google talk

wyrd · Post by **wyrd** » August 24th, 2005, 18:29

www.google.com/talk

give it a try, it's quite swanky

voice quality's pretty nice too

(if you need a gmail account give me a bell)

Post by **FatherJack** » August 24th, 2005, 18:39

GMail, been a while since I logged in, and I noticed:

You are currently using 592 MB (23%) of your 2525 MB.

Oops.

Gunslinger42 · Post by **Gunslinger42** » August 24th, 2005, 18:44

Woo, got googletalk this morning, non of my friends have it yet though (and they don't have gmail account anyway) ... so it's a bit pointless for now..

wyrd · Post by **wyrd** » August 24th, 2005, 18:46

hopefully it'll be picked up quite quickly

i've been pimping it all evening

Post by **Grimmie** » August 24th, 2005, 19:29

Add: Lordgrimmie

Post by **deject** » August 24th, 2005, 19:32

meh, it really doesn't offer anything that AIM or MSN don't offer, and it lacks a lot of stuff AIM and MSN do.

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20050824-5234.html

Vowles · Post by **Vowles** » August 24th, 2005, 20:56

But Google rocks, I support them 100%!

Its still in its first beta so its not gonna match up to MSN 7 just yet but the interface is very clean compared to MSN

Post by **deject** » August 24th, 2005, 22:50

I just don't see the point of another IM service, other than "Hey, it's google! I've got to have it!" I mean, I use only google for searching the web, but really I don't need google for everything.

cashy · Post by **cashy** » August 24th, 2005, 22:54

i for one love the idea of suporting google in their quest for an online monopoly even though it will in no way benefit my life

Woo Elephant Yeah · Post by **Woo Elephant Yeah** » August 24th, 2005, 23:23

Ooooh looks interesting, and I like the way it integrates with gmail.

I shall fuck about with it later, but I doubt I'll use it much

Post by **Grimmie** » August 24th, 2005, 23:24

Better sound quality.
Really - I just checked.

Post by **deject** » August 25th, 2005, 0:02

Grimmie wrote:Better sound quality.
Really - I just checked.

better than teamspeak? telephone quality?

Fred Woogle · Post by **Fred Woogle** » August 25th, 2005, 0:04

yup, tis really is nice sound quality

Jinxx · Post by **Jinxx** » August 25th, 2005, 10:29

yay for Jabber!

Post by **TezzRexx** » August 25th, 2005, 13:41

Yus, tis great sound quality. And it's quite pretty.

Woo Elephant Yeah · Post by **Woo Elephant Yeah** » August 25th, 2005, 14:35

TezzRexx wrote:Yus, tis great sound quality. And it's quite pretty.

And FREE! Not much use within the 5punk world due to the TS server, but good all the same

Jinxx · Post by **Jinxx** » August 25th, 2005, 15:02

I use the service via my Mac Jabber client, not that I know anyone on it.