Philipp and I tested out the GMail Chat Google has recently released. Philipp took a screenshot and added some findings about this feature.
If you’re unsure whether or not you already have this feature, log-in to your Gmail account. If after logging in you are presented with a full-page help text on the chat feature, then you have it. You will then notice a “Quick Contacts†box to the left side. Basically, that’s your Google Talk contacts list.
Now you no longer need to download and install the GTalk software to chat with your friends. Which is cool. We haven’t tested the voice over IP, and I don’t think it’s activated. Too bad. Let’s hope that follows soon.
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Jason
February 9, 2006 at 4:36 am
It’s not fair that I can’t use Google Talk within Gmail’s web-based client. So I posted a rant.
Shiwej » Google Doesn’t Love Me Anymore
February 9, 2006 at 4:36 am
[...] What caused this post is the new Gmail feature of being able to send Google Talk messages to your contacts from within the web-based Gmail client. I was so excited by the chat histories, and more importantly being able to send messages from within Gmail. It seems like just about ever other blogger who posts about Google has the feature. Philipphas it, Nathan has it, Miel has it. And yet I don’t. Friends of mine who I had to spend months convincing to use Gmail even have it. And yet I don’t. [...]
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June 16, 2006 at 2:04 am
[...] What caused this post is the new Gmail feature of being able to send Google Talk messages to your contacts from within the web-based Gmail client. I was so excited by the chat histories, and more importantly being able to send messages from within Gmail. It seems like just about ever other blogger who posts about Google has the feature. Philipphas it, Nathan has it, Miel has it. And yet I don’t. Friends of mine who I had to spend months convincing to use Gmail even have it. And yet I don’t. [...]