I’ve had a chance to play with Google Talk now, and I’m mightily impressed…
It has a ton of neat little touches that really sets it apart, plus it’s a tiny, bloat free install, unlike MSN, Yahoo or AIM, which is cool… The first is the actual conversation window, if you have multiple conversations going on, it stacks them like Gmail does with email
So if you have one or more persons on “hold”, it’ll still show you if the other conversations have been updated, which is really nice…You can also minimise everything to prevent people peeking over your shoulder.
Inside the windows is cool, it’s bare minimal, no emoticons (though it does highlight :) :( :P etc.), no themes, no file transfers and it uses Markdown to bold and italicise words, which can be weird at first, but easy to learn…
Like I said, this is a quick review, I really need to get a mic to try and “call” people. That’s the ultimate test…
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3 responses to “Google Talk: A Quick Review…”
Gregor: Sorry to leave a message for you publicly – but you aren’t following up and delivering on your work. We really need to hear from you. Have emailed, and left a message on cell. Please call my cell. Thanks.
Ohh… er… well that comment has thrown me!!
My initial thoughts are similar to yours – it LOOKS very “lite” but there is a lot of clever design in there. Me likey.
Ahhh don’t mind that
From time to time I get incommunicado, and this place is the only way to get my attention
Yeah, it’s a nice little app, I’m looking forward to what it’s going to grow in to… As The Boss said