Google talk has been released

http://www.google.com/talk/

They say talk is cheap. Google thinks it should be free. Google Talk enables you to call or send instant messages to your friends for free–anytime, anywhere in the world. :slight_smile:

No OS X Support.:mad:

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Great, now only if I am able to find users to talk to...

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Anyone tried it yet? Plain/simple and clutter free IM cleint. Just like it should be. Sound quality is def as well.

Google wont stop until the Earth is renamed: Planet Google :clown:

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Google Talk is in beta and requires a Gmail username and password.

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hmm a little amateur in design wise.. looks like they hired a highschool kid to work on GUI.. simple is good but this is not a good UI.. i am sure google will come up with better UI in upcoming versions..

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How is it compared to Skype?

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it's nice and hassle free :p
if this goes fine msn will be doomed :(

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I searched google talk on google and couldn't find the link of the 'Google Talk' messenger in the first ten search results! Strange!

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no one in my buddy list :(

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Same here Gizzy, add me mnorat(@)gmail.com

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Neat! Now I gotta find some buddies and hook myself up with a mic to see how it is. :k:

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Sadiyah add me too :D

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the voice is really good and again, hassle free

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[email protected]

:D

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add me [email protected] ;)

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Is the voice quality better than Skype?

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I dont use Skype, never liked it. I prefer these IM clients and yes the sound quality is excellent.

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The interface, especially titlebars, is very Mac-like. Replace the widgets and it almost blends right in with OS X:

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I was reading a tutorial on how to use Google Talk service on Macs... if anyone is interested, I will post it.

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Pathetic hai pathetic! UI is so poorly designed; its too simple to have any features; does lot without your consent ... list goes on

I wasn't expecting such a low quality stuff from google.

I must say voice chat quality was really elegant but again it uses connectionless UDP which has its on drawbacks. They are working on using SIP, lets see.