Google IM
 

You may find it at http://www.google.com/talk/

This will not officially be released to the public until August 23rd.

Someone hit me up at mikesty@gmail.com

I guess I should consider a gmail account sometimes, they are coming out with some cool things. Is gmail still invite only?

Yes, Gmail is still invite only. They give everyone who has an acct. at least 50 invites or so. There is a thread on here about Gmail invitations and plenty of places on the internet to get a Gmail acct.

Invites here! Now talk to me!!!

I'm still waiting on Google Breakfast, the free pancake and eggs service provided by Google.

Seriously though, this is pretty cool, albeit slightly scary that Google is branching out into everything...

i'll take an invite... plz. pm me plz! or pt 357 @ hot mail . com :)

if anyones got an invite.. my email is lwang9276ahs@yahoo.com

Tried it. It kept freezing up. Its gone. Hopefully they will fix things in this beta version.

Anyone know why I wouldn't be able to see the "Talk" buttons? I don't see them where the screen shots they've got posted show them to be...

Seems like a pretty slick piece of software, though. But I'm not sure how much I need another IM network to choose from... In the end, I'll probably just throw this account into Trillian.

Oh please invite me!!!! Darthpyro66@yahoo.com

invited Johnny Pyro and Lwang9276

damn it, it wont go around my firewall at work :(

I have gmail invites if anybody wants one email me at shanifaye@gmail.com

If you want to be completely geeky, you can get around that pesky firewall, for ANY use, be it messaging of any sort or mail, etc. All it takes is a Linux box at home with SSH running on a port that your firewall lets thru. If you want the rest of the specifics, let me know :).

lol well if I had the funds or the knowledge of linux that would probably be a wonderful idea!!! but I dont hehehe

Linux is 100% free and will work with pretty much any machine.. If you have any old computer that turns on and has atleast a cdrom or floppy (no hard drive), you have the hardware needed. The knowledge is pretty simple too.. a distrubution called Knoppix (requires a cdrom) is self contained.. pop it in, turn it on, and boom, you have Linux running.

Anyhoo, just an idea :) Ive gotten around a few firewalls that were irritating me with this method. :thumbsup:

Looks very cool...

or you could just leave your regular desktop at home on and connect to it via VNC (virtual network computing) you won't need to learn Linux and you can use it on any web browser client computer that allows Java.

I have 50 invites and someone IM me so I can see it work! krycheck@gmail.com

PM me if you need a GMail account, I have like 50 invites or somethin.

It does look nice, but doesn't really have that many features.. hopefully the next release will include a lot more.

Been using it a bit today and it *feels* like Google. I like it for that alone. I am sure the features will only get better.

damn it I wish I could use it!!

I will try it when I get home

In today's news Google has just released Skynet V1.0 Beta.

About talk.google.com, I like the simple client, and the fact that it uses the Jabber protocol. What I don't like is that google shut down server2server communication which pretty much takes away all the advantage of using Jabber.

Why did you do it Google, Why?

Been trying to connect all day, but keep getting an error about not being able to login. Followed the instructions very carefully but still no go. Oh well, maybe tomorrow...

Can anyone get it to work with Trillian Pro? I installed the Jabber plugin and did everything they said to get it to work but no luck :(

Have you gone here yet Kry?
http://www.google.com/support/talk/b...y?answer=24077

I was able to get it on Trillian Pro - as per the link that spectre posted. Although I have not had the chance to try the audio chat yet.

:thumbsup: That was excellent.

It'd sure be cool if this Google IM service had the easiness of use that AIM has. People like to bash AIM, but every AIM clone I've tried that is ad-free seems to be lacking essential features that AIM has. Some you can't send IM's with the "Enter" key. Some you can't move past the side of the screen so you can X it out fast. Some don't let you minimize IMs and the app, just one or the other. All of them have something blatantly annoying. I'll stick with AIM with its ads until I find a clone that does it just as well. Maybe the Google IM will be the one. :)

-Lasereth

I agree totally. People bash AIM a lot, but it's got some solid features (in-message image transfer) that, as you said, other clients lack.

Google Talk is so-so. It's a good attempt to combine VOIP and IM, but we all must realize it's stil a beta. It has some good features, like the way it handles the actual message windows. Krycheck taught me that by pulling one window completely over another, they can stack. You can do a lot of sweet docking and resizing crap.

this is kinda neat....

bendsley@gmail.com/TrillianE5E0D147 is offline and can't receive messages right now.

*tears*

I have gmail, too!
ophelia783@gmail.com

Oh true. Oh so true.

Heh, great to see that this has turned into a GMail invite thread. "I only have 50,000 invites left! It's very exclusive."

Who else wants invites? I'll hook you up.

Hit me up at hdknock@gmail.com and send me a PM also to tell me that you did it.

Thanks.

Google Talk looks very promising. It's very early in development right now, so there's a lot missing, but I can't wait until it matures. FINALLY, open IM!

wdevauld, could you explain what server2server is and why they removed it?

QFE - it's impressive for the first public beta.

If you want to keep AIM and lose the ads, download Resource Hacker and do some reading at http://jon8rfc.homeip.net/ (has info on the latest AIM versions) or http://wint.virtualplastic.net/hacki...tegory=3rdPApp (deals with the older AIM versions, but more indepth)