Google talk

Trv · Post by **Trv** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 8:43 am

bicostp wrote:I think we should use it as a replacement for the existing irc chat system. There's a ton of viruses that go through IRC and AIM, but Google's user agreement is more restrictive than AIM's, so malicious content isn't as much of a problem. (Plus you have to invite people to your list, so you know all the people you communicate with)

The only problem with that is that I dont think there is a way, as of yet, to talk to more than one person at a time.... No group chat

bioniclebert · Post by **bioniclebert** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 8:54 am

Im thinking of writing an email to GMAIL about this feature.I think it would be a very nice addition to the program, and It would probably replace the chat feature from the main page.
I would think someone else should do it to make it sound more professional, you know, get to the point, Or we should all email to get a response from them.

Trv · Post by **Trv** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 9:02 am

bioniclebert wrote:Im thinking of writing an email to GMAIL about this feature.I think it would be a very nice addition to the program, and It would probably replace the chat feature from the main page.
I would think someone else should do it to make it sound more professional, you know, get to the point, Or we should all email to get a response from them.

No doubt they are going to add that soon, so it would be kind of a waste of time to even email. This is just a beta of basic features and compatability.

bioniclebert · Post by **bioniclebert** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 9:03 am

Trv wrote: No doubt they are going to add that soon, so it would be kind of a waste of time to even email. This is just a beta of basic features and compatability.

True
Though it is a very good program to be a beta version. I like it more than aim and MSN.

Post by **bicostp** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 9:13 am

It says right in their help center that it's impossible to transmit viruses through the chat window (probably because each computer communicates to the server instead of peer-to-peer), so I'm happy with it.

I used Yahoo chat once, but it was a bad program, and a bad community in my opinion.

Unidentified Assilant · Thu Aug 25, 2005 10:20 am

nice got it... people.of.the.sun@gmail.com

shmagoogin77 · Post by **shmagoogin77** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 2:53 pm

Trv wrote:
bicostp wrote:I think we should use it as a replacement for the existing irc chat system. There's a ton of viruses that go through IRC and AIM, but Google's user agreement is more restrictive than AIM's, so malicious content isn't as much of a problem. (Plus you have to invite people to your list, so you know all the people you communicate with)
The only problem with that is that I dont think there is a way, as of yet, to talk to more than one person at a time.... No group chat

its open software so you can make a group chat feature if you know how
and also i think u can put it on a website

F · Post by F » Fri Aug 26, 2005 6:22 pm

I downloaded Google Talk a couple days ago, but only one of my friends uses Gmail. When I talked to him, it seemed to me that MSN was much better. Why's Talk so great?

madc0w · Post by **madc0w** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 6:25 pm

1. no viruses
2. open software (anybody can mod it)
3. its a beta, so itll only get better

F · Post by F » Fri Aug 26, 2005 6:35 pm

Can you send viruses over MSN? And if so, why would you even have somebody on your contact list who would send you a virus?

I didn't know it was open software, that's freakin' sweet. For now, I'll stick to MSN, but I'll probably try to get my friends to switch over to Talk once there are some cool mods.

madc0w · Post by **madc0w** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 6:40 pm

well there could be some random person you know, they get the virus from a program and automatically send it to you over aim or msn or whatever

G-force · Post by **G-force** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 11:05 pm

Everything google makes is beta!

They need to just get it done and call it done. Even if it still has a few bugs. (Thats my theory on everything...)

Anyhoo, I am gtd6288@you know what. I can't help but think this will go the way of skype... Where it's fun for a week and then nobody uses it anymore.

Post by **bicostp** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 7:28 am

I don't know about anyone else, but I'm going to keep using it! It's the only IM program I have installed!

Besides this has Skype-like features too, right? (voice chat)

Trv · Post by **Trv** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 1:39 pm

google talk had some kind of update. Right click the icon and select check updates. Something downloads and google talk closes. I dont really notice anyting different though...

Post by **bicostp** » Sat Sep 03, 2005 7:15 pm

Hey does anyone still use Google Talk? I'll be logged in on it until about 10:00 eastern time.