I understand right) an opensource rendering engine also used by apple's safari and the iphone
b. they already open sourced google gears, and Im pretty sure libjingle is pretty open and it would be advantagous to google to create a compatible open system
why use a closed system that only works with one provider, when google can create an open voip service to drive people to android and decreasing the likelihood of some phone company taking control of android (or creating or using a competing os) and hampering Google's ad revenue by creating competitor services to Google's services, creating less of a dependency on phone systems and a force to mobile phone services to offer better data plans, due to the increased demand of data use - iisonly, on 08/31/2008, -0/+1You could use ping.fm service
Current betacode is : legendofping
It also has AOL, Yahoo Messenger and MSN bots - mfingers, on 08/31/2008, -1/+2One problem with GTalk it doesn't support joint chats :(
- GeneralFailure0, on 08/31/2008, -0/+1Google Talk doesn't have the fancy subscription features that Skype does, but if you are looking for a free voip application, either is useful. Google talk doesn't support group calls (though this can be jury-rigged by opening multiple voice chat sessions at once), but it also doesn't seem to use as many system resources and tends to maintain better sound quality when you have system-intensive applications running as well.
- GeneralFailure0, on 08/31/2008, -0/+1If you open up multiple voice sessions with all others you want to talk to and they do the same, it's almost as good.
- ChileanGoD, on 08/31/2008, -1/+2www.meebo.com
- Mysk, on 08/31/2008, -0/+1I use Pidgin (and I keep an eye on the fork called Carrier) after using Trillian for ages. Either of those clients are good options to get away from the bloat, but I recommend Pidgin over Trillian.
Trillian requires that you use their Pro version to use plugins, and that really irks me. I'd hate to not have access to OTR. - TimDigg, on 08/31/2008, -1/+1You MUST get Google talk for blackberry if you have one...
- inactive, on 09/01/2008, -1/+1FAIL
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