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    Google/Gmail Talk

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by hax0rJimDuggan, Dec 14, 2008.

  1. hax0rJimDuggan

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    Gmail has the option for AOL; what about Talk? I don't see any option for it. Seems odd that it wouldn't be available for both.
     
    hax0rJimDuggan, Dec 14, 2008
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    focusfre4k Notebook Evangelist

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    why not just ditch that and use pidgin?
     
    focusfre4k, Dec 14, 2008
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    or trillian ;)
     
    entropy.cz, Dec 14, 2008
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    qhn Notebook User

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    . https://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=61024
    . Google Talk is only a subset of the GMAIL and not really a standalone gizzo. Quoted "Google now seems to be rolling out a web-based client for AOL Instant Messenger chatting as part of Gmail. You will still need an AIM account, as Google Talk and AOL are not joining forces, but Google is merely using the Open AIM framework"

    cheers ...
     
    qhn, Dec 14, 2008
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