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Google Talk pops out of gadget land and gets a few new features
Google has updated the Google Talk Gadget with a few new features today including a Pop out feature, a button for websites, Firefox sidebar integration, and video and image displays. These significant enhancements add a lot to the way the web is heading with widgets, gadgets and keeping applications online and off the desktop. Keep in mind that these new features are only available for the Google Talk Gadget, and not the standalone desktop version. The Google Talk gadget Pop out feature is similar to the Talk in Gmail feature. Click on the Pop out link, and a small new window will spawn where chats will take place.
Another feature is targeted at website owners and bloggers is integrating Google Talk into their own web locations. This is done by adding a line of code which produces a button on a website. When clicked, this button will produce a conversation in a pop up window.
But perhaps the coolest new feature is the ability to open up Google Talk right in the Firefox sidebar in a simple two step procedure! Oh ya, this is pretty wild, and saves a lot of time when chatting back and forth while working in browser windows, which of course is what Web 2.0 is all about.- Right click on this link "Google Talk Sidebar", and save it into your Bookmarks Toolbar.
- Then open the Bookmarks menu bar from Firefox and select "Properties". In the menu, check the box that says "Load this bookmark in the sidebar".
- When you open the bookmark, you will instantly load the Google Talk gadget in your sidebar.
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p-diddy said 3:08PM on 4-04-2007
yeah, but none of my friends chat with google talk. It's all AIM for them. :-/
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Bug said 3:29PM on 4-04-2007
Jabber > Any other IM.
@P-Diddy: Use a gateway so you'll still be using Jabber :P.
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moulari said 3:43AM on 4-05-2007
great and now pls add an easier Method to connect to ICQ/ AIM MSN and so on.
I wished they would do a firefox sidebar gadget for the Google Notebook with Drag n' Drop functionality
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p-diddy said 5:04PM on 4-04-2007
@bug
Wait, I can use jabber to connect to a Jabber-->AIM gateway so everyone thinks I'm using AIM but I'm really using Jabber? Where/How do I find said gateways?
-p-
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p-diddy said 5:08PM on 4-04-2007
Never mind. Found my answer (at http://www.jabber.org/user/userguide/#usegateways).
That completely changes my opinion of this and google talk. Thanks, Bug!
-p-
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p-diddy said 5:20PM on 4-04-2007
Doh, I spoke to soon: What you're saying is that i need a jabber client that can then connect to googletalk if necessary. But you aren't saying THIS is a jabber client. So back to square one: great that it loads into my browser bar, but no one to chat with.
:-/
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nileshkas said 6:43AM on 6-16-2007
i want to google talk grdget
please you give me the email adress......
&download google google talk grdget
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